Kachori (evening snack)

This is an instant snack that you can prepare during evening snacks with a cup of tea or coffee.

Ingredients:

½  kg - Maida

1/2 lt – edible Oil (for frying)

½ tsp - Jeera seeds

 ½ tsp - Mustard seeds

½ tsp - Saunf (Fennel Seeds)

A pinch - Hing (asafoetida)

1 tsp - Red Chili Powder

 ½ tsp - Coriander Seeds

100 g - Gram Flour(besan)

100 g – edible Oil

50 g - soaked Moong Dal

10 g - Sugar

Serves:

Serves 4 people.

How to Prepare:

1.       Knead together the flour, oil and water till it forms dough. Let it rest for 15 min.

2.       Take 100g oil in a pan. Put jeera, mustard seeds, coriander seeds and hing and fry a little.

3.       Add 10g sugar, red chili powder.

4.        Add 100 g of besan to the mixture, when it starts turning pink, add soaked moong dal.

5.       Now take maida dough and make small round balls of maida.

6.       Flatten these balls and add the besan and moong dal stuffing in good amount and seal it with fingers. The raw kachori is ready now.

7.   Deep fry the kachoris in ½ lt oil on low flame. Don’t turn till one side is completely done brown.