Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, handvo recipe | how to make gujarati handvo recipe | mixed dal handvo is a vegetarian gujarati breakfast, snack made with rice, chana dal, and toor dal in about 45 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 1 cake
  • Category: Breakfast, Snack
  • Cuisine: gujarati

Ingredients

for handvo batter:

  • 1 cup rice
  • ½ cup chana dal
  • ¼ cup toor dal
  • 2 tbsp urad dal
  • ½ cup curd / yogurt
  • 1 cup bottle gourd / lauki (grated)
  • ½ cup cabbage (grated)
  • ¼ cup carrot (grated)
  • 3 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
  • ½ tsp ginger paste
  • 1 green chilli (finely chopped)
  • ½ tsp sugar
  • ¼ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
  • 2 tsp oil
  • ¾ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp eno / fruit salt

for tempering:

  • 3 tsp oil
  • ¾ tsp mustard
  • ½ tsp cumin / jeera
  • 1 tsp sesame / til
  • few curry leaves
  • pinch hing / asafoetida

Method

  1. firstly, soak 1 cup rice, ½ cup chana dal, ¼ cup toor dal, 2 tbsp urad dal for 3-4 hours.
  2. add ½ cup curd and blend to a smooth but slightly coarse paste.
  3. further add 1 cup grated bottle gourd, ½ cup grated cabbage, ¼ cup grated carrot and 3 tbsp coriander.
  4. also add ½ tsp ginger paste, 1 green chilli, ½ tsp sugar, ¼ tsp chilli powder, ¼ tsp turmeric, 2 tsp oil and ¾ tsp salt.
  5. mix well making sure the batter is slightly thick like idli batter consistency.
  6. now add 1 tsp eno / fruit salt and mix gently.
  7. bake the handvo in over or cook on tawa

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.