Sprouted Moong Dhokla Recipe
Sprouted Moong dhokla are full of energy and they are with No Onion and No Garlic and addition of Carrot makes these Dhokla more healthy tasty.
Ingredients
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250 grams Green Moong Sprouts
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120 grams Gram flour (besan)
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1 Carrot (Gajjar)
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3 Green Chillies
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1 inch Ginger
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1-1/2 tablespoon Oil
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Salt
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to taste
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1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder (Jeera)
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1/2 cup Buttermilk
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1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
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2 tablespoon Coriander (Dhania) Leaves
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1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds (Rai/ Kadugu)
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1/2 teaspoon Sesame seeds (Til seeds)
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1 sprig Curry leaves
Instructions
Step 1
To begin making the Sprouted Moong Dhokla recipe, wash the whole moong and soak them in water for overnight
Step 2
Rinse again the soaked Moong and place them in a wet muslin cloth and again put them for 6 to 8 hours without disturbing the position
Step 3
Untie the cloth and check the Moong, The sprouted Moong are ready to use
Step 4
If they are not sprouted properly, sprinkle some water on them and again tie the cloth for 3 to 4 more hours
Step 5
Now to make dhokla, first crush the sprouted Moong coarsely and put the paste aside
Step 6
(Note: To crush the Moong, you can use little amount of water to make coarse paste
Step 7
)Now, cut the carrot roughly, and add green chilies, ginger and some roughly chopped coriander leaves and make churn them in a mixer grinder
Step 8
Add this carrot mixture paste in sprouted Moong paste and make a Dhokla batter by adding buttermilk and Gram flour
Step 9
Season the batter with salt, red chili powder, and cumin seed powder and keep the batter aside
Step 10
Now heat a dhokla maker with some amount of water in it, and grease the dhokla plate with oil
Step 11
Let the water starts boiling, Now add Soda bicarb in dhokla batter and 1 tablespoon of oil and mix the batter properly, and place this mixture on dhokla plate, cover it with lid and steam the dhokla at least for 15-20 minutes
Step 12
If you don't have dhokla maker, simply take a big deep vessel and add water in it, let it starts boiling and place the plate on it which has the exact diameter of that vessel, and spread the dhokla mixture in that plate and cover it with another big size of plate tied with muslin cloth
Step 13
Serve Sprouted Moong Dhokla along with Dhaniya Pudina Chutney for breakfast or serve as a tea time snack