Recipe Bafla Bati

Bafla Bati

Bafla bati is a steamed sweet wheat based dough balls with a drop of ghee in the centre. Serve the baked baties in ghee with urad dal or gatte ki subzi.
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Makes 4 servings

Ingredients

500 gms whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
250 gms pure ghee
100 ml milk
salt to taste
a pinch of asafoetida (hing)
1 tbsp coriander (dhania) powder
1 tbsp fennel seeds (saunf) powder





Method

• Combine the wheat flour, 50 gms ghee, salt, coriander deeds, hing and saunf, mix well and knead into a stiff dough, using milk and lukewarm water as required.
• Cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes.
• Divide the dough into 8 equal portions and place one part on your palm and add a drop of ghee in the center and shape it to a ball.
• Prepare more such balls and place them on a cooker's container and steam for 15 minutes.
• Remove and bake in a gas oven for 10 minutes, turning the sides or microwave at convection option for 3-4 minutes at 250 degree celsius.
• Heat the ramaining 150 ml ghee in a pan and add the baked baties in ghee.
• Serve hot with urad dal or gatte ki sabzi.