Rava Dhokla with their pillow-like fluffiness makes for a soul-satisfying snack for both children and adults. This adored snack of the Gujaratis can be made at a moment’s notice with ingredients that are readily found in most Indian households. This makes perfect kids lunch box recipe.

All You Need Is:

For steaming:-

• Rava or Semolina 1 cup
• Dahi (sour) or curd 1 cup
• ¼th inch Ginger + 1 Green Chillie paste
• ENO (Fruit Salt) 1 small packet
• Oil to grease the dhokla pan
• Salt

For tempering:-

• Oil 2 tbsp
• Rai or mustard seeds 1 tsp
• Jeera or cumin ½ tsp
• Til or sesame seeds 1 tsp
• Chopped green chilli 2

For garnishing (all are optional and as per personal taste and preference):-

• Pepper powder 1 tbsp
• Chillie powder 1 tbsp
• Coriander leaves 2 tsp

Makes: Enough for 3 servings

How to prepare Rava Dhokla:

1. Mix all the ingredients under ‘For steaming’ except oil and ENO to make a lump-free batter that is slightly thicker than idli batter or pancake batter consistency. Add water to batter in case batter seems too thick. Let the batter rest for 30 minutes.
2. Prepare the steamer by putting about 4 cups of water in it and putting it on the stove to heat.
3. Grease a dhokla pan with some oil. In case you do not have a dhokla pan, you can use any steel or another metal container that fits into the steamer/cooker and is about 1 ½ to 2 inches in depth.
4. Add ENO to the batter once it has rested for 30 minutes. Mix the batter till you see air bubbles on the surface of the batter; do not over mix it.
5. Pour batter immediately into the greased pan or container and put into the steamer.
6. Steam dhokla for about 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Take pan or container out of the steamer and allow it to cool down for 5 minutes.
8. Cut dhokla into squares or diamonds.
9. Sprinkle pepper powder and/or chilli powder.
10. Heat oil in a pan and add jeera, mustard seeds and green chillies for making the tempering.
11. Switch off the flame and pour the tempering all over the dhokla once jeera and til have become a light brown.
12. Chop coriander leaves finely and sprinkles on the dhokla.
13. Serve warm or allow to cool before packing into Tiffin Box

A wonderful accompaniment for the dhoklas is a green chutney made the Gujarati way.

How to prepare Green Chutny?

Take a medium-sized bunch of coriander leaves, green chillies as per taste roasted chana dal as per the thickness desired in the chutney, lime juice, ½ tsp of jeera and salt. Put all of these into a food processor and pulverize. Viola! Green chutney is ready to be consumed.

This yummy snack has the following goodness for growing children:

No.	Ingredients	Nutritive Value for Children
1	Rava	Carbohydrates that are energy boosters, it is said to be good for the bones and has iron content that prevents anaemia
2	Dahi (Curd)	Rich in calcium and hence, good for the bones, has probiotics that are wonderful for maintaining stomach health and has proteins that are energy giving
3	Tempering	While adding to flavours, it aids in digestion and the til is rich in calcium hence good for bones and teeth, and are energy giving
4	Chutney	Good source of vitamins because of coriander and energy giving due to the chana dal

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