GREEN PEAS KACHORI

All purpose flour --- 1 cup

Ajwain (vamu, caromseeds) --1/2 tea sp

Salt to taste

ghee or vanaspati ---2 tab sp

FOR SIFFING:----

Green peas -- 1 cup(fresh or frozen, I used frozen )

Oil ---1 tab sp

Cumin seeds ---1/2 tea sp

Ginger --1 inch piece choped

Green chilies -- 2-3 choped

salt to taste

sounf powder --1 teasp(sompu,little dry rost the sounf and grind in to a coarse powder)

Garam masala --- 1/2 tea sp

fried gram powder -- 1 tab sp (veyinchina senagapappu,porikadalai just grind in to a dry powder)

Oil for deep frying

METHOD:-----

Mix flour,ajwain,salt,and ghee in abowl rub with hand till it become like bread crums then add cold water and knead in to astiff dough

Grind green peas in to coarse don't add water just run the blunder for 1 sec.

Heat 1 tab sp oil in a fry pan add cumin seeds and let them change the colour then add choped ginger and green chilies and ground green peas, salt to taste keep stiring and cook for 2 min then add sounf powder,garam masala powder and fried gram powder

Remove from heat mix well and leave a side.

Now divied the dough in to equal portions and make small puris keep 11/2 tea sp stuffing in the center of the puri and cloce from all sides and again press them in to small thick puris this will be thicker then normal puris

Heat oil in a deep frying pan in amediun flame and deep fry the KACHORI S till golden colour(fry in alow flame then only this will stay crisp for long time)

serve with mitha chutney or tomato sauce

And this is my another entry for SIRI s http://siri-corner.blogspot.com/2008/12/announcement-of-rci-awadhi-cuisine.html