Saturday, 16 July 2011

Raj Kachodi chat:

Chaat is a type of mouth watering and popular roadside snack all over India.Raj Kachri Chaat, is made of crispy kachoris garnished with a delicious combination of potatoes, sprouts, chickpeas, yogurt, coriander leaves, sev and flavored with spices and red & green chutneys. Longtime back I had the opportunity to have Raj kachori chat @ Mayfair BBSR. I have tried it @ many other places but they couldn't match my 1st experience.So I thought of preparing it in my kitchen & it turned out well.Crunchy, tangy, hot and sweet flavors combine to make Raj kachori Chaat delicious to eat as a snack.So friend without much ado...lets start the recipe.
















Ingredients:
2 Cups rawa
2 tbsp maida
1tblsp melted ghee
Salt
1/2 tsp ajwain/ nigella seeds (u can add anyone of them)
Water to knead dough


Besan - 100g
a pinch hing
1/4 tsp mango powder
salt
chopped onion -1
 2-3 large  Potatoes
 1 Cup curd
 1/2 cup Boiled Chickpeas (kabuli channa)
1/2 cup sprouted Moong dal

10 Papadi  crushed
1 handfull fried peanuts
1 tsp Roasted cumin powder
1tblsp Grated coconut
 1 tsp Red chilli powder
5-6 tbsps Tamarind chutney
1/2 Cup sev
1tblsp chopped coriander Leaves




How to make Raj Kachori:

Mix rava, maida,ghee, ajwain & salt & Prepare a smooth dough. keep covered under a wet muslin cloth for half an hour. 
Mix besan, hing, mango powder,1tsp oil ,a little red chilli powder (or u can put chilly flakes) & salt & keep aside for stuffing.






 Apply liitle bit oil in your hands & Divide the dough into equal parts. Roll out into puris of equal size and fill  prepared besan stuffs seal it from all edges & Roll with rolling pin.Deep fry it turning sides till evenly coloured.
 Boil potatoes and cut it into cubes. add redchillypowder & salt to the potatoe cubes. Add salt & chillypowder as per your taste to the thick curd & mix well.Make a hole in centre of the fried kachoris. 


Fill with cubed potatoes, boiled channa, moong sprouts,crushed  papdi ,fried peanuts,thick curd, red chilli powder, cumin seed powder,chopped onion, chopped coriander Leaves,tamarind chutney and green chutney.  Put sev& grated coconut on it. Raj Kachori is ready to serve. 


sending this to Serve It series,


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