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Matar Kachoris | Fried Pastry with Spiced Green Peas Filling

Published: Mar 10, 2017 · Modified: Apr 21, 2017 by Manju · This post may contain affiliate links · 6 Comments

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Crispy fried pastry dough pockets filled with spiced fresh green peas, sprinkled with some chat masala is what you need to escape from this cold dreary weather.

Matar Kachoris

Kachoris are not something I ate growing up. The first time I ate Kachoris was in my early 20s and I felt cheated on not knowing about this lip smacking snack for all my life. The first time I saw someone make it was when a dear friend of mine called me over to her house just because a friend was visiting her and making kachoris. I know, my friends are awesome that way.

She used margarine to mix into the dough and made some delicious kachoris. But I never use margarine otherwise and I couldn’t really bring myself to buy just to make some kachoris. I could have used butter, but then I wasn’t sure and I didn’t put much thought into it.

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Recently, I was sitting with a friend of mine at my kitchen island and we were having some chai and chatting away. Eventually the topic of discussion became food and I was telling her how I want to go and live somewhere in Northern India for a couple of years just to enjoy all the wintery goodness. Having lived all around Southern India all my life, the seasons we had were just hot, hotter and hottest with a sprinkling of monsoons in between. I never really experienced cold winters till I came here to the US. So, the whole concept of winter eating in India is new to me.

Anyway, this friend of mine that I was having chai with, told me about how they would eat hot matar kachoris in winter with the fresh green peas they would get. Just hearing her describe it made me want to make and eat some then and there.

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A week later I went to Trader Joes and found these beautiful fresh English peas and all I could think of was to buy some to make matar kachoris. So I did! I bought them and I made matar kachoris. And the day I decided to make them turned out to be gorgeous. Not a gorgeous day. But a gorgeous day to eat fried stuff – a.k.a, cold and rainy day! I made them, made some hot chai and we all ate so many that we had to skip dinner that day! Smile

This was my first time making Matar Kachori, usually it is a Paneer Tikki or Hush Puppies or Pakodas or something else like that.

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That is some step by step pictures of how I made the kachoris. After that last step here, just fold it, flatten it and deep fry.

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Matar Kachoris – The Recipe

Ingredients:

For the dough
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup sooji / semolina
  • 4 tablespoon ghee
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¾ to 1 cup ice cold water
For the matar filling
  • 2 cups fresh English Peas / Green Peas
  • 2 Thai Green Chillies / 1 Serrano
  • 1 inch piece cube ginger
  • 2 tablespoon grapeseed oil
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • ½ teaspoon coriander powder
  • ½ teaspoon asafetida
  • ¼ teaspoon black salt / kala namak
  • ¼ teaspoon amchur / dry mango powder
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ cup cilantro
  • salt, to taste

2-3 cups grapeseed / sunflower oil for deep frying

Method:

Mix the flour, semolina, ghee and salt together. Add water a little by little to form a dough that is moist and holds together but not sticky. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 mins.

Wash and drain the green peas. Grind to a coarse paste with the green chillies and ginger.

Heat the 2 tablespoon oil in a sauté pan and add the ground mixture and all of the spice powders and salt. Chop the cilantro finely and mix it in to the green peas and masala mix. Sauté for a couple of minutes till the raw scent of the spices goes away. Remove from heat and keep aside.

Now heat the oil for deep frying in a pan. Make small lime sized balls out of the dough. Flatten a little on the palm of your hands. Take about 2-3 tablespoon of the filling and place it in the center of the dough. Bring all the edges of the dough together on top and flatten it again between your palms.

Check if the oil is hot by dropping a tiny piece of dough into the oil. If it sizzles immediately and rises up in a few minutes, then the oil is hot enough. Place the dough with the filling gently into the oil. Flip over after 2-3 minutes. Do not keep the oil on high heat as the outside of the kachoris will brown soon and the insides would not have cooked well. Let it cook on the other side for a couple of minutes as well and then drain on to paper towels.

Repeat with the rest of the dough and the filling. You may have a little left over filling, which you can use as a filling for a paratha later on.

Matar Kachoris

Matar Kachoris | Fried Pastry with Spiced Green Peas Filling

Crispy fried pastry dough pockets filled with spiced fresh green peas, sprinkled with some chat masala is what you need to escape from this cold dreary weather.
5 from 1 vote
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Course: Appetizer / Snack
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 10 -12 kachoris
Author: Manju
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup sooji / semolina
  • 4 tablespoon ghee
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¾ to 1 cup ice cold water
  • For the matar filling
  • 2 cups fresh English Peas / Green Peas
  • 2 Thai Green Chillies / 1 Serrano
  • 1 inch piece cube ginger
  • 2 tablespoon grapeseed oil
  • 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  • ½ teaspoon fennel seeds
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon garam masala
  • ½ teaspoon coriander powder
  • ½ teaspoon asafetida
  • ¼ teaspoon black salt / kala namak
  • ¼ teaspoon amchur / dry mango powder
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • ¼ cup cilantro
  • salt , to taste
  • 2-3 cups grapeseed / sunflower oil for deep frying

Instructions

  • Mix the flour, semolina, ghee and salt together. Add water a little by little to form a dough that is moist and holds together but not sticky. Cover with a damp kitchen towel and let it rest for 30 mins.
  • Wash and drain the green peas. Grind to a coarse paste with the green chillies and ginger.
  • Heat the 2 tablespoon oil in a sauté pan and add the ground mixture and all of the spice powders and salt. Chop the cilantro finely and mix it in to the green peas and masala mix. Sauté for a couple of minutes till the raw scent of the spices goes away. Remove from heat and keep aside.
  • Now heat the oil for deep frying in a pan. Make small lime sized balls out of the dough. Flatten a little on the palm of your hands. Take about 2-3 tablespoon of the filling and place it in the center of the dough. Bring all the edges of the dough together on top and flatten it again between your palms.
  • Check if the oil is hot by dropping a tiny piece of dough into the oil. If it sizzles immediately and rises up in a few minutes, then the oil is hot enough. Place the dough with the filling gently into the oil. Flip over after 2-3 minutes. Do not keep the oil on high heat as the outside of the kachoris will brown soon and the insides would not have cooked well. Let it cook on the other side for a couple of minutes as well and then drain on to paper towels.
  • Repeat with the rest of the dough and the filling. You may have a little left over filling, which you can use as a filling for a paratha later on.
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  1. Natalie says

    April 21, 2017 at 1:35 pm

    This sounds really delicious. Love the flavors and spices you used in this recipe. I like veggie filled pastry, so I'll be making this very soon for my family and me.

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    • Manju says

      April 21, 2017 at 2:17 pm

      Thank you Natalie

      Reply
  2. Sarah says

    April 21, 2017 at 11:22 pm

    5 stars
    These sound delicious and look impressive to make. My sister in law is a vegetarian and I bet she'd love these!

    Reply
  3. Helene D'Souza says

    April 23, 2017 at 4:30 am

    5 stars
    I have been looking for a muttar kachoris recipe! Great timing. I think I would enjoy them as a snack inbetween with masala chai.

    Reply
  4. Tiffany says

    April 23, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    5 stars
    This looks absolutely delicious and you can tell from all of those spices that this is going to be bursting with flavor! Peas are my favorite so I need to try this 🙂

    Reply
  5. Sam | Ahead of Thyme says

    April 23, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    5 stars
    Yum! I have never tried this pastry but the flavours sound delicious!

    Reply

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