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    Mar 29, 2006 | 15 Comments | THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. THIS BLOG GENERATES INCOME VIA ADS.

    Dal Kachoris

    What is it with rainy days and cravings for deep-fried goodies going hand-in-hand? Well, in my house, its just the norm. So while it drizzled, rained and poured all through the weekend, there was nothing much we could do than watch tons of movies and eat good food! While the movie list was dominated with animated flicks, the kitchen had just one theme - Deep Frying!

    Recipe for Dal Kachoris taken from www.hookedonheat.com. Visit site for detailed recipe.

    Usually, hubby dear and I would simply settle for a big bowl of fries and spicy wings, but it was not to be the case this time. Yup, we wanted something different and not to mention, GOOD!!

    So as we debated and counter-debated what we wanted to dip our fingers into, there came a point where we both knew it was a fine compromise. Considering the fact that this is one of hubby dear's favourite rainy-day eats, and the fact that this would be the first time ever I was attempting a hand at it, made it quite an adventure. Needless to say, I found yet another dish I excelled at, and hubby dear, well, let's just say, he was in food paradise!

    DAL KACHORIS (Deep-fried lentil-stuffed bread)

    Ingredients:

    For the Kachoris:

    • 2 cups whole wheat flour (atta)
    • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • water, as required
    • oil for deep frying

    For the filling:

    • ½ cup toor dal, soaked in hot water for 1-2 hrs
    • salt, to taste
    • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
    • ¼ teaspoon red chili powder
    • 1 teaspoon cooking oil

    Directions:

    1. Grind soaked dal coarsely in a food processor and set aside.
    2. In a non-stick pan, heat 1 teaspoon oil, and saute cumin seeds till they begin to sizzle.
    3. Add in coarse ground dal, salt and chili powder and fry for a few minutes till dal dries up and starts to toast a bit. Set aside and allow to cool completely.
    4. Mix flour (atta) with salt and one tablespoon of oil and form into a smooth dough with water.
    5. Separate dough into golf-sized balls and set aside.
    6. For each dough ball, roll out the dough into a small circle and put around one tablespoon of the filling in the centre. Bring the ends of the circle together and form into a ball.
    7. Seal the edges completely so that the stuffing does not come out. Roll out these dough balls into a small puris.
    8. Deep fry till brown and crisp on both sides.

    Enjoy warm with chutney and masala chai!

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    Comments

    1. Paz says

      April 18, 2006 at 10:39 am

      5 stars
      These look GREAT!

      Paz

      Reply
    2. Anika From Darwin says

      April 10, 2006 at 4:48 am

      5 stars
      I'm salivating. Sounds great as usual Meena!!!!

      Reply
    3. Paz says

      April 07, 2006 at 6:38 pm

      5 stars
      Looks and sounds delicious! Love the photo!

      Paz

      Reply
    4. priya says

      April 06, 2006 at 11:23 am

      5 stars
      Meena I tried this last evening and it tasted YUM. but I just had a little problem the puris were a little oily. Is it bcoz I stuffed the puris while the dal was a little hot or is there any reason. Nowadays I cud see only very few recipes from u. Miss ur mouthwatering recipes hope all is well.

      Reply
    5. harry says

      April 04, 2006 at 9:05 am

      5 stars
      hey thanks for the recipie! great for honey bunnies like me, who have to cook for their gal! 😛

      Reply
    6. Pamela says

      April 04, 2006 at 12:14 am

      5 stars
      I love lentils and adore fried things so I thing this sounds heavenly!

      Reply
    7. Santhi says

      April 02, 2006 at 1:42 am

      5 stars
      beautiful looking kachoris meena.
      nothing like rainy days and fried snacks. It has been raining in losangeles last week and all i could think about was bajjis...:):):)

      Reply
    8. Sury says

      March 31, 2006 at 11:08 am

      5 stars
      Can I have just one from that basket, please? Rain or no rain, I would just love that. I can tell from the fabulous pic!

      Reply
    9. Linda says

      March 30, 2006 at 9:26 pm

      5 stars
      I hope I can get all the ingredients tomorrow, too! I am in Toronto so we have lots of shops. I could almost taste these, looking at the pic!

      Reply
    10. Mohita says

      March 30, 2006 at 5:49 pm

      5 stars
      I'm gonna try this today!!
      You use wholewheat four, not plain or al-purpose?

      Reply
    11. Samreen says

      March 30, 2006 at 2:04 pm

      5 stars
      Hi there,
      First of all your blog is so yummy and the pics. make the mouth watery .. good work keep it up.
      I'm not a blogger but love to cook. I also made kachoris often in the same way but the difference is I add little bit of ajwain in the dough mixture and used the channa dal instead of toor dal.& a bit of chopped fresh cilantro(coriander).Maybe the taste is diff.but the look is the same. When I saw this I thought to share with u, hope u like it.

      Samreen.

      Reply
    12. Shammi says

      March 30, 2006 at 2:34 am

      5 stars
      Oh man... those look professional! Now I desperately want kachoris too 🙂

      Reply
    13. Lera says

      March 29, 2006 at 9:59 pm

      5 stars
      Wow, Meena, it's yummmmmmm ....
      great snack for a rainy day, for a cozy two 🙂

      Reply
    14. lakshmi says

      March 29, 2006 at 9:27 pm

      5 stars
      wow ..... kachoris, my favourite. I'll try to make Meena, and by the way Congrats for best new IndiBlog.

      Reply
    15. kaush says

      March 29, 2006 at 8:17 pm

      5 stars
      ooh these look nice! I didn't even know you could make something like dal kachoris --- and it looks pretty yum too :)thanks!

      Reply

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