Khasta kachori, a popular Indian snack, Bengali khasta kachuri
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Recipe type: Snacks
Cuisine: Indian
 
Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 35 minutes Very popular Indian snack
Ingredients
For stuffing material
  • ½ cup split black gram lentils/urad dal
  • 2 tsp coriander powder
  • 1.5 tsp cumin powder
  • 2.5 tsp red chili powder
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tsp dried mango powder / aamchur
  • 1 tsp saunf/fennel
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • Salt as needed
For making dough
  • 1.5 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tbsp ghee
  • Salt as needed
  • Water as needed
  • 3-4 tbsp refined oil for frying
Instructions
Stuffing material preparation
  1. Boil urad dal in a pressure cooker till 7-8 whistles, release pressure, drain residual water, then keep it aside and wait till temperature drops
  2. Now heat ½ tbsp oil in a cooking pot, add all spices (coriander powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, whole fennel, turmeric powder) and stir for 45 seconds
  3. Then in the meantime blend boiled urad dal in a blender and pour it into cooking pot and mix with all other spices
  4. Add dried mango powder (aamchur), garam masala & salt, then cook for next 5-7 minutes
  5. Now take all stuffing material in a bowl
Dough & khasta kachori preparation
  1. Mix all purpose flour, salt & melted ghee properly
  2. Now add baking powder into water and stir to mix
  3. Then pour it slowing into all purpose flour and knead it to make soft perfect dough to prepare khasta kachori
  4. Now prepare 12-15 small balls with that dough, and roll it to make small circular shaped pieces
  5. Then put stuffing material on each circular shaped piece and cover it by closing its edges and hide stuffing material inside and make larger sized ball by keeping stuffing material inside
  6. Now again roll it slightly to make circular shaped pieces (2-3 inch diameter)
  7. Now heat all residual oil in a kadai and deep fry those pieces till outer side of those pieces turn to light brown or golden color
Notes
You can make khasta kachoris with split mung dal instead of urad dal, then you do not need to boil dal/lentils, if you are using mung dal then just saute mung dal without oil in a kadai, then rest it till temperature drops and blend it in a blender. Rest cooking process will be same as mentioned above.
Khasta kachori can be served with spicy potato curry with little gravy or green & red chatni or just with tomato sauce
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