Gujarati Surti Sev Khamani Recipe- Ami Bhatt

PREPARATION TIME	30-35 minutes

SERVING	2-3 servings

INGREDIENTS	1 cup Split Chickpeas/Chana Daal 4-5 Green Chillies 1 inch Ginger ½ tsp Turmeric Powder 1/4^th tsp Asafetida/Hing 1 tsp Mustard Seeds/Rai 8-10 Curry leaves 1 tbsp Sugar ½ cup Water 2-3 tbsp Oil 1 tbsp Eno Juice of 1 lemon Salt to taste Garnishing with Sev, Pomegranate Seeds, Coriander Leaves, Cashews, Raisins.

METHOD	· Soak the split chickpeas/chana daal for 4-5 hours in water. Drain the water out from the Daal and blend the daal into the mixture with green chillies and ginger. Mix and make the batter slightly thick. · Add Turmeric powder, Salt, Asafetida, sugar, lemon juice to the batter and mix well. · Heat up a steamer pan and grease it with oil. · On adding eno to the batter, immediately pour it into the steamer pan. Steam for 15-20 minutes. · Keep it aside till it reaches room temperature and break it into tiny crumbs using your fingers. · Heat oil in a saucepan, add mustard seeds, asafetida, curry leaves, 1-2 sliced green chillies. Once the mustard seeds start popping, add 1/4^th cup water and salt to taste. Add the cooked crumbs to the pan and mix it well. · Serve it hot in a bowl or plate garnished with Sev, Coriander leaves, Pomegranate seeds, Cashews, Raisins. Enjoy!