Dhokla with Chana dal

                      Dhokla with Chana Dal
Dhokla is a famous Gujarati  tasty snack. It can be prepared in different varieties. Here I prepared it with Chana dal  with my friend's  guidance.

Ingredients:
Chana Dal.               : 1 cup
Idli Rawa.                 : 1 & 1/2 cups.
Salt.                           : 1 tablespoon(approx)
Ginger & Green chilly paste. : 1/2 tablespoon
Baking Soda.           : 1 teaspoon
Mustard seeds.       : 1 tablespoon
Curry leaves.           : Handful
Asafoetida(Hing).   : 1/4 teaspoon
Sugar                         : 1 &1/2 table spoon
Coconut (grated).    : 1 table spoon
Turmeric                    : 1 teaspoon
Oil.                              :  1 tablespoon

Preparation:
1. Soak Chana dal & Idli rawa in separate bowls with sufficient water for 2 hours.
2. After two hours, grind this Chana dal & idli rawa into fine batter with sufficient water.
3. Add Ginger - Chilly paste  & Salt  into the batter and mix it properly and keep it aside to ferment for overnight.
4. Next day morning, mix batter properly and add turmeric, baking soda and again whisk properly with the help of whisker for 5 minutes.
5. Now heat a pressure cooker with sufficient water on a medium flame.
6. When the cooker gets hot, grease  idly plates or cake mould with oil and pour this batter into it and tap it for 3 times.
7. Place the idly plates or mould I to the cooker and steam it on a low flame without whistle for 10 minutes.
8. After 10 minutes, unmould these dhoklas into a serving plate and cut into cube pieces.
9. Now heat a pan with Oil  on medium flame,. When the oil gets hot, add mustards seeds, curry leaves & Hing and fry them until the mustard seeds start tamper.
10. Add 1 /2 glass water and sugar and stir it until the sugar gets dissolved completely. Now pour this hot syrup on the top of  dhokla peices evenly. Garnish it with grated coconut and serve.

Tip:  More the  fermentation, more  the dhoklas become soft & spongy.