Masala Peas!
Flaky pastries filled with spicy goodness!
Course
Snacks
Cuisine
Indian
Servings
Prep Time
3
people
30
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Servings
Prep Time
3
people
30
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Ingredients
for the pastry
1
cup
All purpose flour / Maida
1
tbsp
oil or ghee
1/4
cup
warm water
1/4
tsp
baking powder
1/4
tsp
Salt
for the stuffing
1
cup
peas
fresh or frozen
1/4
tsp
red chili powder/lal mirch
1/4
tsp
turmeric powder (haldi)
1/2
tsp
coriander powder (dhania powder)
1/2
tsp
fennel powder/saunf pwder
1/2
tsp
chaat masala
1/2
tsp
amchur powder/dry mango powder
1/2
tsp
green chili-ginger paste or crushed or minced
use about ¼ inch of ginger and ½ or 1 green chili and crush in a mortar & pestle
1/4
tsp
cumin / jeera
1
gram
tbsp besan orflour
2
tsp
oil or ghee
Salt
as required
for frying
2-3
cups
Oil
Instructions
For the pastry
Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder.
Now add oil.
Form a breadcrumb like consistency
Now knead the dough. Cover with cloth and keep aside.
The pea stuffing
Boil the peas.
Once the peas are done, mash them.
In a pan add some oil.
Once oil is heated add cumin and fry. Once they splutter and the crushed ginger and green chilli.
Fry for a minute. Add the dry spice powders. and salt.
Stir well.
Now, add the gram fliur and saute for about 2 or 3 minutes.
preparing the kachoris
using the dough make equal sized balls about 5-6.
Now roll them into a 3 or 4 inched round.
Add the stuffing to the center of the rolled dough. Brush some water on the edges.
Bring together the edges and pinch them together.
Prepare all matar kachoris the same way. keep the kachoris covered with a wet cloth.
now heat oil. at medium flame, fry the kachoris till they become golden, flaky and crisp.
serve matar kachori hot with some coriander chutney or tamarind chutney.