Green Pea Kachori

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Deep Fried puffy bread made in a mildy spiced Bengali Style!

prep time

60 mins

cook time

35 mins

serves

For the dough

150 g Maida (all-purpose flour)
3 g Salt
7 g Sugar
15 g Vegetable oil
75 g Warm water

For the filling

150 g Green peas
3 pcs Green chillies
4 g Salt
3 g Sugar
10 g Vegetable oil
¼ tsp Kaalo jeere (nigella seeds)
½ tsp Hing (asafoetida)
10 g Ginger paste
½ tsp Cumin powder
¼ tsp Coriander powder
Oil for frying

In a mixing bowl, combine maida, salt, sugar, and oil. Add warm water and knead for 5 minutes into a smooth dough. Cover and allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes.
Take the green peas and add green chillies, salt and sugar. Make a fine paste in a blender by adding as little water as needed.
Take oil in a pan, add kaalo jeere, hing, ginger, cumin, and coriander paste, and fry for 2 minutes.
Now add the ground peas and sauté until the mixture dries out. Set the filling aside to cool.
Divide the dough in 25 g portions and the filling in 10 g portions.
Stuff the dough with the filling
Oil the rolling pin and surface well. Roll the kochuris with a gentle hand, applying even pressure
Fry in medium hot oil till the kochuris puff up. Fry both sides evenly until golden. Drain from the oil and serve hot.

Do checkout the other recipes in our Bengali Food Journey: Green Pea Kachori, Baigan Bhaja, Aloo Posto, Shukto, Chanar Korma, Cholar Dal, Ghee Bhat and Steamed Sandesh

Dietary Information

Nutritional Information

Typical values*	per Serving	contents
Protein	9%	22 Kcal
Fat	34%	83 Kcal
Carbohydrates	57%	140 Kcal

Factoid

Green Pea kachori (or as is known in Bengali - Koraishutir Kochuri - is a deep-fried, puffy bread, stuffed with a filling of mildly spiced, hing-infused (asafoetida) green peas. It is mildly spiced and is a great mid afternoon snack.

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