Aloo Pyaz Kachori

5 from 17 votes

Aloo Pyaz Kachori or Onion Potato Dumplings are popular Indian snack with crispy and flaky texture on the outside and spicy, delightful and flavorful filling on the inside. A perfect snack item to prepare during Diwali and Holi!

Prep Time30

Cook Time30

Resting Time30

Total Time1 30

Course: Appetizer, Snack

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: Kachoris

Calories: 267kcal

Author: Kushi

Ingredients

For The Dough

2 cups All purpose flour or Maida
4 tablespoon Oil or Ghee
1 teaspoon Salt

For The Filling

2 tablespoon Oil
1 tablespoon Coriander Seeds
1 tsp Cumin Seeds
1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds or Saunf
1 clove Garlic finely chopped
1 Onion finely chopped
1 Green chile finely chopped
4 tablespoon Chickpea flour or Besan
½ Onion thinly sliced
1 teaspoon Red chile powder
1 teaspoon Chaat Masala or Lime juice
2 Potatoes boiled and mashed
Asafoetida or Hing, a pinch
1 teaspoon Sugar
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

For Sweet Banana Chutney (Optional serving suggestion)

⅓ cup Brown sugar or Jaggery
½ tablespoon Tamarind lemon sized ball, adjust to taste
1 Long Banana mashed
½ teaspoon Coriander seeds crushed or powdered
¼ teaspoon Cumin seeds crushed or powdered
¼ teaspoon Saunf or Fennel seeds powdered or crushed
Salt or Black salt, to taste
¼ teaspoon Chaat Masala optional

For Red Chile Garlic Chutney

6 cloves Garlic
10 to 12 Dry Red chile
Salt to taste

Instructions

Step I

In a bowl, add flour, salt, oil and mix it together. Now add water little by little and knead it form a soft dough. Cover this and keep it aside for 30 minutes.
2 cups All purpose flour, 1 tsp Salt , 4 tbsp Oil

Step II

Using mortar and pestle crush coriander seeds, cumin seeds, saunf to a coarse powder.
1 tbsp Coriander Seeds, 1 tsp Cumin Seeds, 1 tsp Fennel Seeds
Add 2 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add crushed powder from above and saute on medium flame until aromatic.
2 tbsp Oil
Add garlic, finely chopped onions, green chile and saute till onion becomes brown in color.
1 clove Garlic, 1 Onion, 1 Green chile
Add chickpea flour and saute till you get nice aroma. Switch off the flame.
4 tbsp Chickpea flour
To this mixture add thinly sliced onions, red chile powder, chat masala, boiled potatoes, hing, sugar, salt to taste and mix well. Let this cool down for sometime.
½ Onion, 1 tsp Red chile powder, 1 tsp Chaat Masala, 2 Potatoes, Asafoetida, 1 tsp Sugar, Salt

Step III

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat for frying. Wait until it gets nice and hot.
Oil
Pinch lemon sized ball from the prepared dough and flatten it in your palms.
½ tbsp Tamarind
To this add around 1 tablespoon of prepared filling at the center. Get the edges together and seal by pressing it.
Next, gently press the edges using your fingers or rolling pin and roll to form a kachori about 4 inch diameter.

Step IV (Double Fry)

Depending on the size of the pan add the rolled kachoris and fry on high flame 20 seconds on each side.
Transfer it to paper towel, and let it cool for few minutes.
Transfer the fried kachoris back into the oil and fry them a second time on medium-low to low flame until they are crisp and golden brown (this may take about 15 mins, keep flipping every 5 mins)
Kachoris are now ready. Serve with chilies, onions some hot chutney and sweet chutney.

For Sweet Banana Chutney

Bring 1 ½ cup of water to boil. To this add brown sugar or jaggery, tamarind, mashed banana, salt, crushed coriander, saunf and jeera.
⅓ cup Brown sugar, 1 Long Banana, ½ tsp Coriander seeds, ¼ tsp Cumin seeds, ¼ tsp Saunf or Fennel seeds, Salt, ¼ tsp Chaat Masala
Simmer this for 10 to 15 minutes or till you get the desired thickness.
Let it cool down completely. Refrigerate and use as and when needed.

For Spicy Red Chutney

Soak red chiles in hot water for 15 to 30 minutes.
10 to 12 Dry Red chile
Grind garlic cloves, soaked red chile with pinch of salt and about ⅓ cup of water to smooth paste.
6 cloves Garlic, Salt
Transfer it to a bowl. Refrigerate and serve as and when needed.

Notes

Follow the steps to get the crispy and flaky kachori but feel free to vary all the spices as per your taste.

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