Let's start with kneading the dough. I have used a food processor to knead my dough.

Add wheat flour along with all the spices, oil and slowly start adding the water or milk or buttermilk. Once the dough forms a round shape; stop adding more water. If needed add drop by drop to form a soft yet firm dough.

Take the dough in your palm and give it a shape of a tennis ball. Repeat with rest of the dough and it will make 10 dough balls.

Grease a baking tray by applying oil and arrange the baati dough balls in that tray.

Bake @ 450 for 20-25 minutes....

After 10 minutes turn the baatis and they will look like this as shown in the picture.

Another 10 minutes into baking and baatis are ready. Turn the oven off and let the baatis sit in the oven for another 5 minute in the oven heat. Some of the baatis will crack open - it's just fine. Open up one baati to check if they are thoroughly cooked.

Traditional way is to - Dunk the baati in a bowl of ghee, let it sit for a while till it soaks up the ghee and then serve. Well I prefer doing it the other way.

Arrange all the baatis in a bowl and just pour some hot oil over each one of them. Either let them stand in that pool of ghee or transfer them to a new bowl/plate and serve.

Enjoy warm baatis with Baati dal.

Baati in Rajasthan is always serve in huge thaals/big plates. It can be confusing how to eat it.

Using your hands, break up baati into small pieces...

Generously pour some dal on top of it till the baati mixture is covered with daal. People of Rajasthan pour spoonful of ghee on top of the dal and using a spoon mix everything up or use your fingers to mix it up.

You can either choose to eat using a spoon or your finger. People of Rajasthan prefer to eat this finger licking meal using their fingers.

Choorma is usually enjoyed at the end of the meal as a sweet but I have seen people adding choorma to their dal baati mixture and enjoying it. Well enjoy this meal the way it pleases your taste buds.

Traditional meal of Rajasthan - Dal Bati Choorma is served --Enjoy!!