Handvo

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Chef Rakesh Sethi

Last Updated: Sep 05, 2019

Handvo

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A traditional Gujarati savoury cake made with rice, lentils and vegetables – wholesome and delicious

  • Mixture of pigeon peas, split skinless black grams, split skinless green grams, split Bengal grams, rice, soaked for 4 hours and drained 250 gms
  • Yogurt 1 cup
  • Baking powder 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder ½ tsp
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  • Preheat the oven to 180º C. Grease a baking tin and line it with butter paper.
  • Put pigeon peas, black grams, green grams, Bengal grams and rice into a blender jar, add a little water and grind to coarse paste.
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Ingredients

  • Mixture of pigeon peas, split skinless black grams, split skinless green grams, split Bengal grams, rice, soaked for 4 hours and drained 250 gms
  • Yogurt 1 cup
  • Baking powder 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder ½ tsp
  • Turmeric powder 1 tsp
  • Lemon juice ½ tbsp
  • Medium carrot, boiled and chopped 1
  • Green peas, boiled 2 tbsps
  • Sugar 2 tbsps
  • 1 1 tsp
  • Oil to grease
  • Tempering
  • Oil 4 tbsps
  • Dried red chilli, broken 1
  • Asafoetida ½ tsp
  • Mustard seeds 1 tsp
  • White sesame seeds (white til) 1 tbsp
  • Curry leaves 12 to 15

How to Make Handvo (Stepwise Photos)

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180º C. Grease a baking tin and line it with butter paper.
  2. Put pigeon peas, black grams, green grams, Bengal grams and rice into a blender jar, add a little water and grind to coarse paste.
  3. Transfer the paste into a mixing bowl, add yogurt, baking soda, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and lemon juice and mix well.
  4. Add carrot, green peas, sugar and salt and mix well.
  5. Pour the mixture into the prepared baking tin. Keep the tin in the preheated tin and bake for 45 minutes.
  6. Take the tin out of the oven and cool. Demould onto a plate and cut into thick slices. Arrange the slices on a serving platter.
  7. To make the tempering, heat oil in a small non-stick pan, add broken red chilli, asafoetida, mustard seeds, white sesame seeds and curry leaves and saute till fragrant. Pour the tempering over the slices and serve.

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Chef Rakesh Sethi

Chef Rakesh Sethi

Chef RAKESH SETHI host of the show Tea Time on FOODFOOD Channel

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Key Details:

Prep:4 hours 30 minutes

Cook time: 50 minutes

Difficulty Level: Easy

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Greek

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