West Indian

Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake)

Name: Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake)
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: West Indian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups rice flour; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 cup water; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp neutral oil

Nikhil Kelkar @nikhil_thali

Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

22 min Easy Heart healthy Low sodium Vegetarian Pescatarian Halal Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 cups rice flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup water
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp neutral oil

How to cook it

Whisk the rice flour with the buttermilk, water, cumin seeds, and salt into a thin, smooth, pourable batter with no lumps.
Let the batter rest for 10 minutes so the rice flour hydrates fully.
Heat a nonstick griddle over medium heat and brush it lightly with oil.
Pour a ladle of batter in the center and gently tilt the pan so it spreads into a thin round on its own.
Cover and cook for 1 to 2 minutes until the top looks set and small holes appear, then loosen the edges and lift it off; ghavan is usually cooked on one side only, unlike a dosa.
Repeat with the rest of the batter and serve warm with a little ghee, chutney, or a sprinkle of sugar.

Watch how to cook Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

घावणे तुटतात तव्याला चिकटतात तर हा व्हिडीओ नक्की पहा | Perfect Ghavan Recipe | Ghavan Madhura Play the video

Serve it with

A West Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The sharp little thing
- Dhokla (Steamed Fermented Rice-Lentil Cake)
  
  40 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 350 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 62 g
Fat: 9 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 380 mg
Saturated fat: 1 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Ghavan (Maharashtrian Rice Pancake) takes about 22 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.