Presenting before you an egg free, butter free and gluten free Savory Rice Cake! Layers of spicy cakes bound together by flavored chutneys. Blending together some of the signature ingredients of the authentic Indian food, this bake is a diligent effort to bring in the Indian desi flavors to a healthy, yet scrumptious dish. This rice cake resembles our tricolour Flag.
Sieve together the rice flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda twice, so that they are thoroughly mixed.
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Now divide the mixture into three.
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Grind together onion, grated coconut, cinnamon, clove and saunf/fennel to form a fine paste.
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To make the bottom green layer of the flag, add the palak puree, 2 tablespoon of oil, green chilli, and 1 tablespoon onion mixture to one part of the sieved rice mixture and mix well.
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Preheat the oven to 160 degree centigrade. Grease a pan, pour the batter and bake for 25 to 30 minutes. (Do not use parchment paper lining)
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To prepare the middle layer, add coconut milk, 2 tablespoon of oil, and 2 tablespoon grated coconut to the second part of the sieved rice flour mixture.
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Preheat the oven to 160 degree centigrade and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
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To prepare the topmost saffron layer, mix together the carrot puree, chilli powder, tomato puree, 1 tablespoon of onion paste and 2 tablespoon oil and mix well.
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Preheat the oven to 160 degree centigrade. Throw in some spicy pumpkin seeds on the greased baking tin and pour the saffron batter. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
Step 10
: For Green Chutney
Grind all the green chutney ingredients with a half cup of water.
Step 11
: For Saffron Chutney
Grind all the saffron chutney ingredients with a half cup of water.
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Once all the three layers are ready, assemble them by spreading green chutney on the bottom green layer, and the saffron chutney on the middle white layer.