Americanized Daal Baati (indian-rajasthan)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon cream of wheat (rawa or semolina or sooji)
• 4 teaspoons baking powder, 4 tsp
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup green gram dal (green moong)
• 1/2 cup yellow channa dal (bengal gram)
• 1 -2 tablespoon ghee or 1 -2 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 tablespoon garam masala
• 1 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon haldi powder, and
• 1 pinch haldi powder, powder (turmeric, set aside)
• 1/4 teaspoon dhania patta, pwdr (coriander)
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon
• 1 tablespoon coriander, chopped
• 1/2 inch piece gingerroot, grated
• 1 teaspoon cumin seed
• 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1/4 teaspoon dhania seeds (coriander)
• 4 cups water
• salt

Recipe

• 1 baati (american drop dumplings).
• 2 =================.
• 3 mix flour, sooji, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. add milk and stir to make a soft dough. add more milk or flour, depending on if dough is too thin or too stiff.
• 4 daal.
• 5 =================.
• 6 wash both dals together. add 2 cups water, a pinch of turmeric and cook dal in pressure cooker 1 whistle and low heat for about 15 min;let pressure release naturally.
• 7 mix 1/2 tbs garam masala, 1 tsp red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp haldi (turmeric) powder, 1/4 tsp dhania pwdr(coriander)in 1/2 cup water to make thin paste. put ghee in a pan and heat.
• 8 splutter 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, & 1/4 tsp coriander seeds. add ginger and the paste of spice powders. fry for a minute, then mix it into the dal. add 2 cups of water, salt and stir well. drop dumpling dough into dal and simmer for 15 minutes without removing cover. add lemon juice. garnish with chopped coriander & serve.