Handvo - SHARAN

Ingredients

• ½ cup whole pigeon peas (tuvar/arhar)
• ½ cup split black lentils (chilkewale urad dal)
• ½ cup split Bengal gram (chana dal)
• 3 cups brown/red rice
• 1 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
• ¼ tsp turmeric (haldi) powder
• ¼ tsp chilli powder
• ¾ cup grated bottle gourd (doodhi)/ carrot or any vegetable of your choice
• 2 tsp lemon juice (optional)
• ½ tsp dry dates (kharek) powder
• Unrefined salt to taste
• 1 tsp black sesame seeds (til)
• 1 tsp water melon seeds (magaj tari)
• ¼ tsp asafoetida (hing)
• A sprig of curry leaves
• Fresh coriander leaves