Gujarati Sandwich Dhokla Recipe: A traditional Gujarati savory sandwich made from rice & lentil batter, sesame seeds and coriander chutney.
Ingredients
For dhokla batter
Flour of Rice & Urud dal (black gram): 2 cups
Water: 1 1/2 cup
Soda bi-carbonate (baking soda): 1/4 tsp
Salt: to taste
For tempering
Mustard seeds (rai): 1 tbsp
Sesame seeds (til): 1 tbsp
Curry leaves: 5 leaves
For coriander chutney
Green Coriander (Cilantro): 1 cup
Peanuts: 1/4 cup
Green chilies: 2 pieces, sliced
Lemon juice: 1 tsp
Turmeric (haldi): 1/4 tsp
Salt: to taste
Instructions
To make Dhokla batter
Soak rice and urud dal (split black gram) flour in water over night. Next day the dhokla batter will get fermented.
Add salt and pinch of soda bi-carbonate (baking soda) to the batter and mix it well.
To make Green Coriander chutney
In the grinder add coriander, peanut, lemon juice , salt, green chili, turmeric powder and some water. Make a fine paste.
Taste the chutney and add salt to taste.
To prepare Sandwich Idra Dhokla
Prepare a cooker where we are going to make dhokla. In a steam cooker, add some water and put a dhokla plate inside cooker.
Grease a dhokla plate with oil and pour dhokla batter and make around 1/2 centimeter thick layer. Spread the dhokla batter evenly on greased plate and steam the dhokla batter for 4 minutes.
Now once the first layer of dhokla is half cooked, spread the green coriander chutney and apply it evenly on dhokla plate. Second layer of green chutney is ready. Now pour the third and final layer with dhokla batter and spread evenly. Cook for another 7 minutes.
The dhokla is nicely cooked. Cut the Idra dhoklas in diamond shape or whatever shape you like.
Serve hot with ketchup or coriander chutney.
To make tempered spices
Heat some oil in a tempering pan and add mustard seeds and sesame seeds. Once the spices crackles add some curry leaves.
Pour the tempered spices on top of Dhokla sandwich.
Recipe by WeRecipes at https://werecipes.com/sandwich-dhokla-recipe-idra-dhokla/