My mother’s Handvo | India of the Past

Ingredients

• ½ cup toovar dal
• ½ cup chana dal
• 1cup rice
• ½ to 1 cup sour yogurt
• 1 cup grated bottle gourd (doodhi) substitute green zucchini
• 1 small onion grated (optional)
• 1 tbs brown sugar or 1tbs of jaggery (or to taste)
• 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp ginger chili paste (or to taste)
• salt to taste
• ½ tsp soda bicarb
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp sesame seeds (plus more to sprinkle on top)
• 1/2 tsp whole methi seeds
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida
• 1 piece cinnamon
• 4 whole cloves
• 1-2 whole red chillies (to taste)