
Dal Baati

A traditional Rajasthani dish, dal baati is a combination of spicy dal and crunchy baatis.The dal is made up of 3 different kinds of dals namely toor dal,chana dal and urad dal.
Ingredients:
For Dal
- 1/4 Cup of toor dal
- 1/4 Cup of urad dal
- 1/4 Cup of chana dal
- 2 Tomatoes
- 2 Green chillies
- 1 Piece ginger
- 1/2 Tsp garam masala
- 1 Tsp red chilly powder
- 1 Tsp dhaniya powder
- 1/4 Tsp turmeric (haldi powder)
- 3 Tbsp chopped coriander leaves
- Salt as per taste
- 2 Tbsp ghee
- 2 Tsp jeera
- 1/4 Tsp asafoetida
For Baati
- 1 Cup wheat flour
- 2 Tbsp sooji
- 2 Tbsp Ghee
- 1/4 Tsp ajwain
- 2 pinches of baking powder
- Salt as per requirement
Method:
- Soak the dals for about 1 hour and then pressure cook them in 2 cups of water on a medium flame for 3 whistles.
- Make a puree of tomatoes,green chillies and ginger.
- Now take a kadai put some ghee in it and heat it on medium flame.Then add jeera and hing.By stirring it on a low flame add dhaniya powder and turmeric powder.
- After that add the puree and mix it properly. Put some chilly powder, salt and garam masala.Fry until ghee come on the top.
- Add dal and mash it properly.Add some water to it for consistency.Let them boil for some 2-3 minutes.Switch off the flame but before that add some coriander leaves.
- Now for baati,take a bowl, mix wheat flour,sooji,ajwain,salt and ghee.Mix it properly then add a little water and make a dough that it a bit stiff. It should have cracks on it.
- Set the oven temp on 190 degree C, pre heat it and on the other side 8-10 equal sized balls and flatten it for easy cooking. Bake these baatis for about 10 minutes. After 10 minutes turn them and again bake until they turn golden.
- Before serving,heat some ghee in the kadai,dip the baatis in it and serve it with the prepared dal.