Nylon Khaman

Nylon Khaman 💗

Easily the most popular and best savory dish from the state of Gujarat. This culinary delight can be had for breakfast, lunch, dinner or just as a snack. If you go easy on the tadka like I did, this can be a quick and healthy snack. Serve it with mint-coriander chutney, jaggery-tamarind chutney, fried chillies and you're guaranteed to slip into food coma

Moist Nylon Khaman with Tadka

The perfect khaman is when you see these air pockets formed in the middle when you cut it into pieces 

Ingredients

• 1½ cups Besan
• 1 tbsp rawa
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 3 tbsp sugar
• ½ teaspoon citric acid (if not available, 1 tsp lemon juice)
• 1 tbsp green chilli and ginger paste
• Salt
• ¾ cup water plus about 2 spoons you may need extra depending on the quality of besan used
• 1½ tsp Eno

Ingredients for the Tadka

• Oil
• Mustard seeds
• Green chillies
• Curry leaves 
• Asafoetida (Hing)
• Sesame seeds 
• ¼ cup water.

Procedure 

• Mix besan, rawa, salt, turmeric, sugar, citric acid, ginger green chilli paste and water and make a batter 
• Whisk it well until it turns lighter in color
• In 2 tbsp of water, dissolve the Eno and immediately add it to the batter 
• Mix well but don't overmix
• Quickly steam in a greased thali

The fluffy texture and that even top when you remove t from the steamer

• Once it's done, unmould and cool 

This is what it looks like when you unmould the khaman

• Make the tadka and allow to cool slightly 
• In the tadka itself add ¼ cup water and pour everything over the khaman evenly
• The khaman will absorb the water in some time and becomes moist
• Serve hot and fresh