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.
