Name: Motor Shutir Kochuri or Koraishutir Kochuri recipe by sanghamitra chowdhury at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: All-purpose flour or Maida 2 cups; Salt 1 tablespoon; Sugar 1 tablespoon; Refined oil/ petrified butter/ ghee 2 tablespoon; Warm water to make the dough; Fresh or frozen green peas 2 cups; Green chillies 2; Dry red chilli 1; Roasted cumin seeds 1/2 tablespoon; Ginger paste 1/2 tablespoon; Cumin powder or paste 1/2 tablespoon; Asafoetida/ Hing 1/2 tablespoon; Refined white oil to cook

ABOUT Motor Shutir Kochuri or Koraishutir Kochuri RECIPE

Matar Shutir or Koraishutir Kachori is an authentic delicious Bengali snack recipe stuffed with spicy mashed green peas and it is best served with Shahi dum aloo or Aloor dum.

Ingredients Serving: 4

All-purpose flour or Maida 2 cups
Salt 1 tablespoon
Sugar 1 tablespoon
Refined oil/ petrified butter/ ghee 2 tablespoon
Warm water to make the dough
Fresh or frozen green peas 2 cups
Green chillies 2
Dry red chilli 1
Roasted cumin seeds 1/2 tablespoon
Ginger paste 1/2 tablespoon
Cumin powder or paste 1/2 tablespoon
Asafoetida/ Hing 1/2 tablespoon
Refined white oil to cook

Instructions

Take a blender and add green peas, green chillies to make a smooth paste.
Now heat a little oil in a pan. Add 1 dry red chilli, cumin seeds, asafoetida in the oil.
Next, add the green peas paste, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar, cumin, and ginger paste. Fry it in a low flame. Add 1/2 cup of water and cook it till the water gets dried. Keep it aside. Your filling is ready.
Now take the maida, 1/2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp refined oil, warm water and make a smooth and nice dough. Let it rest for 15 minutes.
Make small balls from it and roll them in round shapes. It should be of 4-5 inch diameter.
Now add 1-2 tsp filling in each rolled dough in the center. Keeping the filling inside, take the sides together and close it. Make the balls again. Now again roll them keeping the same diameter measurement.
Heat enough oil in a deep pan for deep frying. When the oil is properly hot, fry them well one by one.
Serve them hot with shahi dum aloo.

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