Dal Bati Recipe - This is the traditional and popular Rajasthani recipe. Here bati or baati is made from whole wheat flour and cooked over coal. But at home we will be baking into the oven. Or you can use gas tandoor.
There are many different varieties in making bati recipe e.g. bafla or fried bati, stuffed bati, masala bati. But today’s version is the traditional one.
Here panchmel dal (mixture of five types of dal) is served along with baati. In Rajasthani households, it is not restricted to serve this dal only. Every household has their own version. Many use single dal while many use mixture of few dals.
Dal bati recipe is indulging and rich delicacy. Because a GOOD amount of ghee is used in making it and also drizzled over before serving. Usually baati are dipped into a bowl of ghee before serving, then broken into small chunks, again ghee is drizzled over along with dal and then served. Also a bowl of ghee is also served on side, if anyone wants to drizzle more in his/her serving.
The sweet churma is served on side as a part of meal hence known as dal bati churma. I am sharing this recipe next.
How to make dal bati recipe (Step by Step Photos):
1) Take coarse whole wheat flour in a bowl along with salt and baking soda.
2) Mix well.
3) Now drizzle ghee over it.
4) Using your fingertips, start mixing till everything is incorporated well.
5) The mixture will look crumbly and when you press little amount into your palm it will form a fragile ball.
6) Now add very little water at a time and knead into very stiff and tight dough. The water quantity may vary depending on the freshness and quality of the flour. Also depends on which type (coarse or regular) flour you are using.
7) Cover the dough with damp towel or napkin and let it rest for 20 minutes.
8) While the dough is resting, pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C.
9) Also line a baking tray or cookie sheet with parchment paper and keep it ready.
10) After the resting time, you will notice tiny white bubble on the surface. Now knead the dough once again.
11) Divide the mixture into 12 or 13 equal portions. Take one portion and make ball by pressing into your fist.
12) While shaping the ball make a vertical indent as shown in the photo.
13) Next make another cross indent to get the ‘+’ sign and also keep the round shape.
14) Prepare all of them similarly and arrange them on prepared baking sheet.
15) Bake into preheated oven for 20 minutes. Then remove the tray from oven, flip them and bake again for 20-25 minutes.
16) You will notice light brown color on them. You can break one and see if it is not raw from inside.
17) Now traditionally these bati are dipped into the ghee and then served. Here I have skipped that step just because I cannot handle that much ghee. Instead I have break them into small chunks, drizzled couple of teaspoons of ghee on top.
18) Then add hot/warm panchmel dal on top and serve immediately. Many prefer to sprinkle some chopped onions on top, it’s up to your preference.
NOTES:
- Do not reduce the amount of ghee or Do not replace with oil. This addition of ghee is called ‘moyan’ or ‘moyen’. This helps to make melt in your mouth kind texture of the bati. So the proportion of ghee to flour should be right.
- The dough should be very tight and stiff (similar to bakhri dough). For that always add very little water at a time while kneading.
- ‘+’ sign indentation is required, so it gets cooked well from inside too. If just round ball is made then it gets crispy and hard from outside, still not cooked from inside.
Serving suggestion: Enjoy it as a meal. Usually it is served in combination as dal baati churma. You can serve papad, pickle on side.
Dal Bati Recipe (How to make Rajasthani Dal Baati Recipe with Churma)
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Coarse whole wheat flour (or use regular chapati atta)
- Salt to taste
- ¼ teaspoon Baking soda
- 6 tablespoons Ghee Clarified butter + more needed while serving
- 7-8 tablespoons Water
Instructions
Kneading the dough:
- Take whole wheat flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and mix.
- Drizzle ghee and using your fingertips mix till everything is incorporated well. It should be crumbly texture and if you press together, you should be able to form a ball.
- Now add little water at a time and knead into stiff dough.
- Cover it with damp towel and let it rest for 20 minutes.
Making dal bati recipe:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F or 180 degrees C for at least 10 minutes.
- Line a baking sheet or cookie sheet with parchment paper and keep it ready.
- After the resting time, knead the dough once again and divide into 12-13 equal portions.
- Make balls with the indentation similar to ‘+’ sign on top. Arrange them on prepared tray.
- Bake into preheated oven for 20 minutes, then flip the batis and bake again for 20-25 minutes or till they are slightly light brown in color.
- Dip them into ghee and then break or Break few baati and put them in a plate, drizzle little ghee over it.
- On top add dal and serve.
Shreya
Do the baati expand on baking ?
Kanan
No, it won't expand
Baati Baker
Great recipe - very easy to follow and the bati came out perfectly.
A small note on portioning - I thought the proportions were a little "under" - we increased the recipe by 33% and still ended up with 13 bati so we decided in the end to skip the churma and thought it was slightly "light" to split across 4 people. Otherwise, no problems!
Kanan
thank you for the detailed feedback.
portion size can vary from person to person. Also the based on sized of the bati you made may be bigger than mine.
2pots2cook
Happy to find Dal Baati at your place 🙂 Thank you !
Shilpa Mishra
Hurray ! Finally U posted it....
Kanan
Yup. Thank you for your patience.
Shah
Can the Bati be made ahead of time?
If yes how to store it? & how to reheat it!
Kanan Patel
You can store at the room temperature and reheat in the oven.