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Cook Time 1 hour

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup tuvar dal/pigeon peas
  • 1/4 cup moong dal/ yellow moong lentils
  • 1/4 cup chana dal
  • 1/4 cup urad dal
  • 1/4 cup green moong dal with skin
  • spring onions
  • green garlic
  • green chillies minced or pounded
  • ginger minced or pounded
  • Cabbage
  • cauliflower
  • spinach
  • dill
  • radish greens
  • brinjal
  • potato
  • tomato
  • peas
  • carrot
  • bottle gourd
  • pumpkin
  • papri beans
  • tuvar beans
  • french beans
  • ridge gourd
  • sponge gourd
  • salt to taste
  • lemon juice when serving

Method
 

  1. Wash and soak the lentils for an hour.
  2. For two cups of lentils you will need 5-6 cups of vegetables and greens.
  3. Wash the greens well roughly chop them.
  4. Dice all the vegetables.
  5. Put a large pan/saucepan on the gas stove.
  6. Add all the dals and vegetables.
  7. Add 8 cups of water.
  8. Add salt and cook till all the dals are cooked and the vegetables have broken down to a smooth past.
  9. If during the cook you require to add water, add a cup full of hot water.
  10. This quantity takes around 2 hours to reach the consistency of a thick dal.
  11. I have not tempered the mix but it you desire go ahead and temper with some groundnut oil, mustard and cumin seeds.
  12. Serve piping hot Ghooto poured over crumbled bajri rotla (Millet rotla), jaggery, garlic chutney....

Notes

Once again, there are no rules here play with the quality and types of veggies. Add and omit to suit the availability and choice both in lentils and veggies.