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White Dhokla-A soft, steamed savory rice and lentil cakes called white dhokla, a quintessential of Gujarati cuisine is just perfect for breakfast, evening snack, or after meal snacking.
I first tasted this khatta dhokla at a Gujarati friend’s house and totally fell in love with the texture and taste of it. I have always wanted to try the recipe and now thanks to Mayuri I finally made it.
This is the first time I participated in Food Bloggers Recipe Swap and I got paired with Mayuri of Mayriis Jikoni. I have known Mayuri from our Blogging Marathon group but this is the first time I got to know her personally via the recipe swap group.
Mayuri is a very down to earth person and I have always loved her Kenyan and Gujarati fusion recipes and especially her beautiful writing. I mean she writes so well and significantly that I sometimes think she should write a book.
Over to Mayuri-
I was born and brought up in Nairobi, Kenya and now live in the coastal town of Mombasa. My blog has recipes that are influenced by the Kenyan, Gujarati and International food culture. I started blogging to record some traditional recipes that I learned from my mum, mother in law and my kaki. Also, it was where my large family could find recipes in one place.
It’s because of blogging I’ve had the opportunity to venture out and bake so many bread, try out other cuisines giving it a vegetarian version. All this would not have been possible if I didn’t love cooking. My favorite chef is Tarla Dalal and Jamie Oliver. I love his campaign to get school kids to have healthier lunches in school and at home.
I hate people asking me how I serve as a vegetarian. My blog’s intention is to show the world that there’s more to vegetarianism than just salads and boiled vegetables. Besides cooking I love traveling, reading and watching movies especially Hindi ones. My other passion is being a Lion through which I’ve been able to do a lot of charity work.
So when I paired with Mayuri I knew I would choose one of her Gujarati recipes and have been looking for some on her blog since last few weeks. There are so many amazing Gujju recipes she has posted that I wasn’t able to decide which one to pick.
But recently she posted a White Dhokla and I immediately bookmarked that to try. Actually, I got late in posting the recipe but I guess better late than never.
We all loved this sour and fluffy dhokla as our tea time snack and totally loved it. I served it with some green chutney and it was just amazing.
I have also bookmarked a few more recipes to try from Mayuri’s blog and hoping ot try them soon.
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White Dhokla
Equipment
- Pan
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup rice
- 1/4 cup white urad dal
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
- 1" ginger piece
- 1-2 green chilli
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
To Temper
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- few curry leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- a pinch aseftida
- 2-3 green chillies, cut into slits
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Wash and soak the rice and dal in enough water for about 6-8 hours.
- Once soaked drain the water, add yogurt, salt, sugar and fenugreek seeds, green chilli, ginger and grind into a fine paste using a grinder. Use little water if the paste seems thick.
- Keep the paste covered in a warm place to ferment for about 6-8 hours or overnight.
- Grease a 7" cake tin with oil and start boiling water in the steamer.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared tin and let it steam for about 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove from heat and let the dhokla cake out from the cake tin to cool for some time.
To temper
- Heat oil in a pan and add asafetida, cumin, mustard and curry leaves. Let the seeds crackle for a minute.
- Add green chilies, sesame seeds and let the seeds brown a little. Add lemon juice and remove from heat.
- Pour the tempering on to the steamed cake. Slice and serve.
Notes
Adjust the chilli as per your taste and preferences.
Nutrition
Please do let me know how this recipe turned out in the comments below. Don’t forget that you can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Google Plus.
Best Regards,
Sapana Behl
Yummy dhokla cake.. looks inviting.
White dhokla looks simply fabulous and very prefect snack to start a meal with it, simply amazing.
i love khatta dhokla and this is making my mouth water. Loved reading about Mayuri and enjoyed the beautiful shot!
Great share Sapana!
Awesome…making me feel hungry. I love the way you’ve done the tempering, giving the top a thin different colored layer. Thanks for trying out this recipe Sapana.
Those dhoklas looks absolutely prefect to enjoy at anytime of the day. White dhoklas rocks. Would love to have some rite now.
Your dhokla looks perfect!! Such gorgeous captures, make them look even more yum 🙂
I have never seen such a glamorous version of khatta Dhokla, being bought up in Gujarat I love gujarati cuisine and this one is just awsome .
Your Dhokla looks beautiful and yummy. Awesome click. You are right vegetarianism means not only salad and boiled vegetables. I also love vegetarian foods. Great share.
An ever popular snack in my home. It’s like idli, yet not lie idli. 😀 😀
I love the burst of colour you added via the tadka on top.
Hands down, this is the prettiest dhokla I’ve ever seen! The pictures clearly show how light and fluffy the texture is. Perfect forbetween the meals, guilt free,snacking.
What a fab looking white dhokla…healthy n filling snack!!…I love the tadka touch with a hue…can enjoy anytime…guilt free indulgence!!
Although I had a full meal about an hour ago, I want to have these delicious looking Khatta Dhokla! Great recipe from Mayuri’s blog 🙂
Nice to know more about Mayuri here. Love that white dhokla, its yumm.
I’m always look for dhokla and this white dhokla is so tempting that I want to try it asap. Tadka has added a beautiful contrast to white color of dhokla
Looking at your perfect and yummy Dhokla , a Gujarati inside me , got hungry .. you are so right , being vegetarian never mean to hVe just salads or boiled vegetables.
Super share
This humble dhokla looks majestic… droolicious pictures
Looks absolutely prefect these white dhoklas !! lovely share sapana
So perfect and interesting ! The inviting clicks are making me hungry now !
White dhokla prefect tea time snack. I love how you have played with the tadka color.
Khatta dhokla looks so fluffly. Just love to have them anytime. Your presentation is making it more tempting.
love the way you made the colour gradient and love the texture.
Hi sapana….this looks so yumm…I love khatta dhokla but problem is it’s a carb dense recipe. Can I replace the rice with millet? Have you tried it?