Dal Bati Churma is traditional delicacy from the state of Rajasthan in western India. It’s a combination of three dishes in one meal. Dal (One or more than one kind of lentils) cooked with different spices. Bati is a hard bread made from wheat flour and Churma, a dessert made from bati.
此道料理是來自西印拉賈斯坦邦的傳統佳餚。傳統上,這道菜包含了3種不同的類別主題。第一,Dal是使用一種或多種扁豆與香料煮成糊狀料理,俗稱湯咖哩。第二,Bati是一種使用全麥麵粉烤成非常硬的麵包,搭配著Dal來食用。而最後,就是再使用烤小麥球來做成這道料理的甜點,為Churma甜小麥粉。
1. Bati 烤小麥球
Ingredients 食材:
- Whole Wheat Flour/2 cups (300g)/全麥麵粉
- Semolina/¼ cup (50g)/杜蘭小麥粉
- Salt/½ tsp (To taste)/鹽
- Coriander Seeds/½ tsp/香菜籽
- Ajwain (Carom Seeds)/½ tsp/藏茴香
- Baking Soda/¼ tsp/小蘇打粉
- Ghee/¼ cup/酥油
- Water/½ cup (Approx.)/水
Method 方法:
- Mix whole wheat flour and semolina well. 將全麥麵粉與杜蘭小麥粉充分混合一起。
- Add salt, roughly crushed coriander seeds, ajwain and baking soda to the flour. 將鹽、粗略搗碎的香菜籽、藏茴香與小蘇打粉加入混合麵粉中。
- Mix all the dry ingredients well. 將所有乾料混合均勻。
- Add ghee and rub it well on the flour. 加入酥油並與麵粉充分揉碎。
- Add water slowly and knead a stiff dough. 將水慢慢的加入麵粉中,並揉出較硬的麵團。
- Let it rest for 20 minutes. 完成後放置一旁休息約20分鐘。
- Now, make dough balls of required size and make a small dent in the center. 休息完後取一小球(或所需尺寸),揉成大略的圓球狀後在中心點位置壓出一個凹槽。
- Pre-heat oven at 180c. 預熱烤箱並設定溫度180度。
- Take an oven tray, line it with butter paper and bake it in over at 180c for 20 minutes. 取一個烤盤,並使用烤紙將剛剛的麵團球一一排列,烘烤時間為20分鐘。
- Take the tray out and brush some ghee on the balls and bake it again for 20 more minutes or till golden brown on the outside. 時間到時取出烤盤,並在麵團球表面刷上一些酥油後,再送進烤箱烘烤約20分鐘(或直到外皮已呈現金黃色)
- Take them out in a bowl and pour a spoonful of ghee on each bati and leave them aside. 烤完後取出並用一個碗裝,這時使用湯匙舀取一些酥油,倒在小麥球的中間凹陷處。完成後先放置一旁。
2. Dal 扁豆糊(湯咖哩)
Ingredients 食材:
- Mung Dal (unskinned)/1 cup/剖半綠豆(留皮)
- Chana Dal/2 tbsp/剖半黑鷹嘴豆
- Salt/2 tsp (To taste)/鹽
- Turmeric Powder/1.5 tsp/薑黃
- Ghee/4 tbsp/酥油
- Garlic (chopped)/3 tbsp/碎蒜
- Green chili (chopped)/1.5 tbsp/碎綠辣椒
- Ginger (Chopped)/1 tbsp/碎薑
- Cumin seeds/2 tsp/孜然
- Dried Red Chilies/2 pcs/乾紅辣椒
- Onion (chopped)/1 cup/碎洋蔥
- Tomato (chopped)/1.5 cup/碎蕃茄
- Coriander seeds powder/2 tsp/香菜籽粉
- Red chili powder/2 tsp/紅辣椒粉
- Garam Masala (Optional)/¼ tsp/綜合香料(可無)
- Coriander leaves (chopped)/½ cup/碎香菜葉
Method 方法:
- Take both chana dal (split black chickpeas) and mung dal (split mung beans) and wash them well. 取兩樣剖半的豆類(綠豆與黑鷹嘴豆),用水洗乾淨。
