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Old 22nd August 2007, 04:46 AM
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Default Peas Kachodi





Ingredients

For filling:

1 cup fresh peas, shelled and cooked with salt
1/2 cup green or yellow moong dal , cooked
5 green chilies salt to taste
1" piece ginger, grated
1/2 tsp. garam masala powder
1/4 tsp. coriander seeds, crushed coarsely
1 tsp. chilly powder
1/4 tsp. turmeric powder
1/4 tsp. amchoor powder
salt to taste
1/4 tsp. each mustard & cumin seeds
3-4 pinches asafetida
1 tbsp. oil


For crust:
2-1/4 cups plain flour
1 tbsp. melted ghee
water to knead

Method

Make a thick dough. Divide dough into 10 parts.

In a pan pour oil and make seasoning with mustard and cumin seeds.

Add cooked peas and moong dal and all other ingredients.

Mix well and allow the filling to become like a mass.

Remove and allow it to cool. And make 10 balls out of that.

Make the dough balls like a small thick puri and keep one filling in that.

Close it with fingers and palm.

Frim press together, pluck off any extra dough.

Heat oil in frying pan, add enough kachoris to fit comfortably.

Fry other side, drain, keep aside.

Repeat for all dough and filling.

Serve hot with green or tamarind chutneys. .

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