Instant Handvo

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Ingredients
  • 1 cup Semolina
  • ¼ cup Besan
  • ¼ cup Rice flour
  • ¼ cup Plain yogurt
  • 1 tsp Salt (or to taste)
  • ⅛ tsp Turmeric
  • ½ tsp Ground cumin
  • ½ tsp Cumin seeds
  • 1 cup Zucchini or dudhi (grated)
  • 2 tbsps Carrots (grated)
  • 1 tbsp Fenugreek leaves (finely chopped)
  • ¼ cup Green coriander (finely chopped)
  • 1 tsp Green chilies (crushed, or to taste)
  • 2 tsps Ginger (crushed)
  • ½ tsp Garlic (crushed)
  • 1½ tsp Sugar
  • 2 tsps Ground raw peanuts
  • 1 tbsp Sesame seeds
  • 2 tsps Lemon juice
  • ½ cup Warm water
  • 2 tbsps Hot oil
  • ½ tsp Eno (substitute baking soda)
Instructions
  1. Mix the flours, yogurt, salt, turmeric, ground cumin and cumin seeds.
  2. Stir vigorously to aerate, the batter should be thick.
  3. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
  4. Combine the vegetables and the remaining ingredients, Eno being last.
  5. Mix thoroughly.
  6. In a 10 inch deep fry pan, heat oil on medium, for tempering and add mustard seeds.
  7. When crackled, add sesame seeds, hing and curry leaves. Spread it evenly on the entire base of the pan.
  8. Gently pour batter and spread evenly over the seeds.
  9. Cover and cook on lowest heat for 15 minutes then carefully flip.
  10. Cover and cook for another10 minutes.
  11. Handvo should be cooked and browned evenly underneath.
  12. Remove from heat, let cool slightly before cutting.
Tempering
Ingredients
  • 2 tbsps Oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard seeds
  • 1½ tsp Sesame seeds
  • ⅛ tsp Asafoetida (hing)
  • 8 Curry leaves