Khaman Dhokla (Instant Khaman)

Name: Khaman Dhokla (Instant Khaman)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Gujarati)
Ingredients: 180 g chickpea flour (besan); 9 g semolina (rava/sooji); 1 tbsp caster sugar; 2 pc ginger; 2 pc green chillies; 2 tsp ground turmeric; 1 tsp asafoetida; 1 tbsp neutral oil; 2 tsp fruit salt (Eno); ½ tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 20 ml lemon juice; 250 ml water; 2 tbsp neutral oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 6 tsp white sesame seeds; 10 pc curry leaves; 1 pc green chillies; 10 g coriander leaves; 8 g coconut; 2 tsp caster sugar; 80 ml water

Soft, fluffy Gujarati khaman made from besan batter leavened instantly and steamed, served with a mustard-cumin sesame tempering.

20 min 228 kcal/serving serves 6

228kcal8gprotein25gcarbs11gfat

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🫘chickpea flour (besan)

🥣semolina (rava/sooji)

🍬caster sugar

🫚ginger

🌶️green chillies

🫙ground turmeric

🫙asafoetida

🫗neutral oil

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About Dassana Amit

Indian vegetarian home cook and founder of Veg Recipes of India

Dassana Amit is an Indian home cook and food writer best known as the founder of Veg Recipes of India, one of the most widely used vegetarian recipe websites for Indian home cooking. The site has built a large following for its thorough, step-by-step approach to regional and pan-Indian vegetarian dishes.

Her recipes focus on everyday vegetarian Indian cooking, including dals, curries, rice dishes, and North Indian staples, built around layered spice blends like garam masala and tempered tadkas. Recipes are generally written for home cooks rather than restaurant technique, with detailed step-by-step photographs and precise measurements that prioritise reliability over shortcuts.

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