My father would go out in the morning to the local butcher and get freshest of meats and while coming back home he would get some masala sodas on his way for us. He would then ask my mother to wash it and peel some onions while he busied himself fixing and tinkering odd things and dare I say he was pretty good at that and thankfully passed on the genes (read proud here). After the prep was done, he would prepare the meat in typical bengali style. It was a sweet way of giving my mother some free time to relax and catch up with her things. The aroma coming from the whistle of the pressure cooker made our mouths water every time. We all would sit down for a hearty meal of Mansho'r Jhol and Bhaat with some Begun Bhaja or Potol Bhaja (Mutton curry with rice and some fried eggplants or fried pointed gourds. Later with our tummies filled and hearts light, we would all take an afternoon nap.
Well I still follow the same routine with my family and make sure everyone sleeps on sunday afternoons and recharge themselves for the coming week. However sleeping in the afternoon does make one hungry in the evening and my husband would never let go an opportunity to eat some scrumptious snacks with his evening tea. So I made this Kasta Kachori this Sunday evening as tea time snack.
Kasta Kachori is a crunchy flaky fried bread stuffed with vegetables or lentils. This one I made with some leftover Aloo Jeera (potatoes fried with cumin). I made this as it has a quick and easy prep, also majorly because I wanted to use up all the leftovers dumped in my refrigerator.
Things you will need:
1 Cup all purpose flour
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Tsp Ajwain (carom seeds)
1 Bowl full of any leftover vegetable dish
2 Large Onions chopped
1 Tsp red chili powder
1 Tsp Dry Mango Powder (Amchoor)
Salt to Taste
Oil for frying
Method:
Mix the apf, oil, water, carom seeds and some salt to a smooth dough and cover with a kitchen towel for half an hour.
In a pan, heat some oil and fry the onions till translucent and add the red chili powder, dry mango powder.
Add the vegetables and fry it till it is mixed with the onions, add salt now, be careful while adding it as the vegetables as well as the dough both have some salt in it.
Take the stuffing off heat and let it cool down.
Divide the dough in 6 equal portions and roll each dough into a 2-1/2 inch circle.
Put some filling in the center and bring all the side to together and seal them tightly, remove any excess dough.
With your hands shape it in a flat circle.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan and fry all the Kachoris on a medium flame, browning from all sides.
The Kachoris are ready, have them with some mint chutney or ketchup and fresh salad. Enjoy
Kasta Kachori is a crunchy flaky fried bread stuffed with vegetables or lentils. This one I made with some leftover Aloo Jeera (potatoes fried with cumin). I made this as it has a quick and easy prep, also majorly because I wanted to use up all the leftovers dumped in my refrigerator.
Things you will need:
1 Cup all purpose flour
1/2 Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Tsp Ajwain (carom seeds)
1 Bowl full of any leftover vegetable dish
2 Large Onions chopped
1 Tsp red chili powder
1 Tsp Dry Mango Powder (Amchoor)
Salt to Taste
Oil for frying
Method:
Mix the apf, oil, water, carom seeds and some salt to a smooth dough and cover with a kitchen towel for half an hour.
In a pan, heat some oil and fry the onions till translucent and add the red chili powder, dry mango powder.
Add the vegetables and fry it till it is mixed with the onions, add salt now, be careful while adding it as the vegetables as well as the dough both have some salt in it.
Take the stuffing off heat and let it cool down.
Divide the dough in 6 equal portions and roll each dough into a 2-1/2 inch circle.
Put some filling in the center and bring all the side to together and seal them tightly, remove any excess dough.
With your hands shape it in a flat circle.
Heat oil in a deep frying pan and fry all the Kachoris on a medium flame, browning from all sides.
The Kachoris are ready, have them with some mint chutney or ketchup and fresh salad. Enjoy
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