Handvo
Handvo is a savoury lentil cake which is a wholesome and nutritious Gujrati snack .The snack can be served as a light meal too.
Ingredients
- 250 gms handvo flour
- 2-3 tbsp curd
- warm water
- 1 cup bottle gourd peeled and grated
- 1/4 cup carrot grated
- 1/4 cup spinach
- 1 tsp :4turmeric
- 1 tsp red chilly powder
- 2 tbsp chilly ginger garlic , roughly pounded
- Salt to taste
Tempering
- oil
- mustard seeds
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Using a mixing bowl mix flour and curd .
- Add in warm water and mix well so yhat there are no lunps .
- Cover and keep aside for 7-8 hours , till well fermented.
- Once the batter is fermented , add the veggies, turmeric powder, chili powder, ginger garlic chilli paste and salt . Finally add the Eno and give a nice stir .
- Heat a non stick pan .
- Add oil , as soon as it heats up add mustard seeds .
- Immediately add 3-4 ladle fulls of the batter .
- Sprinkle sesame seeds .
- Simmer the flame to the lowest and cover the pan .
- After 8-10 minutes , check the handvo , as you lift the side , it should be nice and brown .
- Flip the handvo very carefully .
- Cover again and let cook for another 8-10 minutes .
- Check it should be crisp .
- Serve hot .
