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Today we will make Club Kachori
It is a Poori as well as Kachori
It is tastier to eat.
It is a most loved recipe of Kolkata
You can cook it as breakfast during the holidays
You can make it for dinner to make it special
Come, let us start the cooking
Firstly, we will grind Urad Dal to make club Kachori
We took 1/2 cup of Urad dal after washing and soaking it in the water for an hour
Urad Dal soaks very quickly
Use lukewarm water to soak it
It takes an hour to soak
We will add it in the jar
Removed the extra water
We won't add any more water to it
Add 3 chopped green chillies to it
They will grind along with the Dal
Add an inch of ginger
Chop it into the thicker size pieces
We will grind the Dal coarsely ground
The dal has ground
Now, we will make the dough for Kachori
Take 2 cups of refined flour in a bowl
You can use wheat flour instead of it
Add the coarsely ground Dal to it
Add a 1/2 cup of semolina to it
The thicker sized semolina is more preferable for this recipe
Add a 1.2 cup of curd
Add a teaspoon of of salt
Add a 1/2 pinch of asafoetida
Knead the dough similar to the stiff dough of Poori
Firstly, we will mix all the ingredients well
Here, we bound all the ingredients well
The dough similar to the Poori dough is ready
We did not use water for it
Add 1 teaspoon of oil to it
Mash the dough properly
We kneaded the dough
It is a stiffer dough
Cover and keep it aside for 15-20 minutes to set
In the meantime, we will cook the curry
We will cook curry in the cooker to cook it quickly
Switch on the flame
Add 2 tablespoons of oil
Heat it
It has heated
We will add Panch Foran spices to it
We are including 1/4 teaspoon of mustard seeds
1/4 teaspoon of fenugreek seeds
1/8 teaspoon of Nigella seeds
1/4 teaspoon of cumin seeds
and 1/4 teaspoon of fennel seeds in it.
Add all of them
Saute them
Keep the flame on low to avoid the spices from burning
We are grinding 2 tomatoes, 1 green chilli and 1/2 inch julienne for the paste.
We preapred the paste
The Panch Foran spices has roasted
Add the paste to it
Add a 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
Add 1 teaspoon of coriander powder
Add a 1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder
You can increase or decrease its quantity according to your taste
Add 2 teaspoons of dry fenugreek leaves
You can make dry fenugreek leaves at home easily and it is homemade only.
We will add it after crushing
You can watch its recipe on my channel
Roast the Masala mixture until oil separates from it
We took 2 peeled potatoes
Now, we will chop them.
The oil is separating from the Masala mixture
It has roasted
Add the chopped potatoes
We are using 200 gms of chopped pumpkin
It is a raw pumpkin
Its taste is better
Stir and roast the curry well.
Add 1 cup of water to it
Add a teaspoon of salt
Add a 1/4 teaspoon of Garam Masala
Add a teaspooon of mango powder
Add a teaspoon of sugar
Mix all the ingredients well
Close the lid of cooker and cook till the first whistle arrive
The first whistle has arrived
Turn the flame to low and cook on the low flame for 2 minutes.
The curry has cooked after 2 minutes.
Switch off the flame
Keep the cooker aside and wait till its pressure releases.
Now, we will cook the Kachori
Preheat oil on the low flame to fry Kachoris
The dough has set too
Apply some oil on your palms and grease them
Mash the dough softly and
divide it into the smaller sized lumps
Lift a dough lump
Roll it into a Peda shape
Prepare a dough Loi
Like this
Prepare all the Loi likewise
We prepared all the Loi
Now, we will flatten it
Lift a dough lump
Apply some clarified butter on the board to grease it.
Flatten it into the diameter of 2.5 - 3 inches
Do not flatten it too thinly
Keep it slightly thicker similar to the Paratha
Let us check the temperature of oil
Take a dough lump and add it in the heated oil.
The rightly heated oil is required to fry Kachori, it shouldn't be highly heated
Make sure it doesn't burn the Kachori
The flame should be medium
Add it to fry
In the meantime, prepare the second round of Kachori
It is floating on the surface
Press it using a ladle 119 00:06:42,247 --> 00:06:40,739 so that it expands
Flip it once it expands
Fry till it appears golden brown from both the sides
It appears brown from both the sides
We will drain it out
Stop ladle on the corner of wok
so that extra oil moves back in it
Prepare all the Kachori likewise
We fried and prepared the Poori
We cooked 24 Pooris out of the prepared dough
Open the lid of cooker
The curry has cooked
Add and stir some finely chopped green coriander
Take out the curry in a bowl
The club Kachori is ready to be served
It is a tastier and crispier Kachori
The potato pumpkin curry is tastier to eat
Cooking them is an easier to cook
Be attentive while kneading the dough
Bind all the ingredients well
Do not mix the water instantly
Prepare the dough similar to the dough of Poori
Be attentive while frying them
The oil should be rightly heated
The flame should be medium and medium high
You will cook hot and bloated Poori
You can cook the curry easily
So you cook it and eat it
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