
Baked Handvo (Gujarati Savoury Cake)
Fermented batter + oven bake
- Time
- 60 min
- Serves
- 4
- Calories
- 280 kcal
- Protein
- 12 g
0:00 / 1:37
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Ingredients
Quantities for 4 servings.
Servings:(recipe makes 4)
Method
- 1Mix handvo flour, yogurt and water; rest 6 hours till slightly soured.
- 2Gently mix in grated gourd, carrot, green chillies, ginger and salt; add eno just before baking.
- 3Pour into a greased baking dish.
- 4Heat 1 tbsp oil, crackle mustard, sesame, dried chillies, hing and curry leaves; pour over the batter.
- 5Bake at 200C for 35 minutes till deeply golden and a skewer comes out clean.
- 6Rest 10 minutes; cut into squares — Gujarati afternoon classic, baked-light version.
About this recipe
Swap yogurt for plant yogurt; the batter is otherwise vegan.



