Dal Bati Churma

One of the most popular and yet preferred Rajasthani dishes that is readily available throughout the state is Dal Baati Churma. Actually, it’s very interesting how Dal Baati Churma and its history are related to that of the state. It is one of the iconic Rajasthani dishes that have gained worldwide popularity. This delicious dish consists of a mixture of three different things, namely a spicy Dal Dal, A deep-fried Baati and a slightly sweetish and mouth-watering churma prepared uniquely with various ingredients.

The baatis are baked flaky round breads that are traditionally served after dipping with ghee, made of gehun ka atta (wheat flour), rava (semolina), besan (Bengal gramme flour), salt, milk and ghee. Deep fried in ghee, the unsalted version of the baatis is crushed and mixed with jaggery and sugar, thus forming the churma. Five separate dals, namely chana dal (split Bengal gramme), toovar (arhar) dal, moong dal (split green gramme), urad dal (split black lentils) and whole moong (whole green gramme) are prepared for the dal item and referred to as panchmel dal or panch kutti dal.