Halwai May 16, 2022

Ingredients:

• 1 cup – Bhakhri flour (coarse Wheat flour)
• 1/2 cup – Wheat flour
• 1 tbsp – semolina
• 1 tsp – Baking powder
• 1/2 tbsp – Clarified Butter (ghee)
• 1 tsp – Ajwain (carom seeds)
• salt to taste
• Stuffing:
• 4 – Boiled Potatoes
• 1 tsp – Coriander powder
• 1/2 tsp – Red Chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp – Garam Masala
• 2 tsp – Lemon juice
• Salt to taste

Method:

  1. Mix all the ingredients of baati and knead a medium hard dough using lukewarm water.
  2. Cover with a cling wrap and keep it aside for an hour.
  3. Divide the dough into 12 lemon sized balls.
  4. Mix all ingredients of stuffing and divide it into 12 portions too.
  5. Take a ball of dough, roll it out to a puri-sized and put a portion of stuffing into it.
  6. Cover it like a kachori and arrange on a baking tray.
  7. Repeat the same process for rest of all balls.
  8. Bake them in a pre-heated oven, on 180 degrees C for around 15 mins.
  9. Turn them once and bake again for 10-15 mins.
  10. Melt clarified butter in a big bowl and put these baati into it for a few mins (ideally for an hour).

Recipe courtesy of Shruthi