Matar ki Kachori
Peas stuffed Kachoris
Ingredients :
2 cups - All purpose wheat flour
2 tbsp and for frying - Vegetable oil
1/2 tsp - Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp - Asafoitida
1 tsp - Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
2 cups - Green peas
Directions :
1. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil to wheat flour, a pinch of salt and knead the flour to a soft dough, wrap in a wet cloth. Keep aside for 10-15 min.
2. Boil the green peas in a vessel with salt and turmeric powder. Strain to drain all water and mash them properly.
3. Now heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a frying pan and add cumin seeds, let them crackle, add asafoetida and chili powder and mashed green peas, add salt as per taste. Fry for 5 minutes. Keep aside till it looses heat.
4. Now make balls of the dough, flatten them on a flattening surface and stuff the green peas mix. Seal the dough from all the ends properly.
5. Deep fry in a frying pan at mid flame till the kachoris turn brown. Serve with Chili sauce or tamarind chutney.
Submitted by : Shuchi Mandloi
Peas stuffed Kachoris
Ingredients :
2 cups - All purpose wheat flour
2 tbsp and for frying - Vegetable oil
1/2 tsp - Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp - Asafoitida
1 tsp - Red chilli powder
1/2 tsp - Turmeric powder
2 cups - Green peas
Directions :
1. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil to wheat flour, a pinch of salt and knead the flour to a soft dough, wrap in a wet cloth. Keep aside for 10-15 min.
2. Boil the green peas in a vessel with salt and turmeric powder. Strain to drain all water and mash them properly.
3. Now heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a frying pan and add cumin seeds, let them crackle, add asafoetida and chili powder and mashed green peas, add salt as per taste. Fry for 5 minutes. Keep aside till it looses heat.
4. Now make balls of the dough, flatten them on a flattening surface and stuff the green peas mix. Seal the dough from all the ends properly.
5. Deep fry in a frying pan at mid flame till the kachoris turn brown. Serve with Chili sauce or tamarind chutney.
Submitted by : Shuchi Mandloi
