Gujarat

Lilva kachori

Name: Lilva kachori
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Gujarati
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh pigeon peas fresh green tuvar (fresh pigeon peas); 3 green chilli; 1 inch ginger; 1/4 cup fresh grated coconut; 1 tbsp sesame seeds; 2 tsp sugar; 2 tsp lemon juice; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 1 tsp garam masala; a pinch asafoetida; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); 1 1/2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tbsp for dough rest for deep frying cooking oil (vegetable oil); Water, about 1/3 cup; Salt, to taste

Fresh green tuvar beans, coconut and a hint of sweet inside a flaky kachori. Winter's star snack.

70 minTime

8 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayFresh lilva filling with coconut and a sweet sour note, fried slow.

The original

471kcal

8 gprotein

5 gfibre

70minutes

Lilva kachori as Gujarati homes make them in winter.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Fresh green tuvar (fresh pigeon peas)2 cups fresh pigeon peas

Green chilli3

Ginger2.5 cm

Fresh grated coconut¼ cup

Sesame seeds1 tbsp

Sugar2 tsp

Lemon juice2 tsp

Fennel seeds1 tsp

Garam masala1 tsp

Asafoetidaa pinch

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1½ cups

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp for dough, rest for deep frying

Waterabout 1/3 cup

Saltto taste

Method

6 steps

1Rub 2 tbsp oil and a pinch of salt into the maida, add water and knead a firm dough. Rest 20 minutes.
2Coarsely grind the lilva with chilli and ginger without water.
3Heat 1 tsp oil, add fennel, sesame and asafoetida, then the lilva paste. Cook on low for 8 to 10 minutes until dry.
4Off the heat, mix in coconut, sugar, lemon, garam masala, coriander and salt. Cool and roll into small balls.
5Flatten small dough balls, wrap around the filling, pinch shut and press gently.
6Fry on low heat in batches, turning, until golden and crisp, about 8 minutes. Keep your face back from the oil and drain on paper.

Serve it like this

Serve hot with green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney on the side.

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Lilva kachori

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