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Matar Ki Kachori Recipe: Make Spicy Pea Kachori at Home, Forget Paneer's Taste!
- •Make crispy and hot green pea kachori for breakfast this weekend.
- •These kachoris, crispy outside and filled with spicy peas inside, are incredibly delicious.
- •Ingredients for kachori dough include all-purpose flour, ghee, carom seeds, salt, and cold water.
- •For the filling, use green peas, oil, asafoetida, cumin, fennel, coriander, green chilies, ginger, gram flour, turmeric, red chili, dry mango powder, garam masala, salt, and black salt.
- •Fry kachoris gently on low-medium heat until golden and crispy, then serve hot with chutney or curry.
Key Questions Answered
To prepare the dough for green pea kachoris, you need 2 cups of all-purpose flour (or a combination of 1 cup all-purpose flour and 1 cup whole wheat flour), 1/4 cup of clarified butter or oil, 1/2 teaspoon of carom seeds, salt to taste, and cold water as needed.
Coarsely grind 1.5 cups of green peas without water. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil, sauté cumin seeds, asafoetida, crushed coriander, fennel seeds, ginger, and green chilies, then roast 1 tablespoon of gram flour for a minute. Add the peas and spices like turmeric, red chili powder, dry mango powder, garam masala, and salt, roasting until moisture dries up.
Green pea kachoris can be served hot alongside a spicy potato-tomato curry, green chutney, sweet chutney, or fresh curd for a delicious breakfast, lunch, or evening snack.
