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Dal-Baati-Churma — Rajasthan on a plate

Baati baked on embers, five-lentil dal and churma with ghee and sugar.

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The perfect trio

Dal, baati and churma — the mark of every Rajasthani feast and every loving insistence to eat more.

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Baati over embers

Round wheat-flour baatis are roasted over dung-cake embers or in a tandoor, then dipped in ghee.

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Sweet churma

Baati is crushed and mixed with ghee and sugar or jaggery — that is churma.

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The Rajasthani thali

Ker-sangri, gatte ki sabzi, bajra roti — the desert made its flavours unique too.

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