Handavo

Human nature always strive for something new in every field.Either food ,clothing or entertainment. In every sphere of life novelty is required to keep your life interesting..Dishes cooked for lunch are not as exciting in the dinner Of course with the increase in the percentage of working women this luxary is not affordable in many households..As our country has vast culture and food to offer for so one  never runs out of new dishes to try.I was looking for some healthy baking dish and here is one handavo the gujarati dish.This  is a nutritious   dish as it contains lentils and vegetables .It does no require any deep frying so less oil is used..

Today we will bake handavo in our oven which is a baked savoury of rice ,lentils and vegetables

Ingredients required

    1   Rice  1 1/4 cup
    2   Tuvar Dal    1/4 cup
    3   chana dal 1/4cup
    4   moong dal 2 tab spoon
  . 5 urad dal    4 tab spoon

Mix all the ingredients and soak in water for 5 hours.
Now grind to a paste.

                                                       Fermented dough +other ingredients
The alternative for this is readymade handava flour available in stores.
For ingredients 1 to 5  you can use handavo flour .

      Handavo flour            2 cups
     Yogurt                         1 cup
     Grated jaggery             2 tablespoon
    Grated bottle gourd      1/2 cup
    Grated  carrot             1/2 cup
     salt to taste
     turmeric                           1/2 teaspoon
     red chilli powder                   1/4 teaspoon
     Lemon juice                     2 teaspoon
     Baking soda                    1/4 teaspoon
     Oil for seasoning           3 tabspoon
     Ingredients for sesoning

     Mustard seeds                 2 teaspoons
     Ajwain                             1 teaspoon
     Cloves                            6
     sesame seeds                  1 teaspoon
    black pepper                    1 teaspoon
    curry leaves
    hing


In a bowl mix yogurt and rice dal paste /  handavo flour+ water+ jaggery
Mix well and keep aside for fermentation for 14 hours.

Now grate the crrots and white gourd(Lauki) and mix in this fermented paste.Add salt, lemon juice,chilli  powder and turmeric powder in it and mix well with a laddle.Pre heat the oven at 350 .

In a teaspoon oil mix the baking soda well and add it to the paste and stir gently.
Keep a  greased baking pan ready  .Pour the mixture in pan.Heat oil in a pan for seasoning and add mustard seeds,ajwain,cloves,hing.Pour this seasoning evenly over the mixture.

                                                 
                                                                Ready to bake

Now bake it for 40 minutes.
Let it be in the oven for next 15 minutes.Take it out and keep on a plate.Cut into desired shape and serve with any sauce or can be eaten as it is..

                                                             Baked Handavo


Tips    seasoning has to be done twice
1 Add seasoning in the paste before pouring the mixture into baking dish.

2  Either over the baking dish at the time of putting into oven or  when handwa is out of oven then pour seasoning over it before cutting into desired pieces.