A bengali recipe of yellow peas cooked with spices . It is a dish of curried whole-yellow peas or motor (matar) dal. A good ghugni is one in which the motor dal is well-cooked, but remains whole. The key is to not overboil the dal. The consistency also needs be just right—slurpy but never watery. With just about 180 kcal per serving, you'd be hard-pressed to find an evening snack more filling, healthy and delicious than this.