Ghugni R ecipe | Popular Kolkata Street Food

Ghugni is a very popular dish in Bengal- served as a stand-alone snack or served as a meal with certain Indian breads like puris/luchis and parathas. It is a delightfully tasty lentil based preparation- delicately spiced to create a complex web of flavours. It tingles your taste buds and the soft dried yellow peas and potatoes come together to create a thick, brothy gravy that would entice most foodies. This is a must try recipe for everyone- even Bongs. Everyone has a different take on those recipe- but this one amalgamates all the elements and the spices are proportioned perfectly to achieve the optimum outcome. Don't miss out on trying this!

Ingredients:

• Salt as per taste
• Mustard oil - 3 tbsp
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Handful of chopped coriander leaves
• Bay leaves - 2
• Chopped tomato - 1 large
• Mator dal/Dry yellow peas - 200 gms
• Chopped garlic - 1 tbsp
• Ginger paste - 1 tsp
• Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
• Chopped onion - 1 large
• Chopped green chillies - 1 tbsp
• Cumin powder - 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Chopped coconut - 1 small bowl
• Diced potato - 1 large
• Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp