Rava Dhokla Recipe | How To Make Rava Dhokla | Suji Dhokla

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Rava dhokla recipe with step by step photos – The amazing thing about Indian cuisine is its “healthy and tasty” quotient in vegetarian food. It takes basic ingredients to turn into something delicious, interesting, and equally nutritious. Today I will share with you the recipe for Rawa Dhokla/Suji Dhokla, which is a ready example of it.

Other breakfast and snacks recipes you may like: Suji Kachori, vegetable Poha Cutlet, Bread Uttapam, Bread Idli, Macaroni Cheese Balls, Veg paneer cheesy bites, Etc

Rava dhokla recipe can be made in microwave also but for this recipe i preferred it to be in pressure cooker. You can easily prepare this sooji dhokla recipe in pressure cooker without using oven altogether.

Dhokla is an iconic Gujrati vegetarian food that is quite multipurpose, since it can fit in the category of any meal; it can be breakfast, snack, or main course. Traditionally, an ideal Breakfast recipe, Dhokla is made with plain rice and chickpeas or Indian Chana Dal, to create the spongy, idli like squares.

However, this recipe can be so versatile, you will find a wide variety of dhokla and still have ample room for further experiment. Along with rawa dhokla, there is besan khaman dhokla, khandvi dhokla, mixed dal dhokla, bread dhokla, cheese dhokla and what not, I even had chocolate dhokla once with my kids. And loved it!

If you agree with me, food habits in homes that have children, and those of “all-adults”, differ from many aspects. I have noticed, that homes with children generally sustain more nourishment with nutritious food and regularity in all meals than in all-adult homes, which is expected to be more mature, but things  like, skipping breakfast and fast food dinner is commonplace. It is also true that children have this tendency to just skip their meal, if they don’t like what’s in it, especially in their lunch boxes. And, Jam smilies alone cannot save you from it. So here goes my solution.

 is a big hit with my children’s lunch pack. What my kids like the most is that it is a compact food; they don’t need to sit back in the bench to finish their lunch, they can take it anywhere in the campus, and hangout will enjoying it. Another thing about it is that there’s no gravy mess, yet its not dry; its heavy, yet not rich, and has the right properties of a complete meal. I usually pack it with some sweet tamarind chutney which adds to the attraction.

The recipe is simple, involving a two-step procedure of making a batter and steaming it over double boiler, in a pan or pressure cooker. However, there are some minute tit-bits of performing the steps, that can make or break your rawa dhokla. Do not be scared though, just make sure when you put your mould on the double boiler, the water is boiling. You need to add baking soda in your mixture, but today I will be using Eno fruit salt. Add the baking soda or Eno, immediately before transferring the batter to the mould, and transfer the batter immediately after greasing the mould. Avoid stirring the batter after adding it, use light mixing instead. If you are storing the batter, don’t mix the soda/Eno.

Equipment Used:

Prestige Pan

Prestige Pressure Cooker

How to make rava dhokla:

• Take a Bowl and add Semolina, yogurt, ginger, green chilly, turmeric powder, salt and mix it well for few seconds.

• Now add water, oil and mix them properly into a smooth batter. Make sure there should be no lumps in it.

• Now the batter is ready. It should not be too thick or too light like dropping water. It should have medium thickness.

• Now let it rest the batter for 15-20 minutes.

• After 15 minutes take 11/2 glass of water in a pan and take a mould and keep it in a center of cooker, bring it to boil on medium flame. Make sure that the water should starts boiling before placing the mould (filled with batter) in it.

• Grease the dish all around so that Dhokla does not stick to the bottom and sides of the pan. I have used cake pan to make dhokla.

• At last add baking soda in batter and immediately stir it. It will bubble up

• Transfer this batter immediately into the greased pan.

• Place the mould very gently in a pan.
• Cover with the lid and cook for about 5-7 minutes on medium flame.

• Insert a tooth pick or knife just to see if it is cooked properly or not. If the tooth pick comes out clean it means the dhokla has cooked properly.

• Take out the mould and let it cool for few minutes.

• When it’s slightly cool down unmould it.

• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seed, when mustard begins to crackle add curry leaves, green chilly and coriander leaves, stir for few seconds.

• Remove from the flame and pour the tempering over the prepared dhokla.

• Cut fluffy khaman dhokla into small squares or Rectangular shaped pieces using knife.

• Serve Dhokla with green chutney.

To make dhokla in pressure cooker:

• In the same manner make the dhokla batter and put it in a greased mould.
• Boil water in a pressure cooker on medium flame and place the mould very gently in pressure cooker.

• Remove the whistles of pressure cooker and cover the lid on medium flame and cook for 5-7 minutes.

• Take out the mould from pressure cooker and let it cool.when it is slightly cool down unmould it and pour the tempering over the dhokla.

Note:

• Make sure that the water should starts boiling before placing the mould (filled with batter) in it otherwise it will take time to cook and dhokla will not become spongy.
• After adding Eno fruit salt do not keep batter for long time otherwise dhokla will not be spongy so Transfer the batter immediately into the greased pan
• After adding eno/soda do not stir too much otherwise bubbly effect will go away.
• Dhokla can be served at room temperature and can be stored in refrigerator for 2 days.
• Steaming time depends on the size of pan and thickness of dhokla so it may vary 3-4 minutes less or more
• If you are making dhokla in batches then do not add soda or eno at once. Put eno in the mixture which you are going to steam and let the extra batter wait on counter top to finish the first batch steaming. Once you finish the first batch steaming then again put soda/eno in second batch and steam.

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