Origin
Jodhpur & Marwar region, Rajasthan — a warrior-era meal built to travel and reheat.
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Signature dish
Dal Baati Churmaदाल बाटी चूरमा
The heart of Rajasthan on a brass thali
Dal Baati Churma is the soul of Rajasthani cuisine — three dishes eaten together as one. A hard wheat baati is roasted slowly over wood fire, dunked in pure ghee, broken into a bowl of five-lentil panchmel dal, and finished with sweet, cardamom-dusted churma. At Ghoomar we still fire our baatis in a traditional angithi and grind the churma masala fresh every morning.
₹289 · à la carte Lunch, especially on cooler days when the ghee-rich churma pairs best with warm dal.
Ingredients
- Whole-wheat atta, semolina and pure desi ghee for the baati
- Panchmel: chana, toor, moong, urad and masoor dal
- Whole spices: cumin, cloves, dry red chilli, hing
- Jaggery, cardamom and ghee for the churma
How Ghoomar makes it
- 1
Baatis are shaped by hand and roasted in an angithi (wood-fire pit) for 30–40 minutes until they crackle.
- 2
The panchmel dal simmers for two hours with ginger, garlic and a smoky ghee tadka added at the end.
- 3
The churma is broken coarsely, tossed with jaggery, cardamom and ghee, and warmed just before serving.
How to eat it
- Break the hot baati by hand, drown it in ghee, then dunk into dal.
- Eat a spoon of churma between bites — the sweet-savoury swing is the whole point.
- Refill your dal katori as many times as you like; it's included in the thali.
Pair with
Buttermilk (chaas)Bajra rotiKair SangriBoondi raita
FAQs about Dal Baati Churma
What is Dal Baati Churma?
A classic Rajasthani trio: wood-fired wheat baati, five-lentil panchmel dal, and sweet ghee-and-jaggery churma eaten together.
Is Dal Baati Churma spicy?
Mild-to-medium. The dal has warm spices and the churma is sweet — together they balance to a comforting, not fiery, plate.
Where can I eat authentic Dal Baati Churma in Patna?
Ghoomar Traditional Thali in Raja Bazar, Patna serves wood-fired baatis with panchmel dal and hand-broken churma prepared to the Marwari family recipe.
