Kachori
By: Infopediaonlinehere
Published: Friday, March 19, 2010 - 1:43pm

Ingredients




2 cups Plain flour/maida/all purpose flour
4 teaspoons Oil
Salt, to tste
Water, as required
1 cup Yellow Moong dhal (washed and soaked in water for ½ hour)
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
1 teaspoon Red chilli powder 
Dhania/corriander/kothamalliverai powder
1/2 teaspoon Corriander seeds coarsely crushed
fennel seeds/perunjeeragam (coarsely crushed)
1/2 teaspoon Cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
corriander leaves, to taste
Salt, to taste
2 pinches asafoetida/perungayam

Preparation

1 Mix flour, salt, and oil and knead into a soft dough. Set aside for 30 to 40 minutes 2 Boil moong dhal and drain it 3 Heat oil in a pan; add mustard, coriander, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and asafoetida and allow all seeds to sputter. Add boiled dhal 4 Mix well over a light flame. Set aside and cool 5 Cover the balls with a coating of plain flour. 6 Make small rotis using dough prepared in step 1. Place balls inside it. Cover well with dough. 7 Heat oil in a pan. Deep fry the rotis.

About


Kachori is a great exotic Pakistani fritter- it makes a great snack