Rice Dhokla (by fermenting)

Prep Time: 8 hrs

Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Rice

• 1/4 cup Urad dal

• 1 tsp Salt

• Chilli powder or pepper powder, for sprinkling

• 1 tsp Eno

• Oil for greasing

For tempering

• 2 tbsp Oil

• 1 tsp Mustard seeds

• 2 Slit green chilies

• 3 tbsp Water

Instructions

1. Soak the rice and dal for 4-5 hours (preferably soak in the morning as you need to ferment it overnight)

2. Grind this into a coarse paste, add salt and keep it covered overnight

3. Take half of the batter, add eno salt and mix this lightly

4. Pour the batter on a greased dhokla plate

5. Sprinkle chilli powder or pepper powder on top

6. Steam this in a steamer for around 10-15 mins till done

7. In a pan take oil, splutter mustard seeds and slit green chillies.

8. Add some water and boil for a minute

9. Pour this over the steamed dhokla – water makes it soft

10. Cut into diamond shapes and serve with chutney

Notes

• You can even make sandwich dhokla

• For this, do not sprinkle chilli powder, just steam it plain

• Make thinner doklas and cut into diamond shapes

• And in between 2 doklas apply green chutney and serve