# Matar Kachori

Matar Kachori is a delicious Indian street food snack that features a crispy fried dough shell filled with a flavorful pea mixture.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 1 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1 cup Green peas
- 0.25 tsp Hing
- 1 tbsp Dry masala
- 2 tsp Cumin seeds
- 1.5 tsp Fennel seeds
- 1 tbsp Coriander seeds
- 2 nos Red chillies
- 1 Salt
- 1.5 tsp Ginger garlic chilli paste
- 1 tsp Chopped mint leaves
- 2 tsp Chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tsp Dried mango powder
- 2 cups Maida
- 0.25 cup Ghee/Oil
- 0.5 tsp Ajwain/Carrom seeds
- 1 Water

## Instructions

1. Empty a cup of green peas from a basket.
2. Shell the peas.
3. Add the shelled peas into a pan.
4. Add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, coriander seeds and red chilies into a blender.
5. Blend the spices.
6. Hand-grind ginger, garlic, and green chillies into a paste.
7. Heat oil in a frying pan and pour in shelled peas.
8. Add hing, salt, and dry masala.
9. Add ginger garlic chilli paste.
10. Add chopped mint and coriander leaves.
11. Add dried mango powder.
12. Mix well, and slightly mash some peas.
13. Prepare the dough by mixing maida, ghee/oil, ajwain, salt, and water.
14. Knead the dough until smooth.
15. Roll out small dough balls and fill them with the prepared pea mixture.
16. Fry the kachoris until golden brown.
17. Serve with fried green chilies and aloo wali tarri.

## Equipment

- basket
- knife
- blender
- mortar and pestle
- frying pan
- large pot

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/UDEajJ0ghzU?si=bdQeQ5Ml9YP_K7Sd
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e504077a-201b-4968-995d-5d8cbbac5394
- Extracted: 2025-02-03

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