Khasta Kachori Recipe | Moongdal Kachori Recipe
Kasta Kachori, a delicious crunchy chaat made with moong dal filling and crispy outer cover made with maida. Each bite of kachoori has a nice bite of dal and spices. A perfect evening tea/coffee time snack! Learn here how to make this Kasta Kachori with step by step pictures, video and instructions.
Servings: 14 Kachooris
Calories: 114kcal
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
For Outer Cover
- 2 Cups Maida (All Purpose Flour) 1 Cup - 250
- 1 Pinch Salt
- ¼ Cup Oil
- 1 cup Ghee
For grinding
- 1 tablespoon Coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds
For Filling
- ½ Cup Moong dal
- 1 Pinch Salt
- ½ teaspoon Red Chili Powder
- 1 Green Chili Chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Chopped
- ½ teaspoon Garam Masala
- 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves Finely Chopped
- 2 Cups Oil For Deep Frying
Instructions
- Wash and soak moong dal in water and set it aside for 2 hours. After 2 hours, drain the water and spread the soaked dal in a clean towel to absorb water completely
- In a mixing bowl, add maida, salt and oil. Mix it well.
- Then add water little by little and knead it to a soft dough like chapati dough. Add a teaspoon of ghee and knead it for couple of minutes. Cover the dough with a damp cloth and set it aside for 20 minutes.
- Take the grinding ingredients coriander seeds, cumin seeds and fennel seeds in a mixer jar and grind it to a coarse powder.
- Then add the soaked and drained moong dal and grind it coarse paste without adding any water.
- Heat 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add hing. Then, add ground spice powder and saute it in oil for 2 minutes.
- Also add finely chopped ginger and green chili and saute for a minute. Then add the ground moong dal and keep the flame in medium and cook the dal till it turns golden brown color.
- Also add salt, red chili powder and saute the dal.
- Finally when the dal is nicely crumbled, add garam masala and coriander leaves and mix well and then switch off the flame. The filling is ready!
- Take the dough and make small balls out of the dough. Then using a rolling pin, roll each dough ball to a thin and small circle.
- Then keep 1 teaspoon of filling in each rolled dough and then wrap it nicely and pat it gently and set it aside.
- Now the kachori patties are ready to get fried in oil. Heat oil in a pan. When the oil is hot, add 3-4 patties in the oil.
- Deep fry the kachori till they are crispy and turn golden brown color. Take out the kachori in a bowl having a tissue to drain excess oil.
- Serve the delicious Khasta Kachori with green chutney or ketchup and enjoy the tasty snack!
Video
Nutrition
Serving: 1piece | Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 7g