We are starting BM#43, week 1 and I will be doing all Dhoklas. The idea for this came when I came across a huge collection of Dhokla recipes stored away and decided I should at least make use of those recipes.

I wanted to make sure these Dhokla recipes help people plan their breakfast or dinner better. If you are used to serving such low cal or almost no oil dishes, this works out best. Apart from planning on getting this fermented, this dish works out quite easily.

I served it with tomato sauce, you could do green chutney as well. The only thing it really mattered is, one should make sure this doesn't get fermented for long. When I fermented overnight, the batter turned a bit sourer than expected, even though the curds used was not sour at all. So fermenting for just 4 hrs or 5 hrs should make this alright.

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Soaking and fermenting the batter

Steaming the Dhoklas

Channa Dal Dhokla

Ingredients Needed

For Fermentation

Channa Dal / Bengal Gram - 1/2 cup
Curds / Yoghurt - 2 -3 tbsp
Sugar - 1 tsp

For the Dhokla

Water - 1 cup
Lemon juice - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Green chillies, Ginger paste -1 tsp
Red Chili powder - 3/4 tsp
Coriander leaves, chopped - 2 tbsp
Turmeric a pinch
Salt to taste
Soda bi-carb - 1 tsp

For the tempering:

Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Green chillies - 1 medium
Hing a pinch

Garnish:
Coconut, grated
Coriander leaves, chopped

How to make the Channa Dal Dhokla

For the fermentation:

Soak the dal in water for at least 2 hrs and blend with the curds to form the consistency of pancake batter. Mix in the sugar and leave in a warm place to ferment overnight.

For Steaming the Dhokla:

When the batter is fermented, add in the remaining ingredients, combine everything well.

Grease a mould or other suitable vessel and place in a steamer.

Add the soda bicarb to the batter and mix well till light and fluffy. Immediately pour into the prepared vessel.

Cover and steam for 20 minutes.

Remove, cool, and cut into cubes.

Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, when crackling add the rest of the tempering ingredients

Pour over the dhokla cubes.

Garnish by sprinkling grated coconut and coriander leaves.

Notes:

The first batch I made I added less than the required soda, this made it not as spongy as it should be. Be sure to add at least 1 tsp or a little more for the Dhokla to be spongy.

However this Dhokla is surely soft and very tasty.

This healthy dhokla is not only a great option for Diabetics, it can be served for your kid's snack. Of course, my boys won't try, however, Konda loves such snacks.

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Chana Dal Dhokla ~ Healthy Snack Recipes

Cuisine Gujarathi

Author Srivalli

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Srividhya Manikandan says
August 03, 2014 at 2:01 am
Seems pretty simple yaar. Will try it soon.
Suma Gandlur says
August 03, 2014 at 3:01 am
They look good. Valli when I made khaman, I had fermented it overnight and it was fine. I think people in India had to reduce the fermentation time because of the hot climate.
lavina agarwal says
August 03, 2014 at 5:11 am
Yummmy protien packed recipe srivalli. .thanks for your sweet comment at my post..such inspiration coming from you means a lot to me..
Varadas Kitchen says
August 03, 2014 at 1:35 pm
Dhokla are one of my favorite foods. I usually soak it for a about 3 hours. Nice.
Priya Suresh says
August 03, 2014 at 8:29 pm
Very different from the usual one, looks beautiful and delicious..
Sarita says
August 04, 2014 at 12:49 am
Yummy dhoklas .. Very colorful and looks delicious ..
vaishali sabnani says
August 04, 2014 at 5:32 am
Ah these are one of the most popular ones and taste the best. Looking forward to the other Dhoklas
Padma Rekha says
August 04, 2014 at 7:34 am
First I planed to make this one but hubby don't like chanadal so change it. they came out so perfect...
Sapana Behl says
August 05, 2014 at 9:18 am
Chana dal dhokla looks so beautiful and ofcourse tasty too!
Suja Ram says
August 06, 2014 at 11:53 am
I haven't tried Dhoklas at all. Yours is so inspiring. These cute Dhoklas look adorable.
Harini-Jaya R says
August 07, 2014 at 12:34 am
Awesome dhokla..I think this would taste better than the besan dhokla. Did you find any difference between the two? Thanks for sending it to the Kids delight 🙂
Pavani N says
August 14, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Chana dal dhokla has turned out perfect. Lovely clicks Valli.

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