Indian Cooking Recipe: Dal Bati
The following are the instructions on how to cook delicious Indian food: Dal Bati
Ingredients:
a. cups rajma beans (soaked in water overnight with a pinch of soda bicarb)
2. 3/4 cup whole black gram (urad) (soaked in water overnight with a pinch of soda bicarb)
a. Onions, chopped finely.
b. Tomatoes, chopped finely.
3. 2 tsps garam masala powder.
4. 2 tsps chili powder.
a. Tsp turmeric powder.
b. Tbsp ginger-garlic paste.
c. Green chilies slit lengthwise.
d. tblspns cream
e. Tblspns ghee.
f. Cup coriander leaves, chopped finely.
5. Oil.
6. Salt to taste.
7. For dumplings
a. Cups whole wheat flour, sieved.
b. Cup ghee, melted.
c. Tblspns curd.
8. Salt to taste.
Method of Preparation:
Pressure cook rajma and black gram till it becomes soft. Heat 4 tblspns oil. Add onions. Brown them. Add ginger-garlic paste and tomatoes. Fry. Add all the masala, beans and salt. Simmer till well blended. The gravy should be thick. Pour over cream and ghee. Knead 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 chilies. Dip hot dumplings in the daal while eating.
