Khaman Dhokla (Fluffy Gram Flour Sponge Cake, Street Style)
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Description
Gujarat state national snack: fluffy yellow sponge cake fermenting/steaming chickpea flour (Besan), absorbing massive 'sweet-sour syrup (Tadka)' of oil-heated mustard seeds, green chilies, sugar water.
Restaurants serving Khaman Dhokla (Fluffy Gram Flour Sponge Cake, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Chickpea flour
- Yogurt
- Lemon
- Fruit salt(Foaming agent)
- Mustard seeds
- Green chili
- Curry leaves
- Sugar
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 150g Besan (chickpea flour),
- tbsp yogurt,
- tsp lemon juice, 1/
- tsp turmeric,
- tsp each salt/sugar,
- tsp fruit salt (Eno/foaming agent), Tempering syrup (
- tbsp oil,
- tsp mustard seeds,
- green chilies,
- curry leaves, 100ml water,
- tbsp sugar,
- tsp lemon juice).
- Dissolve Besan (chickpea flour), yogurt, lemon juice, turmeric, salt, sugar with little water in bowl making smooth gooey batter. Toss fruit salt (Indian baking soda-like foaming agent) here, frothing instantly, swiftly pour into oiled flat metal tray.
- Set tray inside stall's steam-billowing giant steamer, steam on high for ~
- mins into fluffy thick yellow batter like sponge cake.
- Leaving steamed batter on tray, cut into beautiful squares (diced) with knife.
- Make tempering (Tadka) in another small pan. Heat oil popping mustard seeds, transfer vertically-split green chilies/curry leaf aroma, add water/sugar/lemon juice boiling 'sweet-sour spicy hot syrup'.
- Boldly swirl this hot syrup entirely over just-cut yellow sponge (Dhokla) 'Sizzzzzle!'. Chickpea batter absorbs syrup to the core like sponge; completes when moist to the limit. Scatter cilantro/coconut fine on top, serve alongside green mint chutney—miraculous healthy snack where sweetness/acidity/heat/saltiness unite four-in-one.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Mustard seeds、Turmeric、Red chili(or green chili)
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Pour spice syrup over lightly-sweetened steamed bread (lacks bean flavor but as texture sub)
Pairing
Hot Masala Chai、Green mint chutney
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Dhokla' refers to fermented rice/beans, 'Khaman' refers to made solely of chickpea flour (Besan), but the fluffy yellow ones often sold at stalls are 'Khaman Dhokla'. Very healthy as it's steamed not fried. Representative Indian vegetarian snack where Gujarat cuisine's greatest characteristic complex taste 'sweet, sour, spicy' is completely condensed into this single sponge cake.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Gently pinch 'juicy' yellow sponge absorbing massive syrup with fingers, tossing whole into mouth with green chilies on top in one bite!
Allergen
Soy (Lentils), Dairy (if using yogurt)