Recipe of the week: spiced yoghurt soup (Gujarati kadhi)

A kadhi is a simple dish of yoghurt thickened with gram flour. It is full of flavour and very healthy, says Vina Patel. In Gujarat, it is often served as a lunch dish with rice and chapatis, or the puffed, deep-fried bread known as poori. This recipe calls for an Indian bay leaf (tamal patra), and it is better with one, but a regular bay leaf can be used instead.

Serves three people

Taken from From Gujarat with Love by Vina Patel, published by Pavilion Books at £20. To buy from The Week Bookshop for £15.99, call 020-3176 3835 or visit theweekbookshop.co.uk.