PALAK DHOKLA

Dhokla is a delicious steamed cake which is an all time Gujarati favorite snack. You can make this recipe using fresh lentils like Bengal gram dal or even a mixture of dals or you could alternatively make it really quick using gram flour that tastes just as delicious.Moreover here's is an easy way of increasing the nutrition value of this snack by adding some spinach to it.

INGREDIENTS:- 

For the batter:- 

1 cup sooji/rawa 

1/2 cup gram-flour/besan 

3/4 cup paalak puree 

1 & 1/2 tbsp sugar 

1/2 tbsp salt 

1/2 cup curd 

1 tsp Eno powder or fruit salt

For stir frying:-

 2 tbsp oil 

1 tsp mustard seeds/rai 

10-12 curry leaves 

2-3 finely chopped green chillies 

1 tsp chat masala 

1 tsp garam masala

METHOD:-   

1. Mix all the ingredients for the batter except eno powder and let the batter rest for about 15-20 mins.

2. Place the steamer on gas stove and add some water to it.

3. Grease the mould. Add Eno powder to the batter and mix it well. 

4. Pour the batter in the mould and steam it for about 8-10 mins.

5. Let it cool down and cut the dhokla in desired shapes and sprinkle garam masala and chat masala over it.

For stir frying:-

 1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds to it. When crackling sound begins,then add curry leaves and green chillies.

2. Add dhokla pieces to it and toss them well. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins keeping the pan covered.

3. Serve hot with coriander chutney or tomato ketchup.