Handvo / Pan cake

Handvo is a gujarati dish , mostly to have with tea or coffee. We at home love to have it as breakfast or sometimes in dinner when wish to eat some light dinner. Cooking is simple and easy and takes 30 min preparation time.

Ingredients :

Rice - 3 bowl
Yellow splitpea ( chana dal) - 1 bowl
Ginger paste  - 1 tbs
Garlic paste - 1 tbs
Green chilli paste - 1 tbs

Chilli powder- 1tbs
Turmeric - 1tbs
Coriander powder - 1tbs
Salt - 1 tbs
Chopped potato - 1
Chopped onion - 1
Green peas - 1/2 cup
Chopped carrot
Grated  milk-gourd (dudhi) - 2 1/2 cup
Soda  bi -carb - 1tbs
Coriander - 1 /2 cup
Sour curd - 1 bowl

For Tempering:


Cooking oil - 4tbs
Sesame seeds (til) - 3tbs
Carom seeds (ajwain) - 2tbs
Mustard seeds(rai) - 2tbs
Asafoetida (hing) -1/2tbs


Preparation :

1. Grind rice and yellow split dal (chana dal) together. Soak the grinded flour with warm water and add sour curd for 4 - 5hrs
2. Now add grated lauki (dhudhi) , chopped potato, onion, carrot and green peas. Along with it add paste of ginger, garlic and green chilli.
3. Now add to the above batter salt, chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder , coriander, and soda-bi-carb.
4. Pre grease the pan and pour the above batter.
5. For tempering, heat the oil and add mustard seeds, carom seeds, sesame seeds till it crackles , now add asafoetida (hing) and pour this over batter.
6. Bake in a preheat oven at 200 degree C for 30 to 35 min till the crust is dark brown or golden brown.

One can store the grinded flour of rice and yellow split dal and cook handvo when feel like eating. Enjoy handvo with tomato ketchup or tea or coffee.