Americanized Daal Baati (Indian-Rajasthan) - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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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
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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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