Thinai arisi maavu dhokla

Foxtail millet dhokla |Gujarati farsan|dhokla recipes

As you all know now a days millets are very popular among Indians and also abroad and they substitute millets in place of rice as millets are considered more nutritive. I was so unhappy that I don’t get the Indian varieties of millets here at US but some friends shared with me that we get millets in amazon and while browsing I found and ordered the only Indian millet available here and also found millet flour . I was so excited to make some new dishes, It is always a happy moment when we get a ingredient we want experiment in our kitchen ain’t it. I made use of this millet flour making dhokla. You can make thinai maavu/ foxtail millet flour just like you make rice flour , wash the thinai and drain all the water. spread them in a cloth to dry. After they dry put it in a mixer and grind them in batches if you are making lot as the mixer will heat up if you do it in one go.

I always love gujarati farsans and mainly dhoklas , I make rava dhoklas , corn rava dhokla and even besan dhokla .. This time I just substituted 1/2 cup of millet with besan and it tasted super yummy. Making it little healthy made it enjoyable and I loved it a lot. When I was a kid whenever we had giman ( which feast at marriage functions ) I used to love khaman dhoklas served for starters in our marriage functions. I loved to have these soft, spongy delights a lot . Dhoklas can be served for breakfast, Tiffin , as a starter or any time you wud like to enjoy them .. For this weeks BM theme I chose dhoklas and here is my day 1 healthy dhokla. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#43

Foxtail Millet Dhokla

Recipe Category	Preparation time	Cook time
Snacks/ Breakfast	10 mins	15-20 mins

Ingredients

Millet Flour/ Thinai maavu – 1/2 cup
Besan -1/2 cup
Ginger garlic paste – 1/4 tsp
Water – 1 cup ( adjust as needed)
Lemon juice – 1 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Eno salt – 1 tsp

For tempering
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
Til/ sesame seeds – 1/2 tsp
Green chillies – 3-4 No ( small)
Sugar – 3 tsp
Water – 3 tbsp

For garnish
Grated Coconut – 1 tbsp
Chopped coriander – 1 tbsp

Method

To Make the batter

Grease the dhokla pan or a cake pan .
In a bowl mix millet flour, besan, ginger garlic paste, salt, lemon juice with water till a idli batter consitensy.
Mix them well without any lump. now put some water in your idli cooker or steamer and turn the stove on.
After the water in the steamer starts boiling keep a stand on it and place the cake pan / dhokla pan.
Now in the end add eno salt to the batter and just fold it quickly in the batter.
Pour all the batter on the cake pan and cover the steamer with a lid.
Let it steam cook for 15 mins or so and chk whether a tooth pick inserted in the dhokla if comes out clean.

If it coming out clean then your dhoklas are ready.let them cool down in pan before you make cuts.

For tempering

Heat oil in a sauce pan, add mustard seeds, sesame seeds, let them splutter.
Add green chillies and saute them . If you want you can also add curry leaves for tempering.
Now add water and let it boil well.
Add sugar and let them dissolve in water.
Your tempering is ready to be poured on the dhoklas.

To proceed

Now once the dhokla cool down a bit,use a spoon and pour the tempering on top of the dhoklas.
Cut them to diamonds or square pieces.
Enjoy them warm with green chutney or ketchup.