Dal Bati – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

For Making Bati:

• Take wheat flour into a dish and add salt.
• Mix well and add ghee.
• Mix ghee well with wheat flour.
• Ghee should be mixed well with wheat flour and you should be able to roll a ball from flour.
• Add a little warm water at a time and knead thick dough.
• The dough should not be soft as chapatti dough.
• Take out small ball from the dough. You can decide the size of the bati.
• Press the ball at the center from all sides so that it will get cracks.
• Roll it into a ball again and press it at the center.
• Repeat the procedure 2-3 times.
• Put a jali that is used to roast fulka or papad on the gas.
• Turn on the gas on very low flame
• Place the batis around the flame on the jali. Do not place any bat on the flame.
• Remove the whistle and rubber ring of the cooker lid.
• Place the lid on the jali and roast on very low heat for about 10-12 minutes.
• Remove the lid and flip the batis over.
• Roast the batis from another side as well. No need to cover these with cooker lid this time.
• Take the batis off into a dish.
• Take a cooker and place a stand that is used to place hot vessels at the bottom of the cooker.
• Put a dish on the stand and put batis on it.
• Remove the whistle and rubber ring of the cooker lid.
• Cook on medium heat for about 15-20 minutes from one side.
• Remove the lid and flip the batis over.
• Again close the lid and cook for about 20-25 minutes from another side as well.
• Take the batis out into a dish.

For Making Dal:

• Wash and soak chana dal in enough water for about 2-3 hours.
• Transfer the moong dal and chana dal into a pressure cooker.
• Wash it really good with water 2-3 times.
• Add water, hing, turmeric powder, and mix well. You also can add salt if you want.
• Close the lid and cook on medium heat until 5 whistles.
• Open the cooker and beat the dal really good.
• Heat up a pan on medium heat. Add ghee.
• Add cumin seeds and let these splutter.
• Add hing and garlic.
• Mix well and fry until garlic turns light golden.
• Add onion and fry until it gets light golden color for about 5-7 minutes.
• Add tomato, green chili, red chili powder, and mix well.
• Fry until tomato is cooked well and gets mashed well with onion for about 4-5 minutes.
• Add beaten dal, water to adjust the consistency and salt.
• Mix well and cook on medium heat for about 5-6 minutes.
• Add coriander leaves for garnishing and mix well.
• Dal is ready.
• While serving, take dal into a bowl.
• Serve the batis and add lots of ghee on it.
• While eating crush the bati, add dal, and enjoy it.