Dal Kachori Recipe
Dal Kachori is an Indian snack that is made out of a crispy flaky outer crust and a spicy lentil stuffing. This khasta kachori is popular in Rajasthan and North India and is ideal with breakfast, teatime or a snack or during the festivity meal and it is best served with chutney or aloo sabzi.
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 2 cups all-purpose flour maida
- 3 tbsp ghee or oil
- Salt to taste
- Water for kneading
For the Dal Filling
- 1/2 cup chana dal or split chickpeas wet and coarsely blended
- 1 tsp fennel seeds saunf
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1 tsp garam masala optional
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp oil
- A pinch of hing Asafoetida
- Oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Combine flour, ghee and salt in a bowl. With your fingers, stir well until the mixture turns crumbly. Add water gradually and place it paste-like. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.
- After heating oil in a pan, add hing, fennel seeds and cumin seeds, then add ginger paste and cook lightly. Add the ground dal and cook at a low heat and then add all spices and salt. Bake the mixture till it is dry and crumbly. Let it cool completely.
- Cut the dough in similar sized balls. Take a ball, flatten it, fill with a spoonful of dal filling in the middle, close it up, flatten it and close it up well.
- Boil oil in low-medium heat, fry the kachoris slowly and turn here and there till they become golden brown and crispy and let them dry and wipe to paper towels.
