This kachori is a delicious spicy fried snack stuffed with onions and is a speciality of Rajasthan.
Recipe Tags
Veg
Easy
Others
Rajasthan
Frying
Sauteeing
Appetizers
Egg Free
Ingredients Serving: 9
For Outer Cover—
2 cups plain flour
1/4 cup melted clarified butter/ghee/butter/oil
1/2 tsp Salt
Water as per need to bind dough
For Stuffing—
2 large onions chopped
1 boiled and mashed potato
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp nigella seeds (kalonji)
1 tsp Fennel seeds
Dash of hing (asafoedita)
2 green chilies chopped finely
1-1/2 tsp red chili powder
2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala powder
1/2 tsp fennel powder
Salt to taste
3 tbsp oil
Oil for Deep frying
Instructions
Combine all dry ingredients. Add ghee and rub the flour with ghee. Add water to make a soft dough. Knead for 5-6 minutes till soft and pliable. Cover with damp cloth and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in nonstick skillet. Add green chilies and sauté.
Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and nigella seeds. Add hing.
Now, add the onions and stir fry onions till lightly caramelized.
Add all dry masalas. Stir well to infuse all flavors.
Add mashed potato and salt to taste. Blend potato well with the masala.
Remove skillet from heat and cool thoroughly.
Heat oil in deep thick bottomed pot for deep frying the Kachori till piping hot.
Switch of gas and wait for 2-3 minutes.
Meanwhile, make equal-sized small 18 balls of the dough. Roll them in small disc shape.
Place tablespoon of stuffing in the center and seal the edges thoroughly.
With a roller, lightly roll out the Kachori taking care the stuffing doesn’t spill out or flatten the Kachori with the palm of your hand and spread out thinly without breaking the cover.
With a fork, pierce the surface of the kachori at intervals.
Switch the gas on and let oil reach medium hot. Now, lower the flame and add the Kachori one at a time. Fry the Kachori both sides till golden in color. Keep the ladle pressed on the Kachori to prevent it from puffing up.
Remove the Kachori to a plate lined with paper napkins.
Serve them with tamarind or spicy chutney.
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Combine all dry ingredients. Add ghee and rub the flour with ghee. Add water to make a soft dough. Knead for 5-6 minutes till soft and pliable. Cover with damp cloth and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
Heat oil in nonstick skillet. Add green chilies and sauté.
Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and nigella seeds. Add hing.
Now, add the onions and stir fry onions till lightly caramelized.
Add all dry masalas. Stir well to infuse all flavors.
Add mashed potato and salt to taste. Blend potato well with the masala.
Remove skillet from heat and cool thoroughly.
Heat oil in deep thick bottomed pot for deep frying the Kachori till piping hot.
Switch of gas and wait for 2-3 minutes.
Meanwhile, make equal-sized small 18 balls of the dough. Roll them in small disc shape.
Place tablespoon of stuffing in the center and seal the edges thoroughly.
With a roller, lightly roll out the Kachori taking care the stuffing doesn’t spill out or flatten the Kachori with the palm of your hand and spread out thinly without breaking the cover.
With a fork, pierce the surface of the kachori at intervals.
Switch the gas on and let oil reach medium hot. Now, lower the flame and add the Kachori one at a time. Fry the Kachori both sides till golden in color. Keep the ladle pressed on the Kachori to prevent it from puffing up.
Remove the Kachori to a plate lined with paper napkins.
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