Kachori
Recipe
A Mouthwatering recipe from my wide food network especially
for chaat lovers.
Ingredients:
For Cover
1 1/2 cup Plain flour
3 tbsp. Oil
Salt to taste
Cold water to knead dough
For Filling
1 cup: Yellow moong dal washed and
soaked for 1/2 hour
1 tbsp. Plain flour for patching
1 tbsp. Garam masala
1 tbsp. Red chili powder
1/2 tsp. Dhania (coriander) powder
1/2 tsp. Coriander seeds crushed
coarsely
1/2 tsp. Fennel (saunf) seeds
crushed coarsely
1/2 tsp. Cumin seeds
1/2 tsps. Mustard seeds
1 tbsp. Coriander leaves finely
chopped
2-3 Pinches asafetida
1 tbsp. Oil
Oil to deep fry
Salt to taste
How
to make Kachori:
For Cover
·
Mix flour, salt and oil, knead into
soft pliable dough and keep aside for 30 minutes.
For Filling
·
Put plenty of water to boil. Add dal
and boil for 5 minutes, drain. Cool a little.
·
Heat oil in a heavy pan. Add all
seeds whole and crushed allow to splutter. Now, add asafetida, mix and add all
other ingredients.
·
Mix well. Do not smash the dal
fully. But enough to make the mixture hold well. Remove from fire, cool.
·
Divide into 15 portions and shape into balls with greased palms and keep
aside.
·
Make a paste with water, of flour
for patching. Keep aside.
·
Take a ping pong ball sized portion
of dough and Knead into round.
·
Place one ball of filling at centre.
Pick up round and wrap ball into it like a pouch.
·
Break off excess dough carefully. Do
not allow cover to tear.
·
Press the ball with palm, making it
flattish and round.
·
Deep fry in hot oil, on low flame
only. If the kachori get a hole anywhere, apply some paste.
·
Return to oil and finish frying. Turn
and repeat for other side and fry till golden and crisp. Small bubbles must
appear over kachori.
·
Drain and serve hot with green and
tamarind chutneys.