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Dhokla

Steamed chickpea sponge, sweet and sour at once.

Dhokla
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Steamed, with the tempering

30 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 200g gram flour
  • 1 tbsp semolina
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp eno or 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 2 green chillies, split
  • 1 tsp sugar for the syrup

What you do

  1. 1Whisk the gram flour, semolina, sugar, salt, lemon and 200ml water to a batter like thick cream. Rest it 10 minutes.
  2. 2Stir in the eno at the very last moment — it starts working immediately — and pour straight into a greased tin.
  3. 3Steam 15 minutes. A skewer comes out clean.
  4. 4Pop the mustard seeds in the oil with the chillies, add 4 tbsp water and the sugar, and pour that over the top. Cut into squares once it has soaked in.

The microwave one

12 minutes · serves 2 · Easy

What you need

  • 100g gram flour
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp eno
  • Salt
  • Oil

What you do

  1. 1Batter as above, rested 5 minutes.
  2. 2Eno in, poured into a greased microwave dish.
  3. 3Full power 3 minutes, then rest 3 minutes before cutting.