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surti locho recipe | how to make street style surti locho | lasaniyo surti locho | cheese garlic surti locho

Author Nehas Cook Book
3.50 from 2 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Snack, Street Food
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

For locho batter

  • ½ cup chana dal - bengal gram
  • 2 tbsp urad dal - split black gram
  • 4 tbsp poha - flattened rice
  • ¼ cup sour curd
  • 2-3 tbsp water
  • 1 tsp green chilli paste
  • ½ tsp ginger paste
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • A pinch of hing
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ cup water or as required according to batter quantity
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda - for ½ cup batter

Locho chutney

  • 1 cup coriander leaves
  • 8-10 mint leaves
  • 2 green chilli
  • ½ inch ginger
  • 1 tsp jeera
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup or 2 pieces khaman dhokla
  • Water to grind chutney

Locho masala

  • 1 tsp pepper powder
  • 1 tsp roasted cumin powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • 1 tbsp red chilli powder

For regular surti locho

  • Cooked locho
  • Locho masala
  • Chopped onion
  • Coriander leaves
  • melted butter
  • Sev

For dry garlic flavor surti locho

  • 10-12 garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp peanuts
  • 2 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste
  • Prepared surti locho
  • Butter
  • Coriander leaves
  • Locho masala
  • Chopped onion
  • Sev

For cheese chilli garlic surti locho

  • 2-3 green garlic cloves
  • 2 dry garlic cloes
  • 2 green chilli
  • Some coriander leaves
  • 5 tbsp melted butter
  • Locho masala
  • Chopped onion
  • Sev
  • Grated cheese

Instructions

Making surti locho batter

  • Wash and soak the chanan dal, urad dal and methi seeds for 5-6 hrs.
  • Remove water and in a mixture jar, add dals, soaked poha, curd and some water and grind batter into smooth and thick paste. Do not add more water while grinding the batter.
  • Cover and keep it in warm place for 5-6 hours to ferment.
  • When batter is properly ferment, add green chilli paste, ginger paste, turmeric powder, hing salt and oil. Mix well.
  • Surti locho batter is ready.

Making surti locho

  • Take ½ cup batter from fermented locha batter.
  • Then add ½ cup water and make pouring consistency of batter.
  • Preheat steamer with greased plate for 5 minutes.
  • Just before steaming add 1/8 tsp baking soda (for ½ cup batter ) and some lemon juice in it. mix well.
  • Spread thin layer of batter into preheated steamer plate. Sprinkle pepper powder and red chilli powder on it.
  • Cover and steam locho for 12 minutes on high-medium flame.
  • Meanwhile, in a grinding jar add coriander leaves, mint leaves, green chilli, ginger, jeera, sugar, lemon juice, salt and 2 pieces of khaman dhokla and grind everying. Locho chutney is ready
  • Then, in a bowl add pepper powder, roasted jeera powder, salt, chat masala, red chilli powder and mix everything well.
  • After 12-14 minutes, with the help of toothpick check out locho is properly cooked or not. If toothpick comes out clean then locho is properly steam.
  • Finally, Scoop a ladle of steamed locho on a plate. Garnish with locho masala, onion, coriander leaves, melted butter and sev on the top.

Making dry garlic flavor lasaniyo surti locho

  • In a pan, add ½ tsp oil and add garlic cloves. Sauté for 2 minutes till it slightly golden brown.
  • Switch off and in a mixture jar, add roasted garlic cloves, roasted peanuts, red chilli powder and salt.
  • Without adding water, grind chutney into coarse damp powder. Dry garlic chutney is ready. Store it into air-tight container.
  • For making garlic-flavored surti locho, in a plate, add hot surti locho, sprinkle dry garlic chutney, coriander leaves and butter on it. mix chutney with hot locha.
  • Serve garlic locha in plate and garnish with locho masala, onion, coriander leaves, melted butter and sev on the top.

Making green garlic flavor cheese garlic surti locho

  • In a mixture jar, add green garlic, dry garlic cloves, green chilli and coriander leaves. grind it into coarse paste.
  • Now in a melted butter add coarse grinded paste and mix well. Butter chilli garlic paste is ready.
  • For making cheese chilli garlic flavored surti locho, in a plate add hot surti locho, 2 tsp butter garlic paste on it. mix well with hot locha.
  • Serve locha on a plate and garnish with locho masala, onion, coriander leaves, melted butter, and cheese on top.

Notes

  • addition of some methi seeds fastens the fermentation process.
  • poha gives fluffiness and softness to surti locho.
  • do not add more water while grinding the batter.
  • grind thick and smooth batter; there are no dal particles in the batter.
  • for locha, the batter and water ratio should be equal.
  • a spread thin layer of batter on a steaming plate.
  • if the knife, comes out clean then locho is properly steamed.