Americanized Daal Baati (Indian-Rajasthan) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    american drop dumplings (in place of baati)
    2 cups wheat flour
    1 tablespoon cream of wheat (Rawa or semolina or sooji)
    4 teaspoons baking powder, 4 tsp
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3/4 cup milk
    dal
    1 cup green gram dal (green moong)
    1/2 cup yellow channa dal (Bengal gram)
    1 -2 tablespoon ghee or 1 -2 tablespoon oil
    1/2 tablespoon garam masala
    1 teaspoon red chili powder
    1/4 teaspoon haldi powder, and
    1 pinch haldi powder, powder (turmeric, set aside)
    1/4 teaspoon dhania patta, pwdr (coriander)
    1/2 teaspoon lemon
    1 tablespoon coriander, chopped
    1/2 inch piece gingerroot, grated
    1 teaspoon cumin seed
    1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
    1/4 teaspoon dhania seeds (coriander)
    4 cups water
    salt
Preparation
    BAATI (AMERICAN DROP DUMPLINGS).
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    Mix flour, sooji, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add milk and stir to make a soft dough. Add more milk or flour, depending on if dough is too thin or too stiff.
    DAAL.
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    Wash both dals together. Add 2 cups water, a pinch of turmeric and cook dal in pressure cooker 1 whistle and low heat for about 15 min;let pressure release naturally.
    Mix 1/2 tbs Garam masala, 1 tsp Red chilli powder, 1/4 tsp Haldi (turmeric) powder, 1/4 tsp Dhania pwdr(coriander)in 1/2 cup water to make thin paste. Put ghee in a pan and heat.
    Splutter 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1/2 tsp mustard seeds, & 1/4 tsp coriander seeds. Add ginger and the paste of spice powders. Fry for a minute, then mix it into the dal. Add 2 cups of water, salt and stir well. Drop dumpling dough into dal and simmer for 15 minutes without removing cover. Add lemon juice. Garnish with chopped coriander & serve.

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