easy dal bafla recipe | bafla bati on tawa | how to make dal bafla
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 20 minutes
- Cook time: 80 minutes
- Total time: 100 minutes
- Yield: 3 Serving
- Category: lunch
- Cuisine: rajasthani
Ingredients
for bafla:
- 1¾ cup wheat flour / atta
- ¼ cup rava / semolina / suji (fine)
- 3 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ¼ tsp ajwain / carom seeds
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- water to knead
- ghee for roasting
for dal:
- ½ cup moong dal / green gram dal
- ¼ cup masoor dal / pink lentils
- ¼ cup chana dal / bengal gram dal (soaked 30 minutes)
- 3 cup water
- 3 tsp ghee / clarified butter
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp cumin / jeera
- pinch hing / asafoetida
- 1 onion (finely chopped)
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 green chilli (slit)
- 1 tomato (finely chopped)
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 1¾ cup wheat flour and ¼ cup rava.
- also add 3 tbsp ghee, ¼ tsp turmeric, ¼ tsp ajwain, ¼ tsp baking soda and ½ tsp salt.
- now add water as required and knead the dough.
- now pinch a small ball sized dough and roll.
- boil for 15 minutes, without disturbing.
- drain off the bafla (boiled wheat dough) into a plate.
- now in a tawa heat 2 to 3 tbsp off ghee and roast bafla until it turns golden brown.
- finally, bafla is ready to be enjoyed with rajasthani dal.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.