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Instant khatta dhokla recipe | instant live dhokla | Gujarati live dhokla

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Resting time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Gujarati, Indian
Servings 4

Ingredients
 

For vegetable khatta dhokla

  • ½ cup small grain rice
  • ¼ cup urad dal
  • ¼ cup chana dal
  • ¾ cup rava - fine semolina
  • Pinch of hing
  • ½ tsp turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 cup sour buttermilk or 1 cup yogurt
  • 1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp oil - for sauté vegetables
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 2 tbsp green chilli paste
  • ¼ cup chopped cabbage
  • ¼ cup grated carrot
  • ¼ cup chopped capsicum
  • ¼ cup boiled corn
  • ¼ cup chopped bottle gourd - lauki / dudhi
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves
  • ½ tsp eno into half of batter

For dry garlic chutney

  • 9-10 roasted garlic cloves
  • 3 tbsp roasted peanuts
  • 3 tbsp roasted coconut
  • 1.5 tbsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • Salt to taste

Serving

  • Oil
  • Dry garlic chutney and nylone sev

Instructions

Making vegetable khatta dhokla

  • In a mixture jar, add rice, chana dal, and urad dal.  Grind it into a coarse powder.
  • Now, add grinded mixture, Rava, hing, turmeric powder, salt, and sugar to a mixing bowl. Mix well.
  • Then add buttermilk gradually and make the medium thick and flowing batter.
  • Add 1 tbsp oil and whisk batter with hand for 3-4 minutes and rest batter for 20-25 minutes.
  • Meanwhile in a pan, add 1 tbsp oil, ginger paste, and green chili paste. Sauté it for a minute.
  • Then add chopped cabbage, grated carrot, capsicum and boiled corn, chopped bottle gourd (lauki) pieces, and salt. Sauté till vegetables become slightly soft.
  • Switch off the gas and add sauté vegetables and coriander leaves into dhokla batter. mix well.
  • Now, Divide the batter into two parts.
  • Meanwhile, add water to the pan—cover, and steam for 5 minutes.
  • Add Eno fruit salt into the batter & mix in one direction.
  • Grease the dhokla plate with oil & pour the mixture into the plate.
  • Sprinkle red chili powder over the mixture and on one plate do not add red chili powder.
  • Steam in idli-dhokla steamer or Kadai for 10 min on high-medium flame.
  • Once done take out the plate from the steamer & allow it to cool for 5-10 min.
  • Apply some oil to cooked dhokla.
  • Cut into the desired shape.
  • Serve khatta dhokla with oil or sprinkle some dry garlic chutney and sev on it.

Making dry garlic chutney

  • In a mixture jar, add roasted garlic cloves, roasted peanuts, and roasted dry coconut.
  • Then add red chili powder and salt.
  • Without adding water, grind chutney into coarse damp powder.
  • Store dry garlic chutney in an air-tight container.

Notes

  • grind rice and dal mixture into a coarse powder.
  • use sour buttermilk or curd while making dhokla batter.
  • dhokla tastes good when it is served hot.