Gujarati Handvo Recipe with Step By Step Photos - With and Without Oven (2024)

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Directions:

1. 

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   Rinse rice and soak in around 1-cup water for 4-hours.

2. 

   Rinse all dals (toor dal, chana dal and urad dal) and soak them in 1-cup water for 4-hours. (You can soak rice and all dals together. No need to soak them separately.)

3. 

   Drain excess water from rice and dals and transfer them to the jar of a blender.Add 1/2 cup yogurt and salt.

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   Blend until smooth consistency. If required, add 1-2 tablespoons water while grinding. Don’t add more water.

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   Transfer the batter to a medium size container. Cover it with a lid and keep in warm place to ferment for around 8-10 hours.

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   Note that batter doesn’t rise during fermentation as it does for idli/dosa batter as you can see this in the photo.

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   When you stir the fermented batter, you should see the tiny air bubbles because of the fermentation.

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   Add grated bottle gourd (lauki/doodhi), grated carrot, green peas, ginger-green chilli paste, 1-teaspoon oil and turmeric powder.

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   Mix well. Batter should have thick consistency. If it is watery, add 1-2 tablespoons sooji/rava to make it thick.

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    Add 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (soda bicarbonate).

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    Pour 1-teaspoon lemon juice over it. Mix well.

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    Heat 1-teaspoon oil in a small non-stick pan over medium flame. Add 1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds and when they begin to crackle, add 1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds, 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds, a pinch of asafoetida and 2-3 curry leaves.

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    Pour approx. 1/2 cup batter (more or less) depending on the size of a pan and spread it evenly with spatula to make 1-inch thick handvo.

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    Cover the pan with a lid or a plate. Reduce flame to low and cook until top surface looks cooked as shown in the picture and bottom surface turns light brown (this will take around 4-5 minutes). Time required cook greatly depends on the thickness of handvo you are making.

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    Flip it gently with spatula and cover cook until another side turns golden brown, for around 3-4 minutes.

16. 

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    Transfer it to a plate. Follow the same process for remaining batter. Handvo is now ready for serving with tea or chutney as evening snack.

• How to Bake Handvo in Oven?
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 375F.
  2. Pour batter (prepared in step-11) in a greased baking tray (if you are preparing it for parties or get together, use the muffin tray for individual servings), pour tempering (prepared in step-12 – use 2-tablespoons oil, 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 2 teaspoons sesame seeds, 8-10 curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida) over it.
  3. Bake it in preheated oven at 375F for around 40-45 minutes. Time required to bake handvo depends on the how thick you are preparing it. After 40 minutes, keep an eye on it. Check whether its cooked or not by inserting a knife in the center; if knife comes out clean then it is cooked.
  4. If top surface hasn’t turned brown and look crispy, broil it for 2-minutes in the end.
• How to Bake It Using Special Handvo Cooker (not Pressure Cooker) on Gas Stove?
  1. Fill lower part (tray) of cooker with sand (reti) and heat it for 5 minutes over medium flame.
  2. Grease inside of cooker tray with cooking oil and pour batter in it. Pour tempering (prepared in step-12 – use 2-tablespoons oil, 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 2 teaspoons sesame seeds, 8-10 curry leaves and a pinch of asafoetida) evenly over it. Cover it with a lid.
  3. Place the tray over lower base (filled with sand) and cook over medium flame for 10 minutes and then over low flame for 25-30 minutes.
  4. Check whether handvo is cooked or not by inserting a knife or a toothpick in it and checking if it comes out clean or not (it should come out clean).