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Paneer Tikka Kathi Rolls is one of the very healthy snack that you can serve as bites during snack time or even take them as pot luck item. Its very easy to make and a variety in itself.
It also comes in fast snack category. The chapatis have been made from wheat flour which is good source of iron and fibre. The panner and veggies used in this recipe enriches the recipe with essential vitamins and marinade panner adds extra 'yummy' flavor to the recipe.

Ingredients:
1 cup small cube panner pieces
1/2 chopped tomato
1 /2 chopped bell pepper

To marinade panner:
1/4 cup beaten curd
1 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ginger paste
1/4 tsp lentil flour (besan)
1/2 tsp garlic paste
1/2 tsp chat masala
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp kasturi methi
salt according to taste

For chapatis:
1 cup wheat flour
1 cup water
salt to taste

Preparation of chapatis:
1. Combine all the ingredients and knead into a soft dough.
2. Divide the dough into 9 equal parts
3. Roll out each portion into a thin chapati.
4. Cook each chapati lightly on a tava (griddle) on both side. Keep aside.

For Panner tikka fillings:
1. Add cubed panner and chopped tomatoes into marinade and toss lightly.
2. Leave it for 10 mins.
3. Heat oil in a pan and saute chopped bell pepper for 2-3 mins.
4. Add panner mixture in the pan and saute for 4-5 mins.
5. Remove it from the flame.

How to proceed:
1. Divide panner tikka fillings into 9 equal portions.
2. Spread one portion of panner fillings on one side of the chapati and roll it from sides and make it like a roll.
3. Also cover the end of the roti inside the roll.

Serve it with tomato ketup and soda.

Lilva Kachori is spicy Indian snack is flat round flour ball made of Pigeon Peas (Lilva or Tuver) and spices. You can either deep fry it or bake it. Kachori is speciality of Gujaratis, specially in winter when you get fresh Tuver they love to make this item.

I still remember when the temperature goes low in winter, my mom used to prepare this spicy Kachori served with green chutney and fried chillies. Oh, I miss it so much! I simply sneak in kitchen and used to grab spoon of filling and eat it. I loved it so much!.

I got recipe from my mom and finally made it. Hurray! You can serve this as appetizer or take away snack for pot-luck party.

Here comes the most authentic recipe of Lilva Kachori :

Dough:

-1 cup of wheat flour

-1/3 cup semolina

-3 tbsp of clarified butter (ghee)

-salt

-water

Filling:

- 2 cups of fresh/frozen lilva (Pigeon Peas)

- 1 cup of fresh/frozen Green peas (optional- if you have enough Lilva then dont add this)

- 3-4 cloves

- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder

- 1/2 tsp garam masala

- 1 tsp chilli -ginger paste

- 1/2 tsp carom seeds (ajwain)

- pinch of asfoetida (hing)

- pieces of cashewnut (15)

- raisins

- 1.5 tsp sugar

- salt

- oil for frying

Preparation:

Dough:

-Mix wheat flour with semolina, ghee and salt

-Knead the dough with water (not so soft or hard, enough to pliable)

- Cover it with cloth or cover lid.

- Let it sit for 30 mins.

Filling:

- Finely crush the lilva in blender and transfer it into a bowl (you may use little water, but not much)

- Take a saucerpan and heat 2 tbsp oil in it, then add carom seeds, hing to it. Let the seeds splutter. Add ginger-chilli paste, clove, cinnamon powder to it.

- Transfer crushed lilva to the saucerpan and mix it well.

- Add cashewnut, raisins, garam masala, sugar and salt. Mix it well.

- Simmer the gas burner and let it sit for 5 mins with occassional stirring with spatula.

- Remove from the gas burner when color of lilva changes from fresh green to brownish green.

- Let it cool down.

Making of Kachori or Dumpling:

-Divide the dough into small portions and roll it into large cirlces.

-Put 1 or 1.5 tsp of lilva mixture in middle of the circle.

-Grab all sides of the circle and converge them in center

-Cut of the extra part of dough with your fingers.

- Gently place it on bowl and cover it will damp cloth.

Deep Fry:

- Now take a wok and deep fry 4-5 kachoris at medium to high heat till they turn golden brown on both side. Serve it will green chutney or tamarind cutney or fried chillies.

Baked:

- You can also bake it instead of deep fry. Pre-heat the oven at 350 degree.

- Place the kachoris on large oven plate.

- Brush both sides of kachori with oil and place them on oven plate

- Turn the side after 10 mins.

- Remove from the oven when they turn golden brown.

Enjoy the Kachoris!

Do leave the comment if you try the recipe.