Curd chutney with garlic

Ingredients:
1 cup curd
2 tbsp oil
2 tbsp cumin (jeera)
1 tbsp garlic red chilli past
Salt to taste

Method:
Step 1: Take a small vessel and pure two tbsp oil in it.
Step 2: Turn on the flame and add cumin seeds.

Step 3: Sauté on medium flame for few seconds, when seeds are in brown color adds the garlic-red chilli past in low flame. Take care of red color of chilli is not change.Step 4: Adding curd in low flame and turn of the flame in 2 minutes.
Step 5: Add salt to taste.
Step 6: Mix all together and serve with any of the muthiya and dhokla. It has the nice taste of garlic whit curds

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Palak Dhokla / Spinach Dhokla

A good way to incorporate flour and leafy vegetables in your diet. You can use any leafy vegetable in this recipe. However, methi (fenugreek) and palak (spinach) are the most commonly used.

Ingredients:
1-cup rice flour,
1-cup Bengal gram flour,
1½-cup buttermilk,
1 bowl clean wash and cut spinach (Palak)
2 tbsp ginger-green chilli paste
2 tbsp oil
½ tbsp asafetida (hing)
1½ tbsp fruit salt
Salt to taste
¼ tbsp oil for greasing

Method:
Step 1: Mix bengal gram flour and rice flour with butter milk and keep aside for 5-6 hours.

Step 2: Cut chillies and ginger and blend in a mixer.

Step 3: Take ¾ batters in another bowl and mix the salt and ginger-green chilli paste in it. Another ¼ part of better add only salt and keep aside.Step 4: Add 2 tbsp oil for making soft dhoklas.

Step 5: Adding wash and finely chopped spinach, asafetida and mix well.

Step 6: Just before steaming, sprinkle the fruit salt and add 2 tbsp of water over it.

Step 7: When the bubbles form, mix gently.
Step 8: Pour the batter immediately into a greased 4” diameter thali and shake the thali clockwise to spread the batter in an even layer.Step 9: Then add the plan better over it so it makes a smooth layer over the doklas and shake the thali clockwise to spread the plan batter in an even layer.

Step 10: Steam in a steamer for 10 to 12 minutes or till the dhoklas are cooked.

Step 11: Turn off the flame and cool slightly.

Step 12: Cut into equal rectangular pieces.Step 13: Repeat with the remaining batter.

Step 14: Place in serving plat.

Step 15: Serve hot with garlic,cumin–curd chutney.

For Variation:
Balck-eye bean palak dhokla:
Balck eye beans, also called as cow peas or chawli beans, are extremely rich in iron and folic acid making this a very healthy recipe.
Use the chola dal instead of rice and Bengal gram flour. Clean, wash and soak the chola dal in enough water for at least 6 hours. Drain and keep aside. Blend in a mixer, adding water as required to a smooth paste.
Chola dal imparts a different kind of softness to these dhoklas.

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Chole with Paneer and bhature

For the dry masala:
1 tbsp cumin seeds (Jeera)
1 tbsp coriander seeds
5-6 cloves
3-4 small stick of cinnamon
2 dry red chilli
¼ tbsp oil

For the dry masala:
Step 1: Take a small vessel and heat ¼ tbsp oil. Add all ingredients for dry masala.
Step 2: Sauté on medium flam for 2 minutes so its color is slightly change in brown.
Step 3: Turn off the flame and cool it. Grind this entire ingredient in mixer.

For the chole with paneer:
1 cup chick peas (Kabuli chana), soaked overnight
2 medium size onions
3 medium size tomatos
150 gm paneer
½ tbsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 teaspoons amchur (dry mango powder)
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
3-4 piece of garlic
2 tbsp red chilli powder
3 tbsp oil
Salt to taste.
For Chole with paneer:
Step 1: Peel and cut the onion. Cut the tomatoes in to big size and grind the onion, garlic with tomato into mixer. (also add ginger if you like that test)Step 2: Pressure cook the chick peas with 1½ cup water with slat for 3 whistles until they are soft . Drain the extra water and keep aside.
Step 3: Heat the oil in pan, add the cumin seeds. When the seeds crackles, add the tomato-onion gravy.Step 4: Sauté in medium flame for 5 minutes and add the turmeric and red chilli power in it.

Step 5: Add the cook chick peas and I cup water and mix well. Add the dry masala powder, amchur powder and salt and sauté for another 10 minutes.

Step 6: Add the paneer cubs and simmer for 5 minutes. Trun off the flame.

Step 7: Place it in serving bowl and decorate with onion and lemon round slices.

For the bhature :
1 cup plain flour (maida)
½ cup curd
3 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
Water for making dough if needed
For the bhature:
Step 1: Combine the flour, salt and oil and mix together.
Step 2: Add ½ cup fresh curd and water if necessary. Knead the dough very well till it is smooth.

Step 3: Cover with a wet muslin cloth otherwise any of the vessel and rest the dough for 2 hours.
Step 4: Divide the dough into small parts and roll out into circles of 125mm (5”) diameter.
Step 5: Deep fry in hot oil till the bhature puff up and both sides are golden brown.

Step 6: Serve hot with the chole-paneer.
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Instant Corn Dhokla

Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cooking Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Making Approx. 20 pieces

Ingredients:
1 cup sweet corn kernels (Makai ke dane)
½ cup curds (dahi)
1 cup semolina (Rawa / Soji)
5 long green chillies
1 small piece of ginger
Salt to taste
1 tbsp fruit salt
¼ tbsp lemon juice
¼ tbsp oil for greasing
¼ cup corn kernels for garnish
Ingredients for temper: 11/2 tbsp mustard seeds
2 tbsp oil
A pinch of asafetida ( Hing)
Method:
Step 1: Cut chillies and ginger and combine with the sweet corn and blen in a mixer till smooth.

Step 2: Add curd and blend it.

Step 3: Take the semolina in a bowl and add 1\2 cup water and salt.

Step 4: Add Ginger-green chilli paste and mix well.

Step 5: Just before steaming, sprinkle the fruit salt and lemon juice over it.

Step 6: When the bubbles form, mix gently.
Step 7: Pour spoonfuls of the batter immediately into thali or moulds and shake the thali clockwise to spread the batter in an even layer.

Step 8: Steam in a steamer for 15 to 20 minutes or till the dhoklas are cooked.

Step 9: Cool slightly and cut into square shape.

Step 10: If you like without oil then serve immediately granished with boiled sweet corn and coriander.

Step 11: Heat the oil in a small vessel.

Step 12: Add mustard seeds when the seeds crackle, add asafetida, mix well. Saute on medium flame foe few seconds.

Step 13: Remove from the flame. Pour this tempering over the dhoklas.

Step 14: Serve hot with tomato ketchup or fresh green chutney.:)

Recipe of tomato ketchup click here.

Recipe of Green coriander leaves chutney click here and here.

Recipe of red chillies chutney click here.

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