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Gujarati handvo | mix vegetable handvo |mixed dal-rice handvo | handva recipe

Author Nehas Cook Book
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Fermentation time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 35 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 

For handva flour

  • 1 cup small grain rice
  • ½ cup chana dal
  • ¼ cup toor dal
  • ¼ cup urad dal

For vegetable handva

  • 2 cup handva flour
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ tsp methi dana
  • 2 cup sour buttermilk or 1 cup sour curd
  • 4-5 green chilli
  • 1 inch giner
  • 4 tbsp green garlic
  • ½ cup grated dudhi - lauki/bottle gourd
  • 2 tbsp chopped capsicum
  • 2 tbsp grated carrot
  • 2 tbsp boiled green peas
  • 2 tbsp boiled sweet corn
  • 2 tbsp chopped methi leaves
  • 2 tbsp chopped palak leaves
  • Some coriander leaves
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 tsp chaat masala
  • ½ tsp black pepper powder
  • ¼ tsp baking soda - for half batter
  • 1 tbsp oil

For handva tempering

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ¼ tsp mustard seeds
  • ¼ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds
  • 5-6 curry leaves
  • Pinch of hing
  • 1 dry red chilli

Instructions

Making handvo flour

  • In a mixture jar, add dal and rice. Grind it into a coarse powder.
  • Handva flour is ready. Store it in airtight container for upto 6 months or more in refrigerator.

Making vegetable handvo

  • In a mixing bowl, add handva flour, salt, and methi dana. Add buttermilk gradually and make a thick batter.
  • Cover and rest batter for 6 hrs or overnight in a warm place.
  • The batter becomes fluffy and properly fermented.
  • Now in a mixture jar, add green chili, ginger, and green garlic. Grind it into a coarse paste.
  • Then in a batter, add grated lauki, capsicum, grated carrot, boiled green peas, boiled corn, chopped methi leaves, chopped palak leaves, coriander leaves, crushed peanuts, grinded paste, salt, sugar, hing, chaat masala, and black pepper powder. Mix well.
  • Handva batter is ready. divide it into two parts.
  • In one part, Add baking soda and hot oil in it. Mix well.
  • In a kadai, add oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, curry leaves, dry red chili and a pinch of hing. Sauté it.
  • Pour handva batter in the centre of kadai. Cover and cook handvo for 12-15 minutes on low-medium flame.
  • Flip another side and again cook handvo for 5-7 minutes till it becomes crispy from both sides.
  • Same way make hadvo into the pan.
  • Cut into the desired shape. Serve with crispy handvo with green chutney.

Notes

  • grind rice and dal mixture into a coarse powder.
  • store handva premix or flour into an air-tight container.
  • use sour buttermilk or curd while making handva batter.
  • make slightly thick and pouring consistency of the batter.
  • cook handva for 12-15 min on low-medium flame.