Monday, June 25, 2007

Handvo

Ingredients:
300gm rice flour,
100gm Bengal gram flour,
4-cup sour butter milk,
200gm grated white gourd,
1-tbsp turmeric powder,
1-tbsp soda-bi-Card,
1-tbsp jaggery,
2-tbsp red chilli powder,
3-tbsp green chilli and garlic paste,
Salt to taste,
Coriander leaves and sesame seeds for Garnish.

* Soak Fenurreek (methi) seeds for 3-hours.


Ingredients for tadaka:
3-tbsp oil,
2-tbsp mustard seeds,
2-tbsp cumin seeds,
2-tbsp sesame seeds,
1-tbsp asophotedia.
Method:
Step 1: Both rice and begal gram flour are little big thicker as compare to roti flour.
Step 2: Mix both flour and butter milk finely if material is thick then add warm water. Keep aside for 7-8 hours for fermentation.

Step 3: After fermentation, add grated white gourd, garlic paste, turmeric powder, jaggery, fenugreek seeds, sesame seeds and salt.
Step 4: Mix well and add soda-bi-Carb.
Step 5: Heat the oil in pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, sesame seeds, and asophotedia.
Step 6: Turn off the flame add this in to prepared material.
Step 7: Mix finely with flour material.
Step 8: Then take reti (like as mitti or clay) in lover part of handva cooker and heat for 2-minutes. Step 9: Take handva cooker and spread oil in cooker.
Step 10: Pure prepared material in handva cooker.
Step 11: Put this cooker over the heat bottom plate of reti.
Step 12: Garnish with coriander leaves, red chilli powder, cut green chillies and sesame seeds.
Step 13: Cover the cooker with his top.
Step 14: Cook for 30-minutes in low flame.
Step 15: Cook until- you touch the surface of the handvo with spoone if spoone should come away clean then turn off the flame.

Step 16: Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.

20 comments:

  1. kajal, i just love this dish. thanks for the recipe. i will use my bundt cake pan.

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  2. Hi Bee,
    Thanks for pleasant comment.
    This is our Gujarati very famous dish......most of all people love it......You can also cook this in microwave..with your cake pan.
    Have a great day to see your comment.:)

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  3. did i miss it or did you mention the quantitiy of methi seeds? i am assuming to taste? please let me know how much you use.

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  4. Hi Urvish,

    You only take 15 to 20 no of seeds of Methi and soak it in water. It is not for taste but for health.:)

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  5. can we bake this kajal.... instead of the handvo cooker.... please do reply back... will appreciate it :)

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  6. i simply loved ur blog.... kajal.. its amazing iam a new blogger and blogs like urs inspire me a lot..:)

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  7. Hello Shubha,

    Definitely my dear you bake it. It is very easy when we bake. You are very charming person my dear. I Am visiting your blog....Here all blog friend is very nice so you are most well-come.

    Good day.:)

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  8. Anonymous12:54

    Kajal,

    I followed this recipe and it came out really good. Keep up the good work.

    -Anu

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  9. Hi Anu,

    Thanks for your nice comment and really I adore when some body try my recipe and comes out to be good. What a coincidence today I made hanvo and I read your comment.

    Thanks a lot and have a cheerful day. :))

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  10. Anonymous10:40

    hi kajal

    m i late to visit ur blog? i hav jst started visiting ur blog and i hav become big fan of urs, after readin i would say only three words WOW WOW n WOW.....

    i tried ur fada lapsi and so many other recipes and su tasty bani chhe ke vaat j na thay!

    handvo to bahu j saras dekhay chhe, india ni yaad avi gayi, my mom used to make handvo like this on sand dish,

    could u plz tell me how to make this in oven? i tried it in d oven, it came out ok ok not so good.

    thanks

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  11. Anonymous11:32

    Dear Kajal,
    please let us know if we can use dhokla atta instead and what is the diff..

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  12. Hi Kajal.
    Thanks for sharing recipes with photos it makes so easy to learn.
    m fan of ur blog now.
    Is it possible to follow through mail if you upload any new recipe.
    i couldnt find that particular icon.

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  13. Anonymous01:28

    Hi Kajal,

    I do not have handava cooker here. Is there any other way i can cook it without handava cooker?

    Thanks,
    -Tina

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  14. can we steam this handvo in dhoklia or bake in case of handvo cooker is not available?

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  17. Anonymous23:20

    Recipe is so good ..... But instead of using flour I used whole rice and mixed dal in 1:1 proportion and baked it at 200 C / 400 F. Was awesome

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  18. shivangi20:19

    hey kajal,
    i'm still confused hw t use this cooker?
    i bought it but nt getting idea how to use it..
    so please help me.

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  19. shivangi20:21

    hey kajal,
    i'm still confused how to use this cooker?
    i bought it but not getting idea how to use it..
    so please help me.

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  20. Arti01:37

    Hi kajal
    I like your handva receipi

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