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Handvo – Spicy Rice and lentils cake

by bhavesh
written by bhavesh

Thank you Swati my friend from Bolton for sending me this recipe! You are awesome!

Handvo is a Gujarati snack that can be ate any time of the day! Its a savoury cake made with rice, lentils and lots of vegetable like bottle gourd, fenugreek leaves and carrots. Spiced with fresh ginger and green chilies, tempered with mustard seeds, sesame seeds and dried red chillies. This is one of my all time favourite foods. I spent months failing at making Handvo like Goldilocks it was either too soft or too hard then I got it just right.

Handvo spicy rice and lentils cake

Thank you Swati my friend from Bolton for sending me this recipe! You are awesome! Handvo is a Gujarati snack that can… Uncategorized Handvo – Spicy Rice and lentils cake European Print This
Serves: 8
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 3.7/5
( 10 voted )

Ingredients

  • Part 1 Dough
  • 2-1/2 cups handwa flour
  • (If you can't find handy flour you can use 1/3 rice flour, 1/3 chickpea flour and 1/3 lentil flour)
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt or non-dairy yogurt if you are Vegan
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1-1/2 cup warm water
  • Part 2 Vegetables
  • 3 cups peeled and grated bottle gourd
  • 1 cup peeled and grated carrots
  • 1-1/2 cups chopped methi leaves
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 4 green chilies minced
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric
  • salt to taste
  • Part 3 Tempering
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 2 dried red chilies optional
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds for garnish
  • 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

  1. Mix all ingredients from part 1 in a large bowl and keep in warm place for 6-8 hours.
  2. Make tempering by heating oil. Add mustard seeds and once they start spluttering, turn the heat off, add sesame seeds and dried red chillies.
  3. Add all the ingredients from Part II and the tempering to the dough. Mix well.
  4. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a baking pan by greasing all the sides.
  5. Add baking soda to the batter and mix well. Pour the batter in the cake pan, I used a spring foam pan but a bundt cake pan or any baking dish works well. Garnish with sesame seeds from part IV on top.
  6. Bake between 30-45 mins, checking after first 25 minutes. For my convection oven it takes exactly 25 mins and then I broil for the last 5 mins to get a crispy browned top.

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