Kachori

Kachori is a crispy, delicious, spicy, fried puff pastry. Kachoris are great as an appetize or snack

Makes/Serves:  6 to 8 pieces

Ingredients:

For the stuffing:

•          1 cup fresh green peas 

•          1 tbsp All Purpose Flour

•          1-2 chopped green Chillies

•          1 tsp Cumin seeds

•          ¼ tsp red Chili powder

•          A pinch of Turmeric

•          A pinch of Garam masala powder

•          a pinch of Hing

•          2 tsp Oil

•          Salt as required

For the dough:

•          2 cups All Purpose flour

•          2 tbsp. ghee or oil

•          Water as required

•          Salt as required

Method:

For the dough

•          In a bowl mix flour, sat and oil to make a crumbled mixture.

•          Now add water and knead into soft dough.

•          Cover the dough with a wet muslin cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes.

For the stuffing:

•          Heat the oil in a pan; add the Cumin seeds and Hing and Turmeric sauté on a medium flame for a few sec.

•          Now add green Chilies, peas, Chili powder ,Garam masala and sauté on a medium flame for a few min.

•          Now add flour to absorbed the moist and sauté on a medium flame for a few sec.

•          Take the stuffing in plate and let it cool.

•          Now prepare small balls from the stuffing and keep aside.

•          Now divide the dough into equal portions and keep aside.

•          Roll out each portion of the dough in to small puri.

•          Place one portion of the peas filling into the center of puri. Bring together all the sides, seal it tightly and remove any excess dough.

•          Roll the filled portion again, while ensuring that the filling does not spill out. Or you can press it with your plam.

•          Repeat the steps to the other Kachoris.

•          Heat the oil in a kadhai and deep-fry, the Kachoris on medium heat. 

•          Drain and bring out them to paper towel.

•          Serve it.

Recipe Credit:  From my friends’ Rasoi

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