West Indian
Khaman (Steamed Besan Sponge)
Print or share this recipe
Khaman (Steamed Besan Sponge) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
-
Whisk the besan with water, turmeric, sugar, lemon juice, and salt into a smooth, lump-free batter.
-
Grease a steaming tin and heat your steamer with water on high.
-
Stir the eno into the batter until it turns light and frothy, then immediately pour it into the greased tin.
-
Steam the batter for 15 to 18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean, then let it cool slightly and cut into squares.
-
Heat the oil in a small pan and let the mustard seeds, green chilies, and curry leaves sizzle.
-
Pour the tempering evenly over the khaman squares, scatter with cilantro, and serve at room temperature.
Watch how to cook Khaman (Steamed Besan Sponge)
Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.
Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Khaman (Steamed Besan Sponge), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
-
The cooked vegetable
-
What it is eaten with
-
Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Khaman (Steamed Besan Sponge) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 190 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 21 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 290 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Khaman (Steamed Besan Sponge) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Cooked this? Show everyone.
Comments
Sign in to leave a note for the next cook.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.