Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - urad dal
• 5 pinches - asafoetida
• 3 tbsps - ginger and green chillies paste
• 1/2 tsp - red chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp - pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp - salt
• 8 tbsps - oil
• 3 cups - maida
• Oil for frying.

How to Make Hing Kachori

• For the stuffing:
• Soak dal overnight.
• Semi-grind the dal with a little water.
• Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a non-stick pan.
• Put the asafoetida.
• Now add the ginger and green chilli paste.
• When the oil separates, put the semi-ground dal and keep stirring to make sure it does not stick at the bottom.
• Now add salt, red chilli powder, pepper powder.
• Mix well.
• Keep stirring till the dal begins to form like a dough.
• Let cool.
• For the Kachori:
• Make a soft dough with maida, salt and 6 tbsp of oil.
• Make small balls.
• Flatten each ball, put the stuffing.
• Roll them like lightly, slightly thicker than puris, with oil.
• Deep fry the kachoris.
• Serve.