Rawa Dhokla / White dhokla

 Dhokla is a Gujarati dish with different varieties in it.Khaman dhokla , nylon dhokla, sandwich dhokla , rawa dhokla ,etc...They are steamed  sour and spicy cakes and loved snacks by all Indians .white dhokla is also made from rice, black gram and sour yoghurt but is time consuming.

Lets see simple, instant , few ingredients, yet yummy white dhokla recipe i.e Rawa Dhokla.

Ingredient.....

1. Barik rawa - 1 vati 
2. Besan - 2 sp
3. Salt to taste 
4. Sugar 2 tbsp
5. Citric acid 1 tsp
6. Curd  2 sp
7. Oil 2 tsp
8. Eno 1 sacchet
9. Water for consistency
10. Lemon

For tempering....

1. Oil
2. Mustard seeds/ mohri/ rai
3. Curry leaves
4. Hing
5. Chilies 
6. Water
7. Coriander finely chopped For garnishing.

Pictorial recipe....

Take one vati/katori of fine rawa.

If you have thick rawa then grind it into fine.

Add in 2 spoon of besan.

Add 2 spoons of sour curd.

Mix together.

Add 2 spoons of sugar ,1 spoon oil ,1 tsp of citric acid and salt to taste.

Cover the vessel and Rest it for about 10 min.

Till than heat a water in steamer with a rack in it and Grease a plate with oil 👇

 Add in fruit salt (ENO) and immediately pour it in a greased plate.

Place the plate inside a steamer on a rack.

cover the steamer with a lid and place a heavy weight on it so that the steam should not come out . Steam for about 10-15 min.

                                    cool it.

                           Heat oil in a pan.

Add in mustard seeds ,green chillies and curry leaves and hing.

       Add in lemon water and allow it to boil.

                Add 1 spoon of sugar to it.

     Cut the dhokla into square shape pieces.

 Pour the tempering on the steamed Dhoklas and garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

        Yummy Dhoklas are ready to serve...!

Plum cake / Christmas cake

Plum cake  is usually made during Christmas festival.It is made up of dried fruits or fresh fruits which are soaked in wine or rum for about 3 months before Christmas.It sounds hard but it is actually a very simple recipie and also can be made eggless and without oven.

So let's start and feel tempting.....

Ingredient.....

1. Soaked dried fruits  - 100 gms each raisins, dates, kiwi, oranges, black grapes in 1 cup of wine or rum for about 1 week to 3 months.
   
2. Oil / butter - 1/4 cup or 50 gms
3. Sugar - 1/4th cup 
4. Milkmaid - half tin
5. Curd -  1/4 cup 
6. All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
7. Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup
8. Baking powder - 1 tspoon
9. Baking soda - 1/2 tspoon
10. Cinnamon powder / dalchini - 1/4 tspoon
11. Nutmeg powder / jaifal - 1/4 tspoon
12. Chocolate essence - 1/4 tspoon
13. Vanilla essence -1/4 tspoon
14. Rum essence -1/4 tspoon
15. Orange juice - 1 cup
16. Wine or rum - 1-2 cup
17. Orange zest - 1/4 tspoon
18. Chopped dry fruits like almonds , cashew, walnuts, hazelnuts .

Preparation 

How to soaked dried fruits

1. Tuttifruity ,raisins,finely chopped dried dates, mixed dried fruits like dried kiwi,pineapple,mango,cranberry, blueberries etc....

Mix

Add some grated orange zest.

In goes lemon zest.

Fill in the dry container.

Add in 180 ml of rum(old monk) or red wine for one month

Pictorial recipe....

Take 1/4 cup oil , 1/4 cup sugar and half tin milkmaid.

Add all above ingredients in a mixer grinder , further add 1/4 cup of curd and grind to a smooth paste.

Pour the above mixture in a mixing bowl.

Add in 1 cup of all purpose flour or maida using strainer.

Similarly add in 1/4 cup of Coco powder.

Now add 1 tspoon of baking powder.

Add in 1/2 tspoon of baking soda.

Add cinnamon powder and jaifal powder- 1/4 tspoon.

Now add 1cup of orange juice.

Add orange peel or zest .

1/4 tspoon vanilla essence.

1/4 tspoon chocolate essence.

1/4 tspoon rum essence and mix all together.

Now add soaked dried fruits and mix slowly.

Grease  alluminium cake tin or place butter paper in a tin.

Pour in the cake mixture and add  chopped nuts in between and on surface of the mixture.

Pre-heat the kadhai or a deep pan with a low rack in it.

Close a lid and bake it for about 40-45 min on a low to medium flame.

Check the cake by inserting tooth pick which comes out clean when cake is completely baked.

Cut the cake in slices.

                                    Enjoy..!!

Merry Christmas..🎅 🎄 

Upwas Dosa

Hello friends....once again I am back with a new upwas special recipe i.e upwas dosa . It is a very simple and instant recipe for my foodie friends specially on fasting days of Navratri.

Give it a try and you all gonna love it.

Lets start...

Ingredient.....

1. Bhagar or varri 1 cup
2. Sabudana   ½ cup  
3. Curd 2-3 spoons
4. Ground nuts/शेंगदाणे कूट 1big table spoon
5. Green chilly  2 - 3
6. Cumin seeds 1spoon
7. Salt to taste
8. Water for consistency or you can also use buttermilk.

For preparing tawa...

Heat Oil greased tawa on high flame for 1-2min and switch off the gass and cool completely.

Pictorial recipe....

Take one cup bhagar and half a cup of sabudana .

Dry roast the sabudana in a voke stirring continuously till it changes its colour to off-white.

In the same way roast bhagar till it changes its off white colour to white 👇

In same way roast jeera or cumin seeds.

Take all above hot roasted bhagar, sabudana, and jeera in a mixer grinder,to it add 2-3 green chillies and salt to taste.

Add water for proper grinding it to smooth paste.

Add 2-3spoon of curd or even you can add buttermilk to get flowing consistency.

Add ground ground nuts/शेंगदाणे कूट , chopped fresh cilantro leaves or corrainder leaves and mix properly.

Prepare the hot tawa and make dosas.

Grate boiled potato on dosa and sprinkle some salt above it.

Look at the net i got for dosa....looks so spongey.

You can also sprinkle some red chilly powder over the dosa .

                                   Enjoy!!