Khasta Kachori
Khasta kachori is a delicious, spicy, fried puffed pastry. Khasta Kachori is filled with spicy moong dal mixture and then deep fried. Kachori is flakey from outside and hollow inside. Kachori should be fried on low heat so it can cook through to have a nice crunch. Khasta kachori is one of the dish you can eat for any meal! Serve them for breakfast with potato curry with yogurt. kachori makes a mouthwatering appetizer and can be served with, Green Chutney, and tamarind chutney. How about serving for dinner with Aloo Dum. This is one of those recipe you make when you want to impress someone. Kachories can also be stored in air tight container for a week.
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 cup all purpose flour (maida, plain flour)
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp oil (canola, or vegetable)
- ¼ cup cold water (more or less as needed)
Filling
- ¼ cup washed moong dal, yellow
- 1 tsp fennel seeds coarsely ground (saunf)
- 1 tsp red chilly flakes
- ¼ tsp ginger powder (saunth)
- ½ tsp mango powder (amchoor)
- ⅛ tsp asafetida (hing)
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp water
Method
Making Dough
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Mix the flour, salt and oil. Add the chilled water slowly, mixing with your fingers as you pour. Do not knead the dough. The dough should be soft. Cover the dough and let it sit for at least fifteen minutes.
Filling
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Grind the moong dal dry, almost to a powder.
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Mix one tablespoon of oil to the ground dal in a frying pan and roast over medium heat for about two to three minutes or until dal changes color slightly. Stir continuously. Turn off the heat. Add all the spices mix well. Let the mixture cool off. Add two tablespoons of warm water and mix it well. Let it sit for ten minutes and cover with demp cloth.
Making Kachories
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Take the dough and knead it for a minutes. Divide the dough in twelve equal parts.
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Take one part of the dough and with your fingers flatten the edges and make into 3-inch circle. Leaving center little thicker then edges. Mold the dough into a cup and place 1 teaspoon of filling in the center. Pull the edges of the dough to wrap the dal filling. Proceed to make all 12 balls.
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Let the filled ball sit for three to four minutes before rolling.
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Set the kachoris on a surface with the seams facing up. Using the base of your palm, slowly flatten them into about three inches in diameter.
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Heat the oil in frying pan over medium heat frying pan should have about one inch of oil. To check if oil is ready put a little piece of dough in the oil. Dough should sizzle, and come up very slow.
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Fry them on medium-low heat. After they start to puff, slowly turn them over. Fry until golden-brown on both sides. If the kachoris are fried on high heat, they will get soft and will not be crispy.
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Kachories can be stored for at least a week in an airtight container
Recipe Notes
Additional Tips
Don’t roll the kachoris with a rolling pin. Rolling pins can create small holes in the dough that let the oil seep into the kachoris, and they can also cause the kachoris to come out with one side thicker than the other.
Variation
Instead of using moong dal, you can use washed urad dal or chana dal. The rest of the recipe stays the same.
Serving suggestions:
Kachoris can be served plain, with Tamarind Chutneys, chola, or with Aloo Dum. Serve them as a chat, pouring plain yogurt and chutney on top.
