Steamed Gram Flour Cake

Photo: Anu Menon

Ingredients

1 cup Besan/Gram Flour-

1/2 cup Curd- use low fat yogurt-

1 tablespoon Oil-

1/2 teaspoon Turmeric-

1/2 teaspoon Sodium Bi Carbonate-***

Tempering:

1 teaspoon Oil-

1/2 teaspoon Mustard-

1/2 teaspoon Ginger- finely chopped

1/4 teaspoon Chilli- finely chopped

Oil to grease the baking dish

Preparation

In a big glass bowl add gram flour(besan), curd and water. Mix well to make a smooth batter. The batter should be similar to that of a cake batter. Add turmeric and salt and keep aside. Most recipes let you make this instantly but I kept this mixture overnight.

Prepare the steamer/cooker by filling it with water and letting it come to a boil. Meanwhile grease a baking dish/steel dish and keep aside.

Now mix Sodium bi Carbonate/Baking soda oil and lemon juice and immediately add this to the gram flour mixture. The mixture will start frothing thanks to the baking soda and lime mixture. Pour it into the baking dish upto 1” or 2” maximum and steam for about 10-15 minutes. Mine took 15 minutes and keep checking just the way you check a cake. Use a tooth pick and pass it through and it should come clean if its done right!