Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, khaman. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Save Time and Do Groceries Online Now. Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders! Khaman, also known as khaman dhokla in other Indian states, is a popular delicacy from the Gujarati cuisine. It is light, spongy and includes a hint of great savory flavor from a simple combination of gram flour (besan), spices, and herbs.
Khaman is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Khaman is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook khaman using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Khaman:
- Get 2 cups For the batter besan/gram flour
- Get 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Get 2 pinch hing/asafoetida
- Get 1 tablespoon ginger-green chilli paste
- Get 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Take 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- Get 1 cup water or as required
- Get 1 teaspoon fruit salt/eno or
- Get 3/4th teaspoon baking soda
- Make ready For tempering
- Get 1 tablespoon oil
- Prepare 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon sugar
- Get 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Get 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 1 sprig curry leaves
- Get 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- Prepare 2 green chillies slit
- Take 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves for the garnish
- Get 1 tablespoon freshly grated coconut (optional)
A thick fermented gram flour and yogurt batter steamed till it's like a soft fluffy pillow. Cooled, cut into squares tempered with mustard seeds and garnished with fresh coriander and scraped coconut - a dhokla is Gujarat's pride. This very same dhokla can be crumbed and served with accompaniments like assorted chutneys. The secret of its sponginess and no requirement of advance preparation lies in using popular Eno salt.
Steps to make Khaman:
- Grease a big bowl with oil and keep aside.
- Boil 1 glass of water in a steamer
- Now mix well all the ingredients except the fruit salt in a big mixing bowl, to form an even lump free batter.
- Add the fruit salt and 2 teaspoons of water and gently mix it in the batter. - The batter will rise quickly.
- Add the batter immediately to the greased bowl
- Now keep the bowl inside the steamer with boiling water.
- Cover with a lid and allow it to steam for 10-12 minutes till the khaman is done.
- Check with a pointed knife in the centre, if it comes out clean, then it's done.
- Remove the khaman from the pan carefully once cooled.
- For the tempering: - Heat oil, add mustard seeds then add the rest of the ingredients for tempering to hot oil, except water.
- Sauté for half a minute on low flame, add the water and immediately pour it over the steamed and cooled khaman.
- Cut the khaman into desired shape, Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy with green chutney.
- The addition of white sesame seeds gives the khaman a new flavour
This very same dhokla can be crumbed and served with accompaniments like assorted chutneys. The secret of its sponginess and no requirement of advance preparation lies in using popular Eno salt. Follow our easy breakfast recipe with step by step photos and discover how easy it is to make mouth. Khaman is a food from the Gujarat state of India. It is a very popular Gujarati snack in India.
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