Dal Bati Recipe

Dal Bati Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 minutes


Ingredients:-

• Wheat flour – 1½ cup
• Salt – 1 tsp
• Baking powder – ½ tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Medium onion chopped - 1
• Green chilies, chopped - 2
• Garlic, chopped – 1 tsp
• Ghee – 1½ tsp
• Melted ghee - ½ cup
• Water – ½ cup
• Gram flour – ½ cup
  

Method :

1. Combine all the dry ingredients and sift in a bowl.
2. Mix the cumin seeds, chopped onion, green chilies, garlic and ghee into the flour mixture. Gradually add the water to knead into stiff dough. Divide into equal sized portions and shape into balls.
3. NOTE: The dough for the bati is not very smooth dough, even while shaping into balls the surface will not be extremely smooth. The cracks that form while shaping the dough are characteristic of traditional bati.
4. Cover with a damp cloth till they are ready to go into the oven, so as to prevent the outer surface from drying.
5. Preheat the CRISP plate using the CRISP mode for2 minutes.
6. Place the batis on the CRISP plate and bake in the FORCED AIR mode for 10 minutes at 175°C.
7. To complete the baking switch to the CRISP mode for 3 minutes.
8. Take the batis out of the oven and dip them into melted ghee for 2-3 minutes and serve hot with dal.