How to Make Besan ke Dahi Baray and Imli ki Meethi Chutni, English / Urdu Recipe

Gram flour – 2 cups

Soda by carbonate – ½ tsp

Red chilli powder – ½ tsp

Salt – ½ tsp

Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

Garlic paste – ½ tsp

Fried and ground cumin seeds – ½ tsp

In a bowl soak gram flour for 2 to 3 hours. Then add soda, red chilli, turmeric powder, garlic paste, cumin seeds and salt, mix very well. Then heat up oil in a wok and drop little balls into oil and fry on slow fire. When they’re slightly brown remove in a tray and leave them to cool. In another pan add water with, ½ tsp cumin seeds, ½ tsp red chilli powder and salt, put in the fried balls, let them soak for 10 to 15 minutes. Then squeeze out water from balls and put directly into yogurt mixture.

Yogurt – 1kg

Caster sugar – 4 tbsp

Salt – ¼ tsp

Strain yogurt in a muslin cloth and mix with 4 tbsp of caster sugar and ¼ tsp salt.

When you want to serve dahi baray, pour yogurt in serving dish, then arrange baray, then yogurt, then chat masala, then a bit of red chilli powder, then chopped green chillies, then chopped fresh coriander, then meethi chutni (sweet sauce) and then green mint sauce.

Tamarind pulp – 1 cup

Brown sugar – ½ cup

Salt – to taste

Ajwain (coral seeds) – ½ tsp

Dry ginger – ½ tsp

Fried cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp

Mix all above ingredients and cook in a pan, until thick and smooth sauce. Store in a clean jar. Keep refrigerated and use whenever you want.