Gujarati Kadhi

4 cups water

2 cups plain yogurt

2 tablespoons chickpea flour (besan)

4 green chile peppers, halved lengthwise

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root

1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste

½ teaspoon ground turmeric

salt to taste

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 tablespoon ghee

2 dried red chile peppers, broken into pieces

1 sprig fresh curry leaves

½ teaspoon cumin seeds

½ teaspoon mustard seed

1 pinch asafoetida powder

¼ cup chopped cilantro leaves

Mix the water, yogurt, and chickpea flour together in a large saucepan until smooth; add the green chile peppers, ginger, sugar, turmeric, and salt. Bring the mixture to a boil and then immediately reduce heat to low; cook on low 5 to 10 minutes.

Heat the oil and ghee together in a small skillet over medium heat; fry the dried red chile peppers, curry leaves, cumin seeds, mustard seed, and asafetida powder in the the mixture until the seeds splutter. Stir the mixture into the saucepan with the cilantro. Serve hot.