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Handwa















Ingredients

Quantity
Rice flour (coarse)
1 kg
Bengal gram flour
500gms
Black gram flour (coarse)
25gms
Butter milk
100ml
Bottle gourd
500gms
Oil
250gms
Mustard seeds
5gms
Asafoetida
8gms

Masala:


Green chillies
25gms
Onions
50gms
Cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves
8gms
Turmeric
8gms
Coriander
40gms
Salt
to taste


Grind masala to a fine paste. Mix the three types of flour with buttermilk and more water to make a pouring consistency. Add masala and peeled and grated bottle gourd to the mixture. Heat the oil in a thick pan. When hot, add mustard seeds and asafoetida. When the mustard seeds crackle, pour the oil in the mixture. Mix well and leave it for about 12 hours to ferment. Pour into shallow ovenproof containers and bake the mixture for about 40 minutes. Serve with green chutney.