Khatta Dhokla - Gujarati Snack Recipe

Ingredients
Dhokla flour ( Combine 1 ½ cup rice & ½ cup urad dal .And grind it to make flour) – 1 ½ cups
Sour curd – ¼ cup
Baking soda – a pinch
Green chilli paste – 1 ½ tspn
Salt to taste
Oil
Coarsely ground black pepper – 1 ½ tspn
Mustard seeds - 1 tspn
curry leaves - 1 spring
A few coriander leaves
Preparation
1.Combine the khatta dhokla flour, curd, green chilli paste,1 tsp of oil, warm water (approx 2¼ cups) and salt in a bowl and mix well. Keep aside to ferment for atleast 8 to 10 hours.
2.Just before steaming, add the baking soda over the batter.
3.Grease the steaming plate with oil.
4.Pour a ladleful of the batter immediately into the greased plate.
5.Sprinkle ½ tsp of black pepper powder evenly over it and steam in a steamer for 7 to 8 minutes or till the dhoklas are cooked.
6.Cool slightly and cut into diamond shaped equal pieces.
7,Heat oil in a pan.
8.Splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves . Pour this into the dhokla pieces.
9.Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
Serve immediately with green chutney.