Dal Baati

Ingredients : For the Baati:
3 cup - wheat flour
½  cup - Gram flour
¼ tsp - ajwain
1 tsp - cumin seeds
Salt to taste
½ cup – warm oil
Oil/Ghee

2 cups - toor dal, soaked
 1 tsp - red chilli powder
¼ tsp – turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Coriander leaves, chopped

1 tsp – Cumin Seeds
¼ - Mustard seeds
A pinch of hing
2- Green chilli, half sliced
4-5 – Garlic clove
Desi Ghee/Oil

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and knead it to make stiff dough, adding a little water at a time. Knead well for 5 to 7 minutes.
Make smooth small balls out of dough. Flatten the balls lightly.
Heat a gas oven and put the baatis on the grill of the oven. Close the lid and cook them on low flame for 20 to 25 minutes or until they cooked completely.
Heat oil in a wok and fry the baatis until light brown colour. First crushed the baatis lightly then fry it.
Place them on a kitchen paper to drain excess oil.
Serve hot with dal.

In a pressure cooker add properly washed dal with required amount of water, add red chilli powder, turmeric powder , salt and 2-3 garlic cloves.
Pressure cook the dal up to 2 - 3 whistles and cook for 10-15 minutes on simmer flame or until cooked completely. Add coriander leaves and adjust water.
Meanwhile, in a pan heat ghee, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, 2-3 chopped garlic cloves, green chilli slices and let it splutter,add a pinch of hing and quickly pour this tadka in the dal.
Enjoy Dal baati with green chutney.