28 states: How to make Gujarat's special Khandvi

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We have, as always, been inundated with your responses. Today we bring you this recipe of Gujarat's popular savoury, Khandvi sent to us by our reader Seema Chudasama.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups Gram flour (besan)
• One-inch piece Ginger
• 2 Green chillies
• 4 tbsp oil
• 1 cup Yogurt
• 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1 pinch Asafoetida
• 1 tsp Mustard seeds
• 2 tbsp coconut, scraped
• Few sprigs of fresh coriander leaves
• Salt to taste

Method

• Sieve besan and keep in a bowl.
• Grind ginger and green chillies.
• Grease the reverse side of a few thalis or marble table top with a little oil.
• Make buttermilk with yogurt and half a cup of water.
• Mix the besan with ginger-green chilli paste, salt, turmeric powder, lemon juice and buttermilk, taking care that no lumps remain.
• Cook this mixture, stirring continuously, in a thick bottomed pan till it becomes a smooth thick batter.
• It takes a little time to get ready.
• Quickly spread portions of the mixture over the greased inverted thalis or marble table top as thinly as possible while the batter is still hot.
• When cool, cut into strips two inches wide and roll them tightly.
• Heat two tablespoons of oil and add a pinch of asafoetida and mustard seeds.
• When they splutter, pour over the pieces.
• Serve garnished with scraped coconut and chopped coriander leaves.

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