Matar ki kachori

                                         Matar ki kachori

Ingredients

For the dough

• 2 cup Refined Flour / Maida
• 2 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee

• 1 tsp Salt / Namak
• 1/4 tsp Sugar / Chini

For the stuffing

• 2 cup Green Peas / Hari Matar
• 3 Green chilies
• 1/3 tsp asafoetida
• 1/4 tsp Nigella Seeds / Kalonji
• 1 tsp Ginger paste
• 1/2 tsp Roasted Cumin Powder / Jeera Powder
• 1/2 tsp Sugar / Chini
• 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya optional
• 1/2 tsp Salt / Namak
• 1 tsp Mango Powder / Amchoor Powder optional
• Instructions
  1. For the dough- Take a bowl and add maida,salt and oil and rub it well.
  2. Now add lukewarm water and make a soft dough,cover and keep aside to rest.
  3. For the Stuffing-
  4. Grind green peas,chopped green chilies and fresh coriander to make a fine paste ,don't add water to grind peas.
  5. Heat oil in a nonstick pan and add kalonji and asafoetida.
  6. Now add ginger paste, green peas paste ,sugar and salt and saute till the mixture dries up and start leaving the sides of the pan and become like a paste
  7. Now switch off the flame and add the roasted cumin powder and mix.
  8. Let it come to room temperature.
  9. Knead the dough and make equal size of balls from the dough .
  10. Make same number of balls from the pea mixture ,slightly smaller in size as compared to the dough balls.
  11. Take a dough ball ,flatten it slightly and stuff with the pea mixture.
  12. Bring the sides together and seal the stuffed dough ball from all sides.
  13. Dust with some flour or use oil and roll to make a thick poori. Roll all the poori's and keep aside.
  14. Heat oil in a broad deep pan and deep fry the kachoris from both sides on medium heat till they become crisp and golden.
  15. Drain on a paper napkin and serve hot.
  16. Serve with aloo dum, curd,mint chutney or Tamarind chutney.