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Tuvar Lilva Kachori

Tuvar Lilva Kachori is a snack made with fresh pigeon pea and green peas. It is tasty and makes a good snack to serve with tea.
Course evening snacks
Keyword kachori recipe, tuvar lilva kachori

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh pigeon peas
  • 1 cup green peas
  • 5 green chilli
  • 1 inch ginger
  • handful of coriander
  • salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon asafoetida
  • 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • For the covering :
  • 1.5 cup maida
  • 4 tablespoon oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • little water for mixing
  • Other ingredients :

Instructions

  • To make the filling :
  • Soak fresh pigeon peas and green peas for sometime.
  • Drain, wipe and griind to a coarse paste.
  • Grind green chilli and ginger to a paste.
  • Take oil in a pan, add cumin. Put asafoetida, turmeric powder and green chilli paste. Saute it for sometime.
  • Now, put the ground tuvar pasteto it.Saute for five minutes.
  • Add salt, coriander and lemon juice. Mix well.
  • Allow to cool.
  • Make balls of the dough and also of the filling.
  • To make the dough :
  • Take maida in a bowl.
  • Add oil and salt to it. Rub it thoroughly with the fingers.
  • Put water in small quantities and make a stiff dough.
  • Keep the dough covered with a thin muslin cloth.
  • To make kachoris :
  • Make small balls of the filling.
  • Make small balls  of the dough and keep  it covered.
  • Take a ball from the covered sheet, roll it into a four inch circle.
  • Put the filling in the centre. Seal the edges by making it pleat like. Gently press the ball between palms.
  • Heat oil in a wok.
  • Once it is hot, deep fry on a low to medium flame to a golden colour.
  • Serve it with green chutney and tomato ketchup.
  • Take a tip :
  • You can shape them as round balls also.

Notes

You can shape them as round balls also.