Vegetable Kachori

Makes about 10 Kachories

Kachories are Gujarati snack - it is a dumpling with typically bean stuffing. I go wild and encourage you to use pretty much anything that you can stuff into the dough. I mean anything..even if you have some left over vegetables or thick chutneys.. Today I used just my left over carrot poriyal and kollu chutney as stuffing.

Stuffing:

• Heat very little oil and season it with mustard seeds, hing, curry leaves
• Fry 1tsp of ginger-garlic paste
• Add 0.5tsp chilly powder, 0.25tsp coriander powder, pinch of turmeric, salt per taste
• Add any vegetable you like.
• Preferred veges would be peas, carrots, any beans etc
• if adding beans, pre cook them
• Fry the veges until raw smell goes away and they go little dry
• if your veges are big chunks, coarse grind them for a second
• set this stuffing aside

Dough:

• Mix 0.5cup of maida(all purpose) flour with few drops of oil
• Soak 0.5tsp of rava and add to the mix
• Add a pinch of salt and little water
  
• Knead to a soft dough
• Set aside for 15 mins

Kachori:

• Make small balls out of the dough
• Spread the ball in your slightly wet palm
• Put 1tsp of stuffing in the center
• Stretch the ends to wrap the stuffing
• Pinch excess dough and make a sphere
• The stuffing should be well trapped inside the ball
• Repeat the procedure for all the balls
• Deep fry in oil for 8 to 9 seconds or until the balls are golden brown
• Fry in medium heat
• Serve with chutney or as is