Khasta kachodi

Ingredients :

• Maida 4 cups
  
• Hot oil 8 tbsp
  
• Oil for frying
  
• Salt to taste
  
• For filling
  
• Moong dal (half boiled) 1 cup
  
• Gram flour 1 cup
  
• Oil ½ cup
  
• Garam masala 3-4 tsp
  
• Salt to taste
  
• Pomegranate seeds (crushed) 2 tbsp
  
• Mango powder 1 tsp

Method

• Heat ½ cup oil in a pan. Add moong dal and stir for 10 minutes. Add gram flour and cook some more. Add garam masala, mango powder and pomegranate seeds.
  
• Add oil and salt to the flour and knead a hard dough. Cover and keep for 10-15 minutes.
• Divide into equal portions. Flatten each ball, put 1 tsp mixture of filling and close. Keep all kachodis covered with a wet muslin cloth.
• Heat oil till it is smoking. Remove from fire and cool. Put it again on low flame.
• Flatten kachodi a little at the top and put in oil one by one. Keep on full flame, when kachodis puff up, lower the flame and turn and fry till golden in colour.
• Cool oil again and repeat the process with rest of the kachodis