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Aloo Matar kachori recipe

Aloo Matar kachori is a spicy deep-fried snack with a flaky and crispy top layer, filled with spiced aloo and matar stuffing. it tastes yummy when cooked properly inside and out. 
Prep Time20 mins
Active Time25 mins
Total Time45 mins
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: North Indian
Keyword: Kachori recipe
Yield: 10 to 12 kachoris
Calories: 450kcal

Materials

For making kachori dough:

  • 1 cup Wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp Semolina
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • Salt per taste
  • Water to knead

For making kachori stuffing:

  • 3 medium-sized Potatoes finely chopped
  • 1 cup Fresh peas (if fresh not available, take frozen peas)
  • 2 Green chillies finely chopped
  • 1-inch Ginger grated
  • 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
  • ½ tsp Jeera/ cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp Rai/ mustard seeds
  • Pinch of hing/asafoetida
  • ½ tsp Saunf/ fennel seeds
  • ¼ tsp Haldi/ turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp Oil
  • ½ tsp Lal mirch powder/red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp Kitchen king masala
  • Salt per taste
  • ¼ tsp Amchur powder/ dry mango powder
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice
  • ½ tsp Garam masala powder
  • ½ tsp Dhaniya powder/coriander powder

Instructions

For making dough:

  • In a large mixing bowl add wheat flour, rava, and salt
  • Add hot oil and nicely crumble the flour
  • Now add lukewarm water and start kneading the dough until it becomes smooth
  • When the dough is ready, cover with damp cloth and keep it aside for 15 mins

For making kachori stuffing:

  • Take a pan and heat oil
  • Add in rai, jeera, saunf, and hing and sauté till it splutters
  • Add in turmeric, red chilli powder, coriander powder, kitchen king masala, and garam masala and sauté on low flame till it turns aromatic
  • Further, add green chillies and ginger and sauté it for few seconds
  • Now add potatoes, peas, and salt and mix all the ingredients
  • Cover and cook for 10 – 12 minutes and sprinkle water to avoid ingredients sticking to the bottom
  • Once potatoes are cooked, add amchur powder, lemon juice, and coriander leaves and mash everything coarsely with the potato masher
  • Stuffing is ready and now transfer it to plate to cool down

For making kachori:

  • Heat the oil in a pan on medium-low flame for frying kachoris
  • Till then, pinch a small lemon sized ball from the dough and flatten with the rolling pin
  • Take 1tbsp of prepared stuffing and place it on the flattened dough
  • Lift the dough from all sides and close it nicely giving the dough a round shape
  • Press the stuffed ball gently and flatten it with your hands
  • With the help of rolling pin, flatten it to form puri size
  • Now the oil is sufficiently hot and place kachori in the pan for frying and fry it from both sides till kachoris are golden brown
  • Kachoris are ready to serve hot with fried green chillies and green chutney

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