DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Dhokla
Rohit Ghai’s dhokla is a steamed gram-flour cake with a poured mustard-and-curry-leaf tempering, plated with beetroot, apple, two chutneys and ghati masala.
About Dhokla
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Ghai’s recipe introduces dhokla as a steamed gram-flour cake associated with Gujarat in India. His plated version adds apple and beetroot, two chutneys and several garnishes.
Gram flour, semolina, lemon juice, ginger, green chilli, yogurt, salt and water form a smooth batter. Eno fruit salt is stirred in before the batter is steamed, briefly cooled, turned out and cut into squares or rectangles.
Mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and green chillies cook in oil. Water and sugar are added, and the resulting tempering liquid is poured over the cake pieces.
Cooked baby beetroot receives a separate seed-spiced oil and vinegar mixture. Peeled apple wedges sit in apple juice with beetroot powder before being drained for plating.
The chef makes separate tomato and mint chutneys and a coarse ghati masala. Pea shoots, radish, coriander and fresh coconut finish the plate, which is dusted with the masala.
Ingredients in Dhokla
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- Short-grain ricebase
- Sugarseasoning
- Vegetable Oilcooking medium
- Waterother
- Chickpea Flourbase
- Gingerother
- Yogurtother
- Legumebase
- Saltother
- Batterbase
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- India
- Cooking traditions
- Gujarati
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.