Alu Kachori

Region : Gujarat

Ingredients: Potatoes - 5-6nos Peas  - 100gms Coriander powder - 1tsp  Cumin seeds powder - 1tsp  Pepper powder - 1tsp  Lemon juice - 1tsp Mustard seeds - 1tsp Chopped coriander leaves - 1bunch Chopped green chillies - 4-5nos Chopped ginger - 1"piece Refined wheat flour (Maida) - 1/4kg Sour curd -  2-3tsp  Soda - a pinch Ghee - 11/2tsp Salt - to taste

Method of Preparation: 

Wash and cook potatoes and peel off its skin. Slice into small pieces or crush slightly. Cook the peas and mix it with the potato. Keep aside. 

Heat some oil in a pan and season mustard seeds. Mix coriander powder, cumin seed powder and pepper powder with lemon juice and add it to the pan and fry. Add chopped green chilly, ginger and coriander leaves. Mix well by adding potato-peas mixture. Remove from fire.

Mix maida, salt to taste, soda, ghee and curd together. Knead it with warm water to form a soft dough. Make small balls from the dough and fill it with potato-peas mixture. Press it into round shape as a puri.

Fry the kachori in a pan with ghee. Serve hot