Dal-Baati (a dish of Rajasthan)

Dal-Baati (a dish of Rajasthan)

Ingredients:

• Urad dal soaked in water with sodium bicarbonate : ¾ cups
• Soaked rajma beans : 2 cups
• Ginger–garlic paste : 1 tbsp
• Chopped onions : 3-4
• Chopped tomatoes : 2-3
• Garam masala powder : 2 ½ tsp
• Red chili powder : 2 tsp
• Chopped green chilies
  : 2-3
• Coriander leaves : 10-12
• Ghee : 4 tbsp
• Cream : 2 ½ tbsp
• Mustard oil : ½ cup
• Salt : according to taste

For dumplings

• Ghee : 1 cup
• Wheat flour : 5 cups
• Curd : 2 ½ tbsp
• Salt : according to taste

Preparation:

1. Pressure cook rajma and urad dal.
2. Heat oil in a round vessel. Fry onions till it turns brown. 
3. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry.
4. Add rajma beans with all the spices in the fried paste. 
5. Add some salt to it and blend it well.
6. Make a thick paste and pour over ghee and cream.
7. Prepare a dough with flour, ghee, curd, salt and little water.
8. Make out small soft balls from it and keep for one hour.
9. After that roast these balls till puffed. 
10. It should be golden outside and spongy inside.
11. Dip hot dumplings in dal and garnish the dal with coriander leaves and chilies. 
12. Serve hot.