Rajasthani Food Recipe

RAJASTHANI DAAL BATI
(Puffed Dough Dumplings With Lentil Curry )
Ingredients:

RAJASTHANI DAAL BATI

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

Preparation:

• 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

RAJASTHANI MISSI ROTI RECIPE
Ingredients:

150 gms Wheat flour
1 tsp Red chilly powder
250 gms Besan
1 tsp Dhaniya Powder
3 tbsp Ghee
1/2 tsp Jeera
1/2 tsp Kaala Jeera
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Ajwain

Preparation:

• Mix the wheat flour and besan together. Add oil, salt, red chilly powder, dhaniya, jeera, kala jeera and ajwain.
• Mix well. Make a stiff dough. Roll into small and thick rotis and roast.
• Brush missi roti slightly with melted ghee. Serve hot with Shahi Gatte.

RAJASTHANI GATTA CURRY RECIPE
Ingredients:
200 gms Besan
1 tsp Dhaniya powder
2 tbsp Ghee
250 gms Curd
1 tsp Salt
2 tsp Oil
1 tsp Red chilly powder
1 pinch Haldi

How to make rajasthani gatta curry :

• Mix besan while adding 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp red chilly powder, 1/2 tsp. dhaniya powder and ghee.
• Make a stiff dough. Make 5-6 thin and long strips of the dough.
• Put these strips in boiling water and cook for 5 minutes. Cut these gattas into small pieces.
• Strain the curd through a strainer. Add 1/2 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp red chilly powder, 1/2 tsp. dhaniya powder and haldi to the curd. Mix well.
• Add the gatta pieces. Heat oil in a kadahi. Put the tadka of jeera and add the curd mixture.
• Cook it for 5-7 minutes while stirring continuously till it comes to a boil.
• Simmer the flame and cook for another 5-7 minutes.Turn off the gas. Finally put the tadka of red chilly powder. Serve shahi gatta curry with missi roti and pakori ki kadhi.