dal bati

The most popular dish of marwar is dal bati .It would be appropriate to say that dal bati and marwar has deep association.Wheat and moong are the  main crop and  staple food of marwari diet.and these are the main ingredients of dal bati.With electric oven in every kitchen it is so convenient to make this dish and entertain your family and friends.Traditionally for baking batis firewood was used.After litting the fire wood one had to wait till it becomes smoke free and then in remaining fuel batis were kept and as there is no thermostat one had to keep a constant watch over it .

Ingredients

For Bati
4 cup wheat flour
1/2 cup ghee
A pinch of salt

                                                                     Dal Bati

For dal

1 cup  moong dal green
1 teaspoon red chilli powder
1 teaspoon dhania powder
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
a pinch of hing powder
finely chopped green coriander,ginger and green chillies .
2 teaspoon ghee
For churma

5   baked batis
1/4 cup sugar powder
2 table spoon ghee
1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
      nut to garnish(optional)

Making  bati

 In a bowl mix wheat flour ,salt and add 1/4 cup ghee.The ghee added in a flour before kneading is called moyan and it is to make it soft and crisp.Mix well by rubbing between both hands.Knead the flour by pouring water to make a soft dough.The dough should be of paratha consistency it means slightly tighter than roti dough.Divide the dough into 20 equal pieces.now make round balls out of it and keep on a baking tray.Bake it in a pre heated oven  at a temp of 350F   for15 minutes.Now turn the batis to bake from other side for 10 minutes.These should look golden brown now with an aeroma coming out of kitchen .Batis are ready .Heat remainig ghee and dip the baked 15 batis in that ghee and keep remaining 5 batis aside for making churma.

Making churma
When cool grind 5 batis in a mixer or grinder .Now mix sugar powder and ghee.Add cardamom powder and nuts .Churma is ready to serve.

Making dal
Wash moong dal and put in pressure cooker add 4 cups of water .Add chilli ,dhania ,turmeric powder and salt.Add ghee and hing powder.Mix and pressure cook till 3 whistles .Remove from the heat .When pressure is lowered in the cooker open it.Stir with a laddle.Garnish with chopped coriander ginger and green chillies.
Dal is ready to serve .

Tips :-

1 This dish is calorie rich and is not for weight watcher.One can reduce the amount of ghee by adding a pinch of baking soda and cutting the amount of moyan by half.Better to compromise on taste rather than on health.
2 Best time to enjoy dal bati is either during winter or rainy season.