Ingredients

  • 1 cup black soya bean or bhatt
  • 2 tablespoon mustard oil
  • 2 tablespoon of whole wheat flour
  • salt to taste
  • For the tempering:
  • 1/2 tsp of cummin seeds
  • 8-9 cloves of garlic
  • 3-4 whole red dried chillies
  • 1 tsp of jumboo (optional if not readily available - Tibetan herb called jumboo)
  • a pinch of asofoetida or hing
  • Garnish :
  • A pinch of homemade garam masala (cummin, cloves, cinnammon, big cardamoms, green cardamoms, black pepper)

Method

  • Method
  • In a cast iron vessel karhai, put in mustard oil
  • When hot, put in the soya beans, lower the flame and saute for about five minutes till the beans start crackling.
  • Add the wheat flour to the beans and roast till the flour turns pink.
  • Add about a litre of water, stir well, add salt to taste and pressure cook the beans for about twenty minutes.
  • Open the cooker, and add the tempering.
  • In one tablespoon of pure ghee, add finely chopped cloves of garlic first, when they turn pink, add cummin seeds, red whole chillies broken into two, asafoetida; turn off the flame add the jumboo(optional - tempered with a Tibetan herb called jumboo) and pour it over the cooked beans.
  • Sprinkle a pinch of garam masala on top, and finally add the chopped coriander leaves.
  • Serve with boiled rice.