Khasta Kachori, How To Make Moong Dal Kachori

Khasta Kachori

Khasta Moong Dal Kachori Recipe:

• Clean and wash 1/2 cup Moong dal and let it dry for few mins.
• Dry roast moong dal on low flame till it turns light brown.
• Switch off the flame and allow the moon dal to cool for 10 mins.
• Till the time take 2 cups all purpose flour and 1/2 cup wheat flour in a bowl.
• Add pinch of sodium bicarbonate, salt, 1/2 tablespoon ghee and mix nicely. This will make kachori more khasta.
• Add required water in order to knead a dough for Kachori. The dough of kachori should not be too soft or too stiff. It should be medium.
• Once kachori dough is ready cover it by wet cloth and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.
• Till the time we can prepare our filling. It’s time to grind roasted moong dal as moong dal might have coolen down. Grind the roasted moong dal into rough powder.
• Transfer the moong dal powder into bowl.
• Put 1 teaspoon corrainder powder ( dhaniya powder), 1 teaspoon fennel powder ( saunf powder), 1 teaspoon cumin powder ( jeera powder), 1/2 teaspoon red chilly powder ( lal mirch powder), pinch of asofodita (hing), 1/2 teaspoon corrainder leaves ( dhaniya patti), salt (namak)  and pinch of sugar ( sakkar).
• Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice and mix.
• Add little water to make the filling moist.
• Now it’s time to heat oil in a kadhai on low flame.
• By the mean time oil is heated we can start making khasta kachoris.
• Our kachori dough is ready we can roll the dough with our hands and dive it to equal parts.
• Make round balls of kachori dough, press it in between and put approx 1 teaspoon moong dal filling in it and close it from all the sides with your fingers. You can add more filling if you can.
• Press slightly with your palms and roll it once or twice on rolling pan to give 3 inch disc shapes.
• Check whether the oil is heated. Put kachoris in it for deep frying.
• Let the kachoris fry on low flame. Till the time we can roll our other kachoris into 3 inch disc shapes and fry it once our the kachories which are in kadhai are fried from both the sides.
• Once all our kachoris are fried from both the sides remove it in a plate and have it. You can also have khasta kachori with curd, sev and tamarind chutney.