Dhokla
E283249
Dhokla is a popular Gujarati steamed savory cake made from fermented batter, known for its soft, spongy texture and tangy, mildly sweet flavor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dhokla canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2621057 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dhokla Context triple: [Gujarati people, cuisine, Dhokla]
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A.
Rasgulla
Rasgulla is a popular Indian dessert made of soft, spongy balls of chhena (fresh curd cheese) cooked in light sugar syrup.
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B.
Khichdi
Khichdi is a traditional South Asian comfort dish made by cooking rice and lentils together, often seasoned with mild spices and ghee.
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C.
Dosa
Dosa is a popular South Indian fermented crepe made from rice and lentil batter, commonly eaten as a savory breakfast or snack.
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D.
Idli
Idli is a soft, steamed South Indian rice-and-lentil cake commonly eaten for breakfast and often served with sambar and chutneys.
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E.
Pithla Bhakri
Pithla Bhakri is a rustic Maharashtrian staple meal consisting of a spiced gram-flour curry (pithla) served with a hearty unleavened flatbread (bhakri), commonly eaten by rural and working-class communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dhokla Target entity description: Dhokla is a popular Gujarati steamed savory cake made from fermented batter, known for its soft, spongy texture and tangy, mildly sweet flavor.
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A.
Rasgulla
Rasgulla is a popular Indian dessert made of soft, spongy balls of chhena (fresh curd cheese) cooked in light sugar syrup.
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B.
Khichdi
Khichdi is a traditional South Asian comfort dish made by cooking rice and lentils together, often seasoned with mild spices and ghee.
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C.
Dosa
Dosa is a popular South Indian fermented crepe made from rice and lentil batter, commonly eaten as a savory breakfast or snack.
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D.
Idli
Idli is a soft, steamed South Indian rice-and-lentil cake commonly eaten for breakfast and often served with sambar and chutneys.
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E.
Pithla Bhakri
Pithla Bhakri is a rustic Maharashtrian staple meal consisting of a spiced gram-flour curry (pithla) served with a hearty unleavened flatbread (bhakri), commonly eaten by rural and working-class communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gujarati cuisine dish
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Indian dish ⓘ steamed cake ⓘ |
| canBeMadeFrom |
gram flour batter
ⓘ
rice and lentil batter ⓘ |
| color | yellow ⓘ |
| contains |
ginger
ⓘ
green chili ⓘ turmeric ⓘ yogurt ⓘ |
| cookingMethod | steaming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| course |
breakfast dish
ⓘ
snack ⓘ street food ⓘ |
| cuisine | Gujarati cuisine ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | popular in Gujarati households ⓘ |
| dietaryPreference | vegetarian ⓘ |
| eatenAs |
party snack
ⓘ
tea-time snack ⓘ |
| flavorProfile |
mildly sweet
ⓘ
tangy ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Khaman
ⓘ
Khatta dhokla ⓘ Nylon khaman ⓘ Rava dhokla ⓘ Sandwich dhokla ⓘ |
| isFermentedFood | true ⓘ |
| isGarnishedWith |
coriander leaves
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grated coconut ⓘ green chilies ⓘ mustard seeds ⓘ |
| isServedWith |
green chutney
ⓘ
tamarind chutney ⓘ |
| leaveningAgent |
baking soda
ⓘ
fruit salt ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Gujarat ⓘ |
| popularity | widely eaten across India ⓘ |
| primaryIngredient |
chickpea flour
ⓘ
fermented batter ⓘ lentils ⓘ rice ⓘ |
| region | Western India ⓘ |
| servedTemperature |
room temperature
ⓘ
warm ⓘ |
| texture |
soft
ⓘ
spongy ⓘ |
| typicalShape | square pieces ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dhokla Description of subject: Dhokla is a popular Gujarati steamed savory cake made from fermented batter, known for its soft, spongy texture and tangy, mildly sweet flavor.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.