For an appetiser party - Instant Semolina Dokhla
- Ready In:
- 24mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup semolina, fine
- 3⁄4 tablespoon bengal gram flour (besan)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 3⁄4 cup sour thick curds
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red chili powder
- oil, for greasing
- 2 green chilies, paste of
- 1 inch ginger, paste of
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For seasoning
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 10 -12 curry leaves
- 2 green chilies, slit
- 1⁄2 teaspoon asafoetida powder
- 2 tablespoons grated coconut, for garnishing
- 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves, for garnishing
directions
- First, prepare sour curd.
- For this, take 1 tbsp.
- less to 3/4 cup of whisked curd in a bowl.
- Add 1 tbsp.
- lemon juice and mis.
- Keep aside for 5 minutes and then use as desired.
- Now, mix semolina, besan, green chillies and ginger paste, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and sour curd into a thick batter.
- Add 3/8 cup of water and mix well into a pouring consistency.
- Prepare ginger and green chillies paste.
- Take half the above prepared mixture and put into a greased glass bowl.
- Add 1/4 tsp.
- baking soda to 3/4 tbsp.
- hot oil and pour onto the batter.
- Mix well until the batter becomes light.
- Microwave on HIGH for 4 minutes 50 seconds, covered, with a muslin cloth and glass lid together.
- The muslin cloth absorbs excess water during the steaming process.
- Allow standing time of 2 minutes.
- Repeat steps 7-10 with the leftover batter.
- In the meantime, prepare the seasoning over the stove.
- For this, heat oil in a small saucepan.
- Add mustard seeds and allow to splutter.
- Add curry leaves, asafoetida and green chillies.
- Stir constantly.
- Remove from flame once the spluttering stops.
- Remove dokhla from the microwave oven.
- Pour hot seasoning over the dokhla.
- Garnish with grated coconut and corriander leaves.
- Serve with green chutney or sweet and sour chutney.
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