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...
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
FOR TADKA
IN A SMALL PAN HEAT GHEE,ADD ASAFOETIDA,RECHILI POWDER AND CUMINSEEDS
ADD THIS TO THE DAL.
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
SERVE WITH BATTI AND DAL
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
procedure
mix all the ingredients for filling and keep aside
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
roast them in tandoor,tava
fry in ghee and serve with dal and chokha
