Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     3/4  cup           dry chana dal
     3/4  cup           basmati or other long-grain rice*
   6 1/2  cups          water
   1      teaspoon      turmeric
     1/2  tablespoon    dried dill or 3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
     1/2  teaspoon      garam masala
   3      tablespoons   ghee or vegetable oil -- (or 2 tbsp olive
                        -- oil
   2      teaspoons     cumin seeds
     1/2  whole         dried red chili
     1/4  teaspoon      yellow asafetida powder or hing in hindi
                        -- and bengali
                        [this amount applies only to yellow cobra
                        -- brand; reduce any
                        -- other
                        asafetida by three-fourths]
   2                    medium-sized tomatoes -- cut into 8 pieces
   1      teaspoon      salt

Preparation:

This Gujarati dish takes up to an hour to cook but requires only a few minutes of preparation and very little attention. It is nutritious and exceptionally easy to digest. Yamuna Devi, Lord Krishna's Cuisine: The Art of Indian Vegetarian Cooking (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987), 799 pages