Last saturday, I had a "Bati-Chokha" party near my house. It started at 8pm and went for about 2 hours. I like "Bati-Chokha" very much and was requesting my father to have such a party for long time. Finally it happened... We have a very beautiful campus and the night party was so interesting. The speciality of the party was that, I prepared all the items with the help of two of our security staffs (off duty). We were total 4 persons and so not many have to be prepared.
`Bati' means atta (wheat flour) balls stuffed with sattu (gram flour). Firstly, the sattu is prepared mixed with onion, garlic , chilli, mustard oil and salt. This stuff tastes so well! I ate quite a bit while preparing this.. My father was taking pics. in between. The atta ball are first given the shape of a bati (bowl) and the sattu mix is put inside it and then it is closed. So, the sattu mix is inside the ball. We made so many of them... I was having difficulty in gettinmg the proper shape.. but managed finally.
The `Chokha' is mashed, baked vegetables mixed with lots of green chillies.. We used Potato, Brinjal and Tomatoes as vegetables. After baking it is mixed well with onions and green chillies..
Then we lit two fires.. one for baking the `baties' and the other for baking the vegetables. I collected lots of dry twigs and leaves from in and around our house...a job I like very much..
It took about an hour to get the stuff baked... in between I was putting so many things in the fire... good fun.
Finally, after about two hours everything was ready.... I funny thing happened.. unknowingly, I steped onto a baked Brinjal and it burst out (Oops)... we all laughted and another one had to be baked.
When the "bati-Chokha" came on the Thalis....it was a great scene... We started eating... it was so delicious.. All the effort was worth and we had a great dinner.
Predictably, I ate a bit more than my capacity and next day... not much .. some truoble.. haa haa.
My mouth is watering while writing this diary and hoping that soon I will have another such party...
Somehow, I am not able to upload the photoes. I will do it later..
