Thursday, 15 August 2013

RAJASTHANI DAAL BATI RECIPE ( Puffed Dough Dumplings With Lentil Curry )


















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Ingredients:

For daal (Lentil Curry):
2 cups rajma beans (soaked in water overnight with a pinch of soda bicarb)
 
3/4 cup whole black gram (urad) (soaked in water overnight with a pinch of soda bicarb)
3 onions, chopped finely
2 tomatoes, chopped finely
 
2 tsp garam masala powder
 
2 tsp chilli powder
 
1 tsp turmeric powder
 
1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
2 green chillies, slit lengthwise
 
2 tbsp cream
 
4 tbsp ghee
 
1 cup coriander leaves, chopped finely
 
Oil
 
Salt To Taste
For Bati (dumplings):
5 cups whole wheat flour, sieved
 
1 cup ghee, melted
 
2 tbsps curd
 
Salt To Taste

Method:

·    Pressure cook rajma and black gram till it becomes soft. Heat 4 tbsps oil. Add onions. Brown them.
·    Add ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes. Fry. Add all the masalas, beans and salt.Simmer till well blended. The gravy should be thick. Pour over cream and ghee. Knead a soft dough with flour, ghee, curd, salt and just enough water.
·    Roll into lemon-sized balls. Cover and keep for one hour. Then roast in batches on hot coals till puffed and golden outside and spongy inside. Keep hot.

·    Garnish the daal with coriander leaves and slit green chillies. Dip hot (baati) dumplings in the daal while eating.

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