Daal Baati

Contest recipe posted by Jyotsna Balasubramaniam.

(a) for the daal - 

toor dal, kadalai paruppu and payatham paruppu - one cup each

1 medium onion - finely chopped

1 tomato - finely chopped

Green chillies - 4 slit lengthwise

Salt - to taste

Garam masala - 1/2 teaspoon

Dhania powder - 1 tablespoon

turmeric powderRed chilli powder - to taste

tadka - jeera and hing and required oil

Pressure cook the daals adding the turmeric powder for about 4-5 whistles. 

Add oil to a kadai and give the tadka with cumin seeds and a little bit of perungaayam.Fry the onions tomatoes and green chillies..Add the cooked daals and other spices mentioned above (except turmeric powder) and simmer for 5 mins. Remove and garnish with coriander leaves.

(b) baati

atta - 2 cups

rawa - 1/2 a cup

ghee - generously

water

knead the atta and other ingredients into a dough (with little water) to make slightly harder than for rotis...

make small balls out of them and flatten them by hand..

Bake in the oven or grill for 10 mins each side..until it evenly turns brown.

Serve either baatis soaked in dal, or broken baatis immersed in dal or hot baatis and dal separately..

Note : 1. the baked baatis can also be immersed in a bowl of ghee to soften them..2. milk/yogurt can also be added to make the baati dough