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Baati is a traditional Rajasthani dish and is served with panchmel dal. It is a very rich dish as the bati's are dipped in ghee before serving. Here is the simple recipe. All you need is Whole wheat flour - 3 cup Salt - 1 tsp Ajwain \ Carom seeds - 1 and 1\2 tsp Refined oil - 1 cup Ghee for soaking Method of preparation Mix whole wheat flour, salt, carom seeds and oil in a pan. Knead a tight dough using lukewarm water. Keep aside, covered for 30 minutes. Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. Roll each part into a rough ball. Make an indentation in the center of each ball with your thumb. Pre heat the oven to 200 degree C. Set the oven on toast mode. Bake the baati's for 20-25 minutes, till slightly browned. Remove from oven. Dip in ghee. Serve hot with panchmel dal , churme ke ladoo and garlic chutney .

Panchmel dal is a Rajasthani dal which is made by mixing 5 different variety of lentils. It tastes wonderful with rice and chapati. The famous bati of Rajasthan is also eaten with this dal. Here is the recipe. All you need is Arhar dal \ Yellow pigeon peas - 1\4 cup Hari moong dal \ Split green gram- 1\4 cup Kali urd dal \ Split black gram- 1\4 cup Chana dal \ Bengal gram- 1\4 cup Dhuli masoor dal \ Pink lentil- 1\4 cup Salt to taste Turmeric powder - 1\2 tsp Water - 6 cups Ghee - 1\2 cup Dry red chilies - 3-4 Onion - 1 cup ( chopped ) Garlic - 1 tbsp ( chopped ) Ginger - 1 and 1\2 tsp Green chilies - 2 ( chopped ) Fresh coriander - 2 tbsp ( chopped ) Method of preparation Mix all the dals ( lentils ) in a bowl. Wash nicely. Add the dals in a pressure cooker. Add water, salt and turmeric powder. Cook till dal is done. Heat ghee in a pan. When the ghee is hot, add onion and garlic. Fry for 2 minutes. Add dry red chilies, ginger and green chilies. Fry till onion turns golden brown. Add t...