Locho, a funny name right? Well, friends let me tell you, it is a traditional dish of Gujarat. A very famous street food too.
Locho is derived from the hindi word LOCHA, which simply means messed up. There is a saying in hindi "Locha ho gaya", and the gujarati version is "Locho thai gayi", which literally translates to "I messed up or I goofed up something and now there is a problem".
Locho is also famous with the name Surti Locho, because this dish was first accidentally made in the city of Surat, thus it gets its name Surti Locho, which means messed up dish from Surat.
Legends says that one fine morning a man wanted to prepare DHOKLA to surprise his wife, in the breakfast, however the man made some mistake and messed up the dhokla recipe. After realizing that he has goofed up the dish and that his wife would be sad seeing wastage of food. He quickly chopped few onions, coriander leafs mixed them with his messed up dhokla, added some Indian spices to it and placed it in front of his wife. To his astonishment his wife liked the dish and from there till date Locho is being made and served.
After all this, am sure you would also want to make Surti Locho. So here is the recipe, my friends. Let's Begin..........
Ingredients:
- 200 g or 1 cup channa dal
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tbsp besan
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ginger chilli paste
- Salt as per taste
- 1 tsp Locho masala (Check below / at the end for recipe)
- 1/2 tsp asafoetida (heeng)
- Oil (as required)
For Garnishing: Butter, Chopped Coriander Leaves, Chopped Onions and Sev.
Steps:
Take a bowl.
- Put Channa Dal
- Put Urad Dal
Wash them properly and drain the water.
Soak both the dal in water for 5 - 6 hours.
Once soaked, drain the water.
Take a mixer grinder.
- Add soaked dal
- Add 1 cup water
Grind the dal to get a thin runny batter.
Take it out in a bowl.
- Add besan
- Add turmeric powder
- Add ginger chilli paste
- Add salt as per taste
- Add 2 pinch of asafoetida
- Add 1 tbsp oil
Mix everything well.
- Add baking soda
Mix it well and quickly transfer it on a greased (with oil) mold and put the mold in a steamer.
Close the lid.
Cook on high flame for 15 - 17 minutes.
[TIP: Prepare your steamer by heating up a big pan with some water and a stand inside, on top of the stand keep the mold. Let everything heat up and let the water come to a boil].
Take out the mold, then take out a big spoon full of Locho in a serving bowl.
- Sprinkle little oil on top.
- Spread or brush butter on top.
- Sprinkle little red chilli powder.
- Sprinkle little Locho Masala.
- Sprinkle little fine chopped onions.
- Sprinkle little fine chopped coriander leafs.
- Sprinkle little SEV.
Surti Locho is ready.
Serve it with the chutney.
Bonus Recipe: Locho Masala
Take a bowl.
- Add 1/2 tsp chaat masala
- Add salt as per taste
- Add 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- Add 1/4 tsp black pepper powder
- Add 1/4 tsp black salt
- Add 1/4 tsp cumin powder (roasted)
Mix them together and Locho Masala is ready.
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