Halwai December 17, 2022

Ingredients:

• 1 cup – sooji (rava)
• 1 cup – Curd
• Few flakes – Ginger
• 2 – Green chillies
• 1 tsp – Turmeric
• 1 tsp – sesame seeds
• 1 tsp – mustard (rai)
• Coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Add the curd to rava and ferment it for overnight.
  2. In the morning, when the mixture has raised slightly than the normal level, add the few flakes of ginger into it along with salt, turmeric and green chillies.
  3. Take the vessel to make dhokla or some flat bottomed vessel that will fit the cooker and put the mixture into it.
  4. Put the lid of the pressure cooker and allow it to steam without the weight for 15 to 20 mins.
  5. After 15 to 20 mins, switch off the cooker.
  6. When the cooker cools down then place the cooked dhokla in the plate and cut it into squares.
  7. Take a small pan and then put some oil.
  8. Add sesame seeds and mustard.
  9. When the mustard begins to spurt then put it on the dhokla.
  10. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Recipe courtesy of Meenkshy Ramakrishnan