Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, baked flaky kachoris. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Baked flaky Kachoris is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Baked flaky Kachoris is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Matar Kachori, a native to Rajasthan is a flaky, crisp, traditionally deep fried pastry filled with spicy peas filling. Here I have baked these Kachori in the oven and believe me, it was as delicious as the deep fried ones. Make these Baked Matar Kachori at home for your tea time parties or evening snacks and impress your family and friends. But yes, deep fried kachoris have a distinctive juicy crispiness; the texture with these baked kachoris is flaky- yes, crispy-yes, but you will not taste the oil, but of course.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked flaky kachoris using 23 ingredients and 36 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked flaky Kachoris:
- Take 3 cups all-purpose flour
- Make ready 2 tablespoon melted ghee/vegetable oil+ more to rub the dough
- Prepare 3/4 teaspoon instant yeast
- Get 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Get 1+ 1/2 cup warm water(approx)
- Make ready as required Little milk for brushing
- Prepare For making flaky layers
- Make ready 3 tablespoon melted ghee (approx)
- Get 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour(approx)
- Make ready For the stuffing
- Get 1/2 cup moong dal
- Prepare 1/2 tablespoon ghee
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon dry ginger powder (saunth powder)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
- Get 1 teaspoon dry mango powder (amchur powder)
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Make ready 1 pinch asofetida
- Prepare as required salt
Prepare all the Kachoris same way. Heat Idhayam Groundnut Oil in a pan. Once oil is medium hot, turn the flame slow. Fry on slow flame till crispy.
Instructions to make Baked flaky Kachoris:
- Take 3 cup of maida to a big mixing bowl.
- To that add in yeast, ghee or oil, sugar and salt. Mix well with a spatula.
- Now add in 1 cup of warm water and mix well.You may need more water to make the dough, but don't add more water at first.
- With your hand mix and knead to make a soft and pliable dough. Add warm water as needed to make the dough. The dough will be soft and elastic.
- Rub some oil to the dough, cover and keep aside(relatively warm place of your house) for an hour to proof it.
- For the stuffing clean and soak moong daal with water for about 2 hours.
- After 2 hours drain the water and grind coarsely in a grinder.
- Place all the spice powder in a bowl.
- Then heat a pan. Add ½ tablespoon ghee.
- Once the ghee melts, switch off the flame. - Add all the spice powder together.
- Cook in very low heat.Make sure that the spices do not burn. Add in 1-2 teaspoon of water if needed.
- Then add the coarsely ground moong dal. Also add salt,sugar and 1 pinch of asafoetida.
- Saute with non-stop stirring for 3 to 4 minutes on a low flame.
- Check the taste and if required you can add more spice powders like red chili powder and mango powder,sugar or salt.
- At last add in grated cheese and mix well until cheese melts.
- Remove from heat and let the mixture become cool down.
- Now make small balls from this moong dal mixture so that you can easily stuff the balls to the kachoris.
- You can also spread some oil on your palms while making the balls. Keep aside.
- After an hour of resting the dough, take it out and transfer to a work surface.
- Knead again for few minutes. You can rub some oil in the surface to ease the kneading process.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal parts.
- Take one part and roll to a very thin round disk. Rub melted ghee to roll.Roll as thin and possible.
- Rub some melted ghee all over the disk. Also sprinkle dry flour and rub evenly.
- Fold the roti from both ends to the centre. Again rub some melted ghee and flour all over.
- Now from the centre again fold to make a long rectangle shape patty. Again rub ghee and flour.
- Now start rolling the patty from one edge (short side)to the other edge something like we are doing to make laccha paratha.
- We will get now a multi layered log of dough.
- Cut the log into 3 parts with a sharp knife.
- Take one part, roll to make 3 to 4 inch size round patty. Try to roll in such a way that the centre becomes thick than the sides.
- Hold the patty in your palm, make a cavity.
- Take a stuffing ball and place in the cavity.
- Seal the ball with the patty nicely. Press a little to give a kachori shape. Place it to a lined baking tray.
- Preheat oven at 200 degree C for 10 minutes.
- Brush each kachori with little milk which will give a nice colour after baking.
- Bake them in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until they become light golden brown.
- Delicious, healthier version of kachoris are ready now to enjoy. Serve with a cup of tea or coffee.
Once oil is medium hot, turn the flame slow. Fry on slow flame till crispy. For perfect crispy and flaky kachori, fry on low flame only. Take out and keep on oil absorbent towel. Khasta kachori is a deliciously spicy puffed pastry which is usually a deep-fried round flattened ball made using maida (plain or all-purpose flour) and filled with a spicy stuffing of Yellow Moong Dal or Urad Dal, besan/gram flour, and some essential whole and powdered Indian spices.
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