Dal Baati

This article is about the a cuisine of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. For the Rajasthani cuisine, see Dal Bati Churma.

Daal bati.

Dal Baati (Hindi: दाल बाटी), popular name for a preparation comprising Dal and Baati, is a very well known dish of Rajasthan and Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state in India.

Dal is basically prepared from tuvaar dal. Tuvaar dal is first boiled in pressure cooker and after that it is prepared for the tadka. First the oil is heated in the frying pan and then rai-jeera are sprinkled into it then put green meshed chilli and garlic then all spices including salt, hing, red chilli, haldi, coriander, ginger and many more spices are mixed into it. And finally we put the boiled tuvaar daal into this paste.

Baati is basically a hard bread made up of wheat powder commonly known as aata. First we mesh wheat powder with little bit of salt and water. Then we prepare tennis ball size round balls of this mixture and put it in well heated cow dung cake. After it get brown colour its been taken out and stuffed in Ghee.

This Dal-Baati is then served with Rava Ladoo, rice, pudina chaatni, kari (green mango) chaatni, green salad with excess of onion and fresh curd milk (chass). It has the highest number of calories. 100grams of Dal Baati has 99grams of calories.

Dal Bafla

Dal Bafla (Hindi: दाल बाफला) is a variation of Dal Baati, where the normal Baati is replaced by the Bafla, a softer version of it.

See also

• Bati