Daal Baati

Daal Baati is a marwadi entree made on festivals.

You need
200 grams of wheat flour
2 table spoons rava/semolina
salt to taste
300 grams of pure ghee
1 tea spoon ajwain
1 tspoon baking soda

50 grams each of
green (split) moong dal
black (split)urad dal
yellow chana dal
tur dal
yellow moong dal
lemon juice
salt
2 red chillies (whole)
1 tspoon red chilli powder
2 tspoons garam masala powder
2 tspoons dhaniya powder (coriander)
mustard n cumin seeds
1/2 tspoons turmeric powder
a pinch asafeotida/hing

Daal :
wash and soak dals for 3-4 hours.
pressure cook for 3 whistles.
heat oil in kadhai/pan, let mustard n cumin seeds splutter.
add hing/asofeatida.
add whole red chillies.
add the cooked dal mixture.
add all other spices mentioned above and let boil for 15 mins.
you may add lil whipped cream or ghee in before serving. that gives a delicious treat.
Thtz it!! daal is ready simple isnt it??

Baati
here comes the tougher part...
mix wheat flour,rava,ajwain,salt and baking powder well.
warm and pour 75 grams of ghee to the mix and knead the dough well.use some warm water to make it smooth. if you prepare chapatis you know the consistency of the dough. this one needs to be lil harder than the chapati dough.
cover and keep for 10 mins.
preheat grill oven (not microwave,i never tried in mc n nt sure whether it works with tht) at 400F
make ping size balls of the dough n press lil in the center so tht it flattens lil. do not press it too much to make a cookie. well, i vil upload a pic of how it looks and u vil get an idea.
place these balls on the baking sheet and bake at 400F till golden brown in colour. approx 20 mins.
dip the baatis when done in rest of the pure ghee.

how to eat:
when serving take 2 baatis at a time and crush lil in ur plate. pur dal over it n relish the taste :)
weight watchers may drain the ghee n serve else it tastes better with lots of ghee in the plate.
now there is a set of other cookeries made with daal baati called gatte ki sabzi and choorma.
recipes for these r "Coming Soon!!"