Uttarayan Special Recipes - Lilva Kachori
Lilva Kachori is one of the famous Gujarati farsan/dish. These golden crispy kachoris are stuffed with lilva and spices. They are generally prepared during winters as seasonal availability of Lilva and green garlic.Lilva kachoris were also part of the feast prepared during Uttarayan.
Lilva Kachori is one of the famous Gujarati farsan/dish. These golden crispy kachoris are stuffed with lilva and spices. They are generally prepared during winters as seasonal availability of Lilva and green garlic.Lilva kachoris were also part of the feast prepared during Uttarayan.
Ingredients:
For Stuffing
500gms. Lilva / Green Tuvar / Pigeon Peas
100gms. Green Peas
3 Tablespoon of Finely Chopped Green Garlic / Dry Normal Garlic
1 Tablespoon of Green chilly and ginger paste
1/2 Cup Chopped Coriander leaves
1 Teaspoon of Cumin seeds
2 Teaspoon of Coriander powder
1 Teaspoon of Cumin powder
1 Teaspoon of Turmeric powder
1/2 Teaspoon of Hing (Asafoetida)
1 Teaspoon of sugar
Juice of 1 Lemon
2 Tablespoon of Kish Mish (Raisins)
2 Tablespoon of Cashew nuts
1 Tablespoon of Garam Masala
Salt to taste
Oil to deep fryFor Dough
1 Cup of Wheat Flour
1 Cup of Maida ( self raising flour)
Oil to knead the dough
Salt to tasteMethod:
1. To make the dough, take wheat flour and maida, sprinkle salt. Now add few drops of oil and mix with the flour till it has bread crumbs like consistency. Add water to the flour and knead the dough. The dough consistency should be smooth and soft. Once the dough is kneaded, spread oil on ur palms and grease and knead the dough again with your hands. Keep aside the dough till we prepare the stuffing mixture.
2. In a blender, place lilva and green peas. Grind them coarsely, without adding water. Soak the raisins in a warm water.
3. In a pan, heat the oil. Add finely chopped garlic and cumin seeds. Once seeds starts spluttering add turmeric powder, coriander powder and cumin seeds powder.
4. Once the dry masalas are cooked added coarsely grinded lilva and green peas mixture, salt, green chilly paste and sugar and mix it with the cooked masalas. Now cook the lilva mixture without adding water. Keep stirring the mixture.
5. Once the mixture is about to be cooked, add garam masala powder, cashew nuts, raisins and lemon juice and again stir the mixture and allow it to cook for few minutes.
6. Once the mixture is cooked completely, make it cool.
7. Roll out small puris from the dough and add the cooked lilva mixture. Give desired shape to the kachoris. we can give round ball shape as well. This way roll out and stuff all the kachoris.
8. Deep fry all the kachoris.
9. Serve it with any green chutney and imly and khajur's chutney.
10. Now delicious kachoris are ready to eat.
Enjoy lilva kachoris with Undhiyu,puri and jalebies.
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