My Signature Recipe- Desi Tadka

Making of Dal-Bati.

I'm a proud Rajasthani. And half of the people call us 'Dal-Bati' :P. I experienced this when I entered the college where the students streamed in from almost every state of India. And the college guys know it very well that you are hardly called by your official name. You are renamed as per your locality, behaviour, traits and may be eating habit. :P

 

The most annoying thing about my college is that we are kicked out of the college hostel by the college authorities after the 1st year. How pathetic :( And then begins the search of a new room with a new roomie.

A girl from Kerala became my new roomie and then started the most thrilling journey of my collegista. It has been two years since we are living in the Arihant-Villa. These three years we both experienced the fusion of our culture, our languages and our eating habits. I being an idli-dosa lover always ask her to bring the same from her home when she comes back after the vacations.

She often calls me 'Bafla'  (a Rajasthani dish- brother of bati). I have told her many-a-times that being Rajasthani doesn't mean we eat dal-bati daily. We cook dal-bati when there's some special occasion. And prompt comes her reply, "I'm waiting for that special occasion". She often gave me the hint of her desire to savour this special dish now and then. And I always snubbed her idea saying,"I'm no chef. Come with me in a vacation and I'll make you eat mom-made- dal-bati daily." She then just drops her idea and I end up convincing her to make dal-bati ONE DAY.

 

Meanwhile Blogadda launched this contest. But alas! we didn't have kitchen to cook up something for the contest. So, I dropped the idea but the instinct was compelling me to participate. And where there is a will, there is a way and hence came that ONE DAY.

7th March was Neha's birthday, our land-lord's daughter. Just like my roomie, she too is a dal-bati fan. Accidentally, aunty ( Neha's mother) slipped off the stairs and broke her right arm. A tragic incident just before her special day. But I tell you Rajasthanis are very kind and helpful. However, the family had to cancel the birthday party but I assured aunty of making Neha feel the best with a small family-party. This how I got the chance to show everyone my culinary art and participate in Blogadda's contest. Thank-you Blogadda to give me a chance to make the birthday girl feel special, to finally satiate my roomie and to make everyone in the HOME happy. Yeah! in Arihant Villa, never for a day, I felt as if I'm living away from my home. The landlords are more of a family.

 

 

Little B'day Girl.

So, then began the preparation of party, the most simple celebration with more of the family love and Blogadda's boost-up. As I told you above we cook dal-bati only on special occasion. So, I decided to serve the birthday girl with her favourite cuisine.Our landlord are Jains so onion-garlic are the taboo in their kitchen. Hence, I prepared the Desi-Jain-Thali. Here goes the recipe.

Ingredients

 

For Bati

5 cups of wheat flour ( we were 5 memebers)

1/2 teaspoon ajawain (caraway seeds)

1/2 teaspoon sauf (aniseeds)

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

1 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoon Fortune rice bran oil ( for soft and fluffy bati)

Water for kneading the dough

 

For Dal

1 cup of split black gram (urad dal)

1/2 cup of split gram ( chana dal)

1/2 cup of split green moong dal (optional)

2 tablespoon Fortune rice bran oil

a pich of hing (asfoetida)

1 teaspoon jeera (cumin seeds)

1/2 teaspoon turmeric

2 teaspoon chilli powder

salt to taste

3 cups of water

coriander leaves to garnish

Recipe

 

For Bati

1. Mix flour, ajwain, turmeric, sauf and salt in a bowl.

2. Add the fortune rice bran oil in the mixture.

3. Add water and knead the mixture into tight dough.

4. Take out small chunks of dough and roll them into small balls.

5. Place the dough balls in a preheated oven.

6. Roast them till the crust turns light-brown and small cracks appear in the balls.

 

 

Wheat flour  mixed with ajawain , turmeric and salt.

Add some fortune oil in the flour.

Make balls out of the dough.

Preheat the oven.



Roast the batis in the oven.

 

For Dal

1. Mix all the dals in a large bowl and soak them for 30 minutes.

2. Boil the soaked dal in a pan.

3. In a separate pan, put some fortune rice bran oil.

4. Add hing and jeera to the oil when hot.

5. When jeera starts to crackle, add the chopped green chilly ( chopped onions and garlic too if you are not a jain).

6. Cook the mixture till the onions turn light brown.

7. Add turmeric, chilli powder and salt and some water.

8. Cook it for 3 minutes.

9. Add the boiled dal and bring the whole misture to boil.

10. Garnish it with chopped coriander leaves.

Put some Fortune oil in a pan.



Masala Tadka

Healthy N spicy Dal.

Ready to Eat

 

1. Soak the batis in Fortune rice bran oil.

2. Tomatoes make up the best salad. So slice them.

3. A little of lemon to the dal makes it more tangy. So have a slice of lemon.

4. If you need more of spicy, then have some whole green chilly too.

5. The Jains eat papads with almost every meal. So roast  some chana papad/ moon papad. They are lusciously crispy.

6. Place all these in a thali and serve the special Desi-Jain-Thali.

 

 

Tomato Salad.

Desi Thali.

What are you waiting for??? Grab the dal-bati. The dish is all yours. Isn't it lip-smacking???

Ready! Steady! Eat!

 

 

About Fortune Rice Bran Health Oil



The Fortune Rice Bran oil is the new hero in our landlord's kitchen. I have asked at my home too to bring a bottle for the next dal-bati session. Well! you all would be wondering what's new in this oil. Then let me tell you. It's not just ordinary edible oil instead a 100% rice bran oil assuring 100% health. Known as 'Heart Oil', the top ten benefits of 100% rice bran oil are :

1.Heart friendly.
2.Improves HDL/LDL ratio. Healthier Heart.
3. Cleaner blood vessels.
4.Balanced nutrition. Balanced health.
5. Anti-cancer properties.
6.Improves skin tone and delays wrinkle formation.
7.Helps maintaining balance of nervous system.
8. Protection against diseases.
9.Stimulates hormonal secretion. Rejuvenates health.
10. Healthier food.


A Healthy choice for your Heart.

 

To know more about this new hero, have a look at Why Fortune Rice Bran Health Oil? So what are you using today in your kitchen???



The new hero in the kitchen.

Hioy'oy Hoi Polloi
JJJ

 

This post is a part of Healthy & Tasty Recipe Contest with Fortune Rice Bran Health Oil & BlogAdda.com