Matar Kachori

About the Recipe

Kachori is a deep-fried spicy snack famous in major parts of the northern states in India. You can add a variety of fillings in the katchori. It is usually made with wheat flour and a spicy stuffing. Here we are making matar katchori which has spices and fresh green peas. Use Oddy Uniwraps brown to keep the fried katchoris. Oddy Uniwraps brown is eco-friendly and reusable.

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Ingredients

Peas 1 bowl
Oddy Uniwraps
Ghee/ oil 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp
Wheat flour 2 cups
Salt as required
Oats 1 tbsp
Green chili
Ginger 1 tbsp
Coriander 1 tbsp
Fennel seeds 1 tbsp
For tempering: Oil 2 tbsp, cumin seeds ½ tsp, Asafoetida 1 pinch, Kalonji 1 tsp,Gram flour 2 tbsp
Seasoning ingredients: Coriander powder 1 tbsp, cumin powder ½ tsp, turmeric powder ½ tsp, chili powder ½ tsp, asafoetida 1 pinch, garam masala 1 tsp, amchur powder ½ tsp, common Salt ½ tsp, salt 1 tsp, powdered sugar ½ tsp, pink salt ½ tsp, Oil

Directions

In a pan, add 1 tsp of ghee and roast our peas in medium flame for 1 minute. In a dish sieve wheat flour, add salt, oil, crushed carrom seeds, and mix well. Add water and mix into dough. Cover the dough with a wet cloth and let it rest for 15-20 mins.
Add the peas in a mixer. Add chilies, ginger and grind into a coarse paste. In motor and pestle add coriander seeds, fennel seeds and carrom seeds and crush in into a coarse powder.
In a pan add oil, add cumin seeds, asafoetida, crushed whole spices, roast for a minute. Add kalonji, roast and add gram flour and mix well. Add green peas mixture. Cook for 4-5 mins. In a bowl add coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, chilli powder, asafoetida, garam masala, amchur powder, pink salt, salt and mix well.
Add this powder masala in our peas mixture and mix well. Cook for 2 minutes by keep on stirring. Let the mixture cool completely. Add powdered sugar and mix well. Sprinkle some water and give a final mix.
In a kadai add oil and let in heat nicely. Take the dough make small balls as we do for chapati. Make it into a cup shape and add the matar filling in it. Make it into a modak shape. And flatten it up. Flatten it and roll it with a rolling pin. Deep fry in hot oil. Flip on both sides and and cook nicely. You can also shallow fry with a little oil.
Take Oddy Uniwraps and line it in our plate. Oddy Uniwraps will help remove the excess oil from the kachories. Oddy Uniwraps is eco-friendly and reusable. You can also pack the kachori in Oddy Uniwraps and take it to office and schools also. Our hot matar kachoris are ready. Serve it with green chutney and sauce.
You can add chopped onions and sev, top with with green chutney, curd, and sauce and have it like a chaat.

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