Dhokla

Hi Trupti, this is for your hosting the Event -Spice in the Breakfast Items. For a WBB#12, the popular Weekend Breakfast Blogging event started by Nandita of the Saffron Trail Fame.

Ingredients:
1-cup rice flour,
1-cup Bengal gram flour,
11\2-cup buttermilk,
2-tbsp sesame seeds,
3-4 chopped green chillies,
2-tbsp red chilli powder,
2-tbsp fruit salt/baking soda,
4-tbsp garlic and red chill powder paste,
Salt to taste.
Method:
Step 1: Mix bengal gram flour and rice flour with butter milk and keep aside for 4-5 hours.
Step 2: Add the garlic paste, baking soda, and salt to taste.

Step 3: Poured the warm water if batter is not smooth and mix well.
Step 4: Prepare the steamer and pour this batter into the dish.

Step 5: Decorate the dish with sesame seeds, red chilli powder and finely chopped green chillies.

Step 6: Put this dish into the steamer.

Step 7: Cook until- you touch the surface of the dhokla your fingers should come away clean.

Step 8: Repeat with the remaining batter.
Step 9: Allow the steamed dhokla to cool and cut into square pieces.

Step 10: Serve hot with green chutney or tomato ketchup.

For morning Breakfast................

For tempering:

3-tbsp oil,

1-tbsp mustard seeds,

1-tbsp cumin seeds,

6-8 curry leaves,

5-6 green chillies slit lengthwise.

Step 1: Cut dhokla into small pieces.Step 2: Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and curry leaves. Fry till the seeds stop spluttering.

Step 3: Then add long cut green chillies in it. Step 4: After that add small pieces of dhokla and cook into medium flame for 5-minutes.

Step 5: Serve with morning hot TEA.

This is my favorite Gujarati breakfast.:)