INGREDIENTS FOR PASTE
- ½ tsp ghee or oil
- 1 bowl green peas
- Coriander leaves
- Little ginger
- Few green chillies
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat ghee or oil in a pan.
- Roast the green peas for a few minutes without adding water.
- Grind the coriander leaves, ginger and green chillies into a smooth paste.
- Allow the peas to cool and grind (or pound) them into a coarse paste.
INGREDIENTS FOR FILLING
- 1 tsp ghee or oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- 2 pinches hing (asafoetida)
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chilli powder
- ½ tsp chilli flakes
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp amchur (dry mango) powder
- ½ tsp roasted cumin powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp fennel seed powder
- 2 tsp besan
- ½ tsp sugar
- Water as needed
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat ghee or oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and hing.
- Add all the spice powders and roast on low heat.
- Add besan and continue roasting for 3–4 minutes until aromatic.
- Add the coarse green peas paste and the coriander paste.
- Continue roasting for a few more minutes.
- Add sugar and mix well.
- Remove from heat and let the filling cool.
INGREDIENTS FOR DOUGH
- 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour)
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup oil
- Water as required
INSTRUCTIONS
- Mix the flour, salt and oil in a bowl.
- Rub the mixture well using your palms.
- Add water gradually and knead into a soft dough.
- Brush the dough with a little oil.
- Rest it for 30–45 minutes.
- Knead again with a little oil.
- Make dough balls slightly larger than the prepared filling balls.
LET’S MAKE KACHORIS
- Flatten each dough ball with your hands.
- Place one green peas filling ball inside and shape it carefully.
- Remove any excess dough if needed.
- Prepare all the stuffed kachori balls.
- Heat oil in a kadhai over very low heat for about 3–4 minutes.
- Flatten each stuffed kachori gently between your palms.
- Add 4–5 kachoris to the oil with the sealed side facing down.
- Gently move the kachoris after a few minutes.
- Turn them only after they float to the surface.
- Fry until golden brown on both sides (about 20 minutes per batch).
- Remove from the oil.
- Switch off the heat and let the oil cool slightly before frying the next batch.
- Your delicious Green Peas Kachoris are ready.
- Serve hot with adrak wali chai, chutney or aloo ki sabzi.
SPICE LEVEL: 🌶
