Kachori Chaat

I made kachori with a chaat. Last month my fellow blogger friends posted variety of Kachori's and this tempted me to make this dish. I am very fond of chaat and moreover I have tasted beautiful kachori’s in Mumbai. Last year when i was in Mysore, my native place, I had tasted some kachori's which were not that tasty compared to the ones i had in Mumbai. So tried this at home and it came out nice…not bad. Recipe is given below just try it out.

Ingredients for kachori dough

• Maida / Plain flour - 1 cup
• Salt - 1/2 tsp
• Vanaspathi ghee / Dalda OR Hot Oil - 1/4 cup ( i used hot oil)

For the kachori filling

• Yellow Moong dal / Split yellow gram - 1/2 cup
• Cumin seeds / jeera - 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetida / hing - 1/4 tsp
• Green chillies - 1 finely chopped
• Ginger - 1/2 piece finely chopped
• Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
• Garam Masala - 1 tsp
• Amchur powder - 1/2 tsp
• Besan /gram flour - 2 tsp
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Method for dough

• Mix all the dough ingredients add little water and make a soft dough. Cover with the cloth or tight lid.

Method for kachori filling

• Heat oil in a pan
• Add cumin/jeera and hing/asafoetida, allow to seeds crackle
• Add the soaked moongdal ( drained all the water completely) and stir for few minutes
• Add chillies , ginger , garam masala, amchur powder, besan and salt stir well for few minutes
• Cool a bit and make them into small size balls and keep aside

Method for kachori

• Heat plenty of oil to deep fry on low flame. Meanwhile
• Take a small size dough ball and roll them into rolling pin using maida flour ( it should be poori size)
• Place a small ball size of moong masala into the rolled dough circle and close allthe side edges tightly
• Roll again lightly with the help of flour, carefully the filling does not spill out
• Deep fry on each kachoris on low flame till golden brown
• Serve with chutneys

To Serve kachori chaat :

• Green chutney
• Sweet tamarind chutney
• Yogurt / Beaten curds
• Chaat masala
• Chilli powder
• Onions chopped
• Thin sev
• Chopped coriander

Method for Chaat

• Take a each kachoris and mashed
• Add beaten curds / yogurt
• Add sprinkle chutneys and onions
• Then sprinkle chaat masala and jeera powder
• Then sprinkle salt and Sev and chopped coriander
• Serve immediately

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