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Saturday, 2 January 2010

Ondhwo / Hondwo / Savoury Vegetable Cake





Ingredients
1 cup rice flour
1/2 cup chickpea flour
1/2 cup soji/semolina
1 cup yogurt
1 cup hot water
6 cloves of garlic; smashed
2 inches ginger; grated
2-4 chillies; finely chopped (or to taste)
4 cups of chopped vegetabes
salt to taste
I used
  1. one medium carrot; diced
  2. one courgette / zuchini; grated
  3. 3 leaves of cabbage; shreded
  4. one small potato; grated
  5. one small onion; chopped fine
  6. handful of fresh shelled or frozen peas
2 tablespoons chopped coriander
1/2 cup oil
2 table spoon sesame seeds
2 table spoon melon seeds
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds
7 curry leaves
2 tspn Eno Fruit Salts ( a mixture of sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and sodium carbonate)

Method
1. Mix the flours, add garlic, ginger and chillies,add yogurt and water; mix and leave overnight or at least 2 hoursPublish Post
2. Pre heat the oven to 190 degrees centigrade (375 degrees Fahrenheit), add all the vegetables and the chopped coriander to the flour mix and stir well.
3. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the sesame seeds, melon seeds, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and the curry leaves, let them splutter. Add to the flour and veg mix. Stir well. Add the Eno salt, mix well and place in a 9 inch tin.
4. Put in the oven for 35 minutes. Let it cool and turn in out. Taste even better the next day.

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2 comments:

  1. After all the Christmas fruit cakes, this vegetable cake is a welcome change :) Very tasty!

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  2. Have always wanted to make this but it always looked too hard. Yours is such an easy recipe with amazing results, so thank you xxx.

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