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Instant masala dhokla | masala dhokla | instant rava dhokla

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Soaking time 30 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine Gujarati, Indian
Servings 3

Ingredients
 

For dhokla batter

  • 1 cup fine rava
  • 1 cup water or as required
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp nimbu na phool - citric acid
  • ¼ tsp baking soda

For potato masala

  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • ¼ cup or 1 small size chopped onion
  • 1 tsp gram flour
  • ¼ tsp red chilli powder
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • ½ tsp coriander powder
  • 1 cup or 2 medium size boiled and mashed potatoes
  • Salt to taste
  • ¼ tsp garam masala
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • ¼ tsp sugar
  • Some coriander leaves

For tadka

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • Pinch of hing
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds
  • 6-7 curry leaves
  • 1 tsp white sesame seeds
  • ¼ tsp red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp pavbhaji masala
  • Some coriander leaves

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, add rava, water, salt, and nimbu na phool. Mix well and rest the batter for 30 minutes.
  • For the masala, in a pan add oil, cumin seeds, mustard seeds, and hing. Sauté it.
  • Then add ginger-garlic paste and chopped green chili. Sauté it.
  • Now add chopped onion and sauté till it becomes translucent.
  • Add gram flour and sauté till it slightly changes its color.
  • Now lower the flame, and add red chili, turmeric powder, and coriander powder. Mix well.
  • Then add boiled and mashed potatoes and salt. Mix well with the masala.
  • Add garam masala, lemon juice, sugar, and some coriander leaves. Mix well.
  • The potato masala is ready. Cool down completely.
  • Make equal size rolls from potato masala.
  • Now add some water and place a stand into the cooker. Remove the whistle and ring from it.
  • After 30 minutes, the dhokla batter is soaked properly. Add some water if the batter is thick.
  • Then add baking soda into the batter and mix well.
  • Add 1-2 ladles of batter into grease steel glass. Place potatoes roll into center and cover the roll with batter. Ready another glass in the same way.
  • Place dhokla glass into a pre-heated cooker. Cover and steam dhokla for 12-15 minutes on medium-high flame.
  • When dhokla is steam properly, take it out and cool down completely.
  • Demould dhokla from glass and keep it aside.
  • For tadka, heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves, white sesame seed, red chili powder, pav bhaji masala, and some coriander leaves. mix well.
  • Add dhokla roll into tadka and roll in it.
  • Now cut dhokla into a ring and serve with tomato sauce and green chutney

Notes

  • rest batter for 25-30 minutes so rava is soaked properly.
  • addition of gram flour in masala absorbs water from boiled potatoes and gives perfect binding to roll.
  • demould dhokla, when it is completely cold.