Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Rural delight dal bati or chokha



i am sending this meal of rajasthani dal,bati and chokha for rci rajasthan hosted by spicy andhra

yesterday was craving for dal,bati and chokha,,ya i know most of the people dont know what bati and chokha is...will like to share my memories of our village,,,back in our village whenever we used to go...at least once or twice we used to have dal,bati and chokha..in our courtyard bati was prepared in the open fire,,and roasted with the help of tongs...even the potato and brinjal was roasted in the same fire..open air,nice breeze and awesome food,,can still remember those golden days..with our dadi around it was more fun and with all cousins it was more like a picnic,,we used to prepare sometime near our temple too....which was more fun ,,..with a well nearby to peek into...really cherish all these memories....its been long time since i have been to our village...but i stii remember the taste of the thick red curd,,whoich our dadi used to get for us,..with cream so thick,...mmmmm..words are not enough to describe the taste...

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yesterday night for dinner prepared dal,bati and chokha...
the recipe for which is

recipe for dal with rajasthani touch

ingredients for two people

split red gram (arhar dal) 1 cup
bay leaves two
salt to taste
turmeric 1/2tsp
red chili pickle stuffed with black masala 2
amchur 1tsp

for the tempering or tadka

cumin seeds 1tbsp
red chili powder 1/2tsp
asafoetida(pinch)
ghee 1tbsp

PROCEDURE

WASH THE DAL
PRESSURE COOK WITH SALT,TURMERIC POWDER,BAY LEAVES AND WATER
MIX REDCHILI PICKLE IN THE DAL AND ADD AMCHUR
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FOR TADKA

IN A SMALL PAN HEAT GHEE,ADD ASAFOETIDA,RECHILI POWDER AND CUMINSEEDS
ADD THIS TO THE DAL.
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FOR THE CHOKHA (MASHED POTATO FLAVOURED WITH RED CHILI AND DRY MANGO POWDER)

INGREDIENTS

POTATO BOILED,PEELED AND MASHED TWO
ONION CHOPPED ONE
GREEN CHILI TWO CHOPPED
RED PICKLED CHILIES ONE
SALT TO TASTE
RED CHILI POWDER 1/2TSP
AMCHUR POWDER 1/2TSP
GARAM MASALA 1/2TSP

PROCEDURE

MIX ALL THE INGREDIENTS
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SERVE WITH BATTI AND DAL
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BATTI (SMALL STUFFED WHEATFLOUR PANCAKES)

INGREDIENTS

FOR DOUGH

WHEATFLOUR ONE CUP
SALT TO TASTE
OIL ONE TSP
CAROM SEEDS 1/2TSP

FOR FILLING

ROASTED CHICKPEAS(CHANA)POWDERED SATTU 1/2 CUP
ONION CHOPPED ONE
SALT TO TATSE
RED CHILI 1/2tsp
amchur1/2tsp
red chili pickle 1tbsp
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procedure

mix all the ingredients for filling and keep aside
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mix all the ingredient for the dough and keep aside

divide the dough in small balls,flatten each ball ,stuff the filling and close nicely
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roast them in tandoor,tava
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fry in ghee and serve with dal and chokha

8 comments:

Cooking Station said...

Do you think we can bake it in a Oven? or a griller? I was just giving a thought! I have heard a lot about dal batti, so yet to try them.

notyet100 said...

hi,well i have tried in microwave too..but this time i used stoverill and tava ...and it came out well//so if u have stovegrill ,.u can use that///and once it hardens enough u can use tava...

spicyandhra said...

Priyanks
Lovely entry. thank u very much for sending it over.My fav of all rajasthani dishes is dal bati!!!!
just love it

delhibelle said...

The thali looks so comforting ! Mmmmm..I love rustic food.

notyet100 said...

thanks spicy andhra and delhibelle,..
delhibelle even i love rustic food

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Sunshinemom said...

OK! I make this too but did not know it had a name called chokha! Thanks for the information. This is another favourite meal of mine (Dal bati)

pallavi said...

i made baati with loki-chana daal and teamed it with afghani chicken! man it was so tasty :) and best part - everyone really appreciated it!!!