Name: Cornmeal dhokla recipe by Zulekha Bose at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Corn meal-1cup; Gram flour -1/4cup; Curd - 1/2 cup; Oil - 2 tbsp; Water -1 cup or more to make dosa batter like cosistency; Ginger green chilli paste -.1tbsp; Sugar - 1 tsp; Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp; Baking Powder - 1tsp; Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp; Coriande leaves chopped -2 tbsp; Juice of lemon - 1; Salt to taste; Asafoetida - A Pinch; For the seasoning - Small mustard - 1tbsp; Green chillies slit into 2 - 2 numbers; white sesame seeds - 1 tbsp; Sugar -1 tbsp; Water - 1cup; Lemon juice -1/2 tsp; Coconut grated -2tbsp; Curry leaves - 6- 8 numbers

Ingredients Serving: 4

Corn meal-1cup
Gram flour -1/4cup
Curd - 1/2 cup
Oil - 2 tbsp
Water -1 cup or more to make dosa batter like cosistency
Ginger green chilli paste -.1tbsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 Tsp
Baking Powder - 1tsp
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Coriande leaves chopped -2 tbsp
Juice of lemon - 1
Salt to taste
Asafoetida - A Pinch
For the seasoning - Small mustard - 1tbsp
Green chillies slit into 2 - 2 numbers
white sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
Sugar -1 tbsp
Water - 1cup
Lemon juice -1/2 tsp
Coconut grated -2tbsp
Curry leaves - 6- 8 numbers

Instructions

These are the ingredients required to make corn meal dhokla which are shown in below video.
Take a bowl add in corn meal, gram flour, sugar, salt, ginger green chilli paste
Now addin curd, turmeric powder and asafoetida .
Addin baking powder and mix.
Pour water and oil and mix nicely
Add little more water and chopped corriander leaves then Mix well. Batter should have dosa batter like consistency.
Take a steamer add in 1 litre water and switch on flame let the water boil.
Take a dhokla plate and grease with oil.
When water in the steamer start boiling at that time, take dhokla batter now add in baking soda in lemon juice and quickly mix this in dhokla batter.
Dont waste time quickly droping dhokla batter in dhokla plate.
Cover the steamer with lid and let it cook for 15 minutes.
Now open the lid after 15minutes and check in by inserting knife, if dhokala is ready knife will come out clean. Now corn meal dhokla is completely cooked.
Switch off flame and take out the dhokla tray.
Slide in knife around the walls of dhokla plate it will make demoulding of dhokla easy.
Now demould the dhokla by keeping one plate on dhokla plate and flip it down
Dhokla is demoulded
Transfer dhokla in a plate
Cut the dhokla .
Now prepare the seasoning for dhokla
Heat oil in a small kadai add in all the seasoning ingredients like small mustard, slit green chilli, sesame seeds, curry leaves and sugar mix in little water.
Add in asafoetida and lemon juice cook for 2 minutes when water starts boiling and sugar gets dissolves completely, switch off flame.
Pour this seasoning to the corn meal dhokla. let it rest for 10 minutes.
Now yummy cornmeal and gram flour dhokla is ready to serve.
Drizzle some honey on dhokla and enjoy with coriander chutney.

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