- Add them to a pot and a add 6 cups of water and let it soak in water for 30 minutes. 洗淨後,取一個鍋子並加入約六杯的水,浸泡約30分鐘。
- After 30 minutes, add ½ tsp of turmeric powder and ½ tsp of salt the pot and boil the dal for 20 to 30 minutes or until cooked well. Keep it aside. 30分鐘後,加入薑黃粉及鹽並煮滾約20~30分鐘(或直到煮熟),完成後放置一旁。
- Take ghee in another pot. 取一些酥油放到另一個鍋子裡。
- Let it heat up. 加熱。
- Add garlic, ginger, and chili to the ghee and saute for a minute. 加入蒜、薑及辣椒進鍋內爆香。
- Add cumin seeds and cook for few minutes till garlic is cooked. 加入孜然並煮到蒜成焦糖化。
- Now, add onions to the pot and mix it well. 加入洋蔥並充分拌炒。
- Cook it till onions are translucent in color. 拌炒至洋蔥透明化。
- Now, add tomatoes to the pot and mix well. 加入蕃茄並充分拌炒。
- Now, add turmeric powder, chili powder, coriander powder and salt and ¼ cup water. 加入薑黃粉、紅辣椒粉、香菜籽粉、鹽及四分之一杯的水。
- Stir occasionally while cooking. 適時的攪拌。
- Let the mixture (masala) cook till it leaves ghee on the sides of the pot. 煮至所有的內容物帶出油水分離。
- Then add the cooked dal along with water to the masala. 加入剛剛煮熟的扁豆(與剛剛煮滾的水一起)。
- Add 1 cup of water and mix it well. Let it simmer for 3 to 5 minutes. 加入一杯的水並充分攪拌均勻,蓋上鍋子後悶約3~5分鐘。
- Add coriander and turn off the stove. 最後加入香菜即可關火。
3. Churma 甜小麥粉
Ingredients 食材:
- Cooked Bati/4 pcs/烤好的小麥球
- Powdered Sugar/¼ cup (To required sweetness)/糖粉
- Ghee/2 tbsp/酥油
- Cashews (roughly chopped)/2 tbsp/腰果(略切碎)
- Almonds (roughly chopped)/2 tbsp/杏仁(略切碎)
- Cardamom seed powder/½ tsp/綠豆蔻籽粉
Method 方法:
- Break bati in few pieces and coarsely blend them in a blender. 將烤小麥球用手大略撥開,並放入攪拌機內打碎。
- Take ghee in a pot. 取一些酥油放入鍋內。
- Heat the ghee on a medium to low heat. 使用中小火加熱。
- Add the grinded bati to the ghee and mix it well. 將打碎的小麥粉加入鍋內並攪拌均勻。
- Cook it for 4 to 5 minutes while constantly stirring or until golden brown. 加熱拌炒4~5分鐘並適時充分攪拌直到小麥粉呈現金黃色。
- Turn off the heat and take the mixture in another bowl. 關火並將炒好的小麥粉放入調理碗中。
- Add cardamom powder, cashews, almonds to the mixture and stir well. 將綠豆蔻籽粉、切碎的腰果及杏仁加入調理碗中,並充分攪拌。
- Let it cool down a little and only then add the powdered sugar. 攪拌後等待小麥粉冷卻才能加入糖粉。
- Mix it well and serve. 充分攪拌均勻後即可上桌。
How to serve? 如何呈現及食用?
- Take a big bowl. 取一個大碗。
- Crush a bati in the bowl with your hands. 把烤小麥球用手撥碎並放入碗中。
- Pour 2 to 3 laddles of hot dal. 在碗中再倒入2~3湯匙的扁豆糊。
- Drizzle a tablespoon of ghee and serve. 滴入一些酥油即可上桌。
- Also serve churma along with some sliced onions and tomatoes salad. 甜小麥粉與一些切碎的洋蔥和蕃茄放置一旁一起食用。