Bengali Matar Kachori / Koriashutir Kachori / Green peas Kachori

Coming to the day 3 of  Indian Bread basket theme I chose to share a simple stuffed poori aka kachori with green peas.
In West Bengal poori is called as kachori and it is not a crispy and flaky kachori served as a snack.This kachori is mostly served with aloor dum or some potato curry as the stuffing is mildly spicy.But I had mine with pickle and yogurt,it tasted so good.Try this simple kachori and enjoy,off to the recipe.........................

                                                                        

                                                                                       Bengali Matar Kachori 

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   Basic Information

   Preparation time ~ 10 minutes

   Resting time ~ 1 hour

   Cooking time ~ 25 minutes

   Makes ~ 8

    

  Ingredients

Ingredient	Quantity
Green peas/pachai pattani	1 cup(fresh/frozen)
Green chilly/pachamilagai	2
Ginger/inji	1 inch
Coriander leaves	a handful
Garam masala powder	1/8 tsp
Amchur powder	1/4 tsp
Salt	1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeeragam	1/2 tsp
Asafoetida/perungayam	a generous pinch

For the Dough

Ingredient	Quantity
All purpose flour/maida	1 cup
Yogurt/curd/thayir	1 tbs
Ghee/nei	1 tsp
Salt	1/2 tsp
Water	to knead
Oil	for frying

  

  Method 

• Take all the ingredients except water given for the dough in a bowl and mix it well.Slowly sprinkle water and knead it to a soft dough and let it rest for an hour.

•  Cook the frozen cook peas in water till it becomes soft and tender.Completely drain the excess water and keep it aside.Grind together green peas,coriander leaves,green chilly and ginger to a bit coarse paste without adding any water.

• Heat a tsp of oil and crackle the cumin seeds,add the asafoetida.Add the ground paste and saute it for a minute.Now add the spice powders and salt mix it well.Keep it in the flame for a minute and put off the flame.Let it cool down and divide the stuffing into 8 equal portions.

• Heat the oil in a pan and roll the dough on a floured surface to a small disc,keep the stuffing and pull the edges to the center,press and seal it well.Roll it to 3-4 inches disc. Once the oil becomes hot fry in the oil.Drain it on a paper towel.

•  Once the oil becomes hot fry in the oil.Drain it on a paper towel.

• Serve it with potato curry or pickle.

• While kneading the dough sprinkle little water at a time and knead it.
• Make sure all the green peas grind well otherwise it may pop up in the oil.
• This poori/kachori doesn't puff up like the regular pooris.

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Enjoy.......................................................

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