Preparation time: 30-40 minutes
Ingredients:
300 gms maida (all-purpose flour)
1/4 tsp cooking soda
50 gms moong dal (green gram), soaked for 1 hr
2-3 onions, chopped
4 green chilies, chopped
A pinch of garam masala
1/4 tsp saunf (fennel seeds)
50 gms besan (gram flour)
2 tbsp amchur powder
Few sprigs of coriander leaves, chopped
Salt to taste
Oil for frying
Method:
1. Mix maida, salt, cooking soda, 2 tsp oil and make a dough by adding little water. Keep aside.
2. Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the saunf, chopped green chilies, onions until golden brown. Also add besan flour and fry for a while.
3. When a nice aroma appears from besan flour, add soaked moong dal. When the dal is tender, add garam masala, amchur powder, salt, chopped coriander leaves and stir well. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
4. Make big lemon-sized balls from the above dough. Take a ball into your palms, press a little and stuff the dal mixture in the middle of the ball. Seal the edges with little water and again form a ball in the shape of kachori.
5. Fry these kachoris in hot oil until golden brown and serve hot with any chutney.
