Green Gram Kachori

It has been raining non-stop for the past couple of days…It did get depressing when every time we made a plan to go out somewhere. To uplift our mood we needed to eat something piping hot and deep fried. Typical ;)
So leaving mom and dad to sip a cuppa and watch our dog trying to catch raindrops, I skipped to the kitchen opening cupboards for the ingredients for green gram and aloo kachoris
This is what you need to make about 15 small green gram kachoris

Filling
Green gram-1 cup
(soaked for half an hour in water and boiled with tumeric and salt)
Turmeric powder- 1tsp
Roasted jeera powder- 2tsp
Ginger Garlic Paste- 4tbsp
Green chillies- 3 finely chopped
(depends on how hot u want the dish to be)
Salt-to taste
1. Sauté ginger garlic paste in a little oil.
2. Add green chillies and the dry spices.
3. Drain the green gram completely of water and add it to the masala.
4. Stir well and add salt.
Kachori dough
Maida-1 cup
Sooji-1/4 cup
Baking soda-1/4 tsp
Oil- 5 tbsp
Ajwain-a pinch
Water-as required
Salt -to taste
Oil for deep frying
5. Mix maida, sooji, baking soda, ajwain and salt.
6. Add oil and rub together till u get bread crumb consistency.
7. Add water and knead to a firm dough
8. Make little balls and flatten into small rotis
9. Put some masala in the middle and seal in the filling using water if necessary
10. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the kachoris over low flame till brown and crisp
11. serve hot with green chutney and imli ki chutney 

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