Daawat Newsletter July 23, 2001               Issue # 12

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Recipe Count: 1055
Featured Recipe
Kachori
Ingredients:
500g all-purpose flour (maida)
100g ghee or butter
A pinch of cooking soda
Salt to taste
50g green gram, boiled & drained
50g Bengal gram flour
1/4 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp chili powder
A pinch of turmeric
A bunch of cilantro, chopped
A bunch of mint leaves, chopped
1/2 tsp dry mango powder (aamchur)
5g fennel seeds
Oil for frying

 

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A deep-fried spicy Indian snack stuffed with cooked green gram and served with mint chutney

Method:
  1. Sieve the flour along with salt and cooking soda. To this, add ghee and make a fine dough using little water. Cover and keep aside.
  2. Heat 2-3 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry the fennel seeds for few seconds. Then add drained and cooked green gram, Bengal gram flour, chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, dry mango powder and fry for few minutes.
  3. Also add chopped cilantro, mint leaves, salt and cook for few more minutes. When done, remove from heat and keep aside.
  4. Make small balls from the dough. Take a ball, keep on your palm and press a little to stuff the above mixture.
  5. Seal the edges with the same dough and press the ball a little to oval shape. Repeat the process for the remaining balls and keep aside.
  6. Heat oil and fry the kachoris until golden brown in color and crispy.
  7. Serve hot with tamarind or mint chutney.


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