Urad Dal Kachori Recipe
Traditionally, kachori rolled into cakes and fried in deep fat. But here is a new way of serving darlo’s cakes!
The time of soaking gave – night.
Ingredients
- 4 cups (400g) finely ground wheat flour
- 75 g butter or ghee
- salt to required
- 1 cup(100 ml) water
- 3/4 cup(150 g) urad-dal (mash, lentils or fine white beans), washed and soaked overnight
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 tsp cumin seed
- 1/2 tsp ground anise
- 1/2 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1/4 tsp Asafoetida
- 1 tsp chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- ghee or vegetable oil fordeep-frying
Instructions
- Pour the flour and salt into a large bowl. Add the butter and rub it into the flour. Slowly pour in cold water and knead soft dough. Knead it for 5 minutes, then cover with a damp cloth and set aside.
- Throw out the soaked urad-dal in a colander to make the glass water, and grind it ina mixer, adding water in such quantity that a homogeneous paste is obtained.Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a small frying pan and fry the cumin seeds to brown (about 30 seconds).
- Then add ground spices and gave. Stir fry for a few minutes until half cooked. Mix with chopped coriander leaves, lemon juice and salt and let the filling cool.
- Make 12 balls of dough. Divide the mixture yielded into 12 parts. Thumb make a groove in each ball. Fill it with dal filling.
- Close the hole, flatten the pellet ball and roll it to a thickness of 6 - 8 mm. Put a cast iron skillet with melted or vegetable oil on medium heat.
- After some time,check the readiness of the oil by throwing a piece of dough into it. If it immediately pops up and spit, the oil is ready. Immerse in it kachori and fry for about 10 minutes until golden brown.
- Srila Prabhupadaas a child loved kachori so much that his mother called him Kachori-mukha,which means “he who stuffs his mouth kachori”
