Dal Baati Churma

Ingredients 

• Baatis 
• 2 cups whole wheat flour (atta)            
• ½ cup semolina     
• Salt to taste
• ½ cup ghee
• Melted ghee as required
• Churma        
• 2 cups whole wheat flour (atta)            
• 4 tablespoons semolina
• ½ cup pure ghee + to deep fry + to serve
• 1 cup milk                        
• ¾ cup powdered sugar                
• ¼ teaspoon green cardamom powder            
• 10 cashewnuts, chopped                
• 10 almonds, chopped                    
• 10 raisins                        
• Dal
• 2 cups cooked split red lentils (masoor dal)
• 2-3 tablespoons oil             
• 2 teaspoons cumin seeds         
• 3 green chillies, chopped
• 6-8 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 tablespoon red chilli powder 
• 2 teaspoons garam masala powder     
• 1 medium tomato, chopped 
• Salt to taste
• Onion rings for serving
• Green chillies for serving

Method 

1. Preheat oven to 180° C.
2. To make baatis, take whole wheat flour in a parat, add semolina, salt and ½ cup ghee and mix well. Add 1¼ cups water knead into stiff dough.
3. Divide the dough into small equal portions and roll into balls and arrange them on a baking tray.  
4. Keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake them for 12-15 minutes.
5. To make churma, mix whole wheat flour and semolina in a parat. Add ½ cup melted ghee and mix well.  Add milk and knead into a stiff dough.  
6. Divide the dough into equal portions and shape into cylinders.
7. Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai and deep-fry the cylinders on medium heat, till they are golden brown and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper and cool.
8. To make dal, heat oil in deep non-stick pan and add cumin seeds. Once they start to change colour, add green chillies and garlic, mix and sauté for 30 seconds,
9. Add red chilli powder and garam masala powder and mix well. Add tomato, mix and sauté till tomatoes turn soft and pulpy.   
10. Add boiled dal and mix well. Add salt and mix well. Add 2 cups water and mix well and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
11. Break the deep-fried dough balls and put them into a grinder jar and grind coarsely. 
12. Transfer into a bowl, add powdered sugar, cardamom powder, cashewnuts, almonds and raisins and mix. The churma is ready.
13. Take the melted ghee in a bowl and dip the baked baatis in it and let them soak for 5-10 minutes.
14. Transferred the baatis into a serving bowl, dal into another serving bowl and churma into a third serving bowl and serve hot with onion rings and green chillies.