Dal Baati Churma is a traditional, delicious meal made with a combination of savory dal, wheat flour (baati) and crumbled, sweet and savory baati (churma). Dal Baati Churma is a Rajasthani dish that must be tried at home to savour its flavours and make the day special. The spicy dal, sweet churma and crispy fried batis, this is a very tasty dish. A few weeks ago when I was looking at the picture of Daal Baati Churma on Google, I was so tempted that I decided to make it the very next day and thought that i’ll share Dal baati churma recipe with peoples. I went to a nearby shop and got the required ingredients and started making it immediately. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process. And how can I forget to mention about the food, I love North Indian cuisine so much that I had Dal Baati Churma for breakfast. Here I am sharing my own Rajasthani dal bati churma recipe.
Ingredients for Dal bati churma recipe
For dal
- 1/2 cup arhar dal
- 1/2 cup chana dal
- 1/2 cup moong dal
- 1 tbsp urad dal
- 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 1 medium size finely chopped onion
- 1 medium size roughly chopped tomato
- 2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 2 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves
For tempering:
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 cloves
- 2 chopped green chilli
- pinch of hing
FOR BATI:
- 1/4 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup fine rava
- 2 tbsp gram flour
- 1/3 cup milk
- 4 tbsp melted ghee
- 1/2 tsp ajwain
- salt to taste
FOR CHURMA:
- 1/2 cup wheat flour
- 1/2 cup fine rava
- 5 tsp melted ghee
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 4 tbsp powdered sugar
- melted ghee
FOR SERVING:
- raw chopped onion
- lemon juice
- ghee
Instructions: How to make dal baati churma
DAL:
- Wash the dal thoroughly and cook them with salt, pinch of turmeric powder and 2 cups of water till 3-4 whistles.
- when the pressure is released, you can mash it well with a ladle and keep it aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan and put all the ingredients mentioned for tempering and let it explode.
- Add chopped garlic, onions and Saute till onions become translucent.
- Then add tomato, turmeric, coriander, red chilli and garam masala powder and salt.
- Saute for minute till the raw smell of tomato goes.
- Now add mashed dal and mix it well.
- Let the dal boil for 5 minutes, if the dal are too thick then add some water.
- Finally garnish the dal with coriander leaves and turn off the flame.
BATI:
- Take all the ingredients mentioned for Baati in a bowl and knead a stiff dough.
- Now take a small lemon sized dough and roll.
- Make marks using your hand.
- Roll forward without applying too much pressure.
- Again, make an X mark. This helps the baati to cook evenly on the appe pan.
- Now heat the pan on low flame adding 1 tbsp ghee.
- place the rolled bati in each mould.
- Now cover and cook for 15 minutes on low flame
- Flip and cook on the other side.
- Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- now your battis are cooked from all the side.
- You should dip your bhattis in ghee for softer bati from inside which tastes delicious.
- Finally, the Baati is ready.
CHURMA:
- firstly, take 3 prepared bati and break it in mixer.
- Make coarse powder of bati.
- Heat the pan adding 2-3 tbsp ghee in it and roast powdered Baati
- Roast over low heat for 7 minutes or until golden and aromatic.
- Let the mixture cool done completely. After that add 2-3 tbsp powdered sugar and 1/2 tsp cardamom powder and mix it well.
- Finally, Churma is ready.
Serving Suggestion: How to eat Dal Bati Churma
- Heat the dal again till piping hot.
- Break the Bati and place it in a plate, add dal on top, pour some ghee, sprinkle chopped onions, add lemon juice and eat with Churma.
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Expert Tips:
- You can make the churma a day before and keep it in the fridge.
- Traditionally Baatis are fried in ghee but you can use oil.
- You can flip the bati to the other side after 10 minutes to cook it well.
- The baatis are meant to have cracks because our dough is hard.
- The specialty of this dish is that plenty of ghee is used in it.
Here ends the Dal Baati churma Recipe, if you have any questions or feedback please write in on Comment box. Thank you
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