DISH RESEARCH · Snack

Lilva Kachori

Dassana Amit’s selected Lilva Kachori encloses an own fresh-pigeon-pea filling, own green-chili–ginger–garlic paste, spices, cashews, raisins, coriander, sugar and lemon in an own flour-and-oil dough, then fries the parcels and offers the selected supplied green chutney.

About Lilva Kachori

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Dassana Amit describes Lilva Kachori as a Gujarati winter snack named for fresh tuvar, or pigeon peas. Her selected parcels pair flaky pastry with a soft, lightly spicy, sweet and tangy filling.

Flour, dough salt, oil and water make a rested dough. Fresh pigeon peas are separately rinsed in water and ground to a coarse paste without grinding water.

Green chilies, ginger and selected garlic are crushed together in a mortar. Cumin seeds temper in separate oil before that paste, asafoetida and the same peas join the pan.

Ground cumin, selected optional coriander powder, ready garam masala and filling salt flavor the peas. Off the heat, cashews, raisins, sugar, coriander leaves and lemon juice finish the filling before it cools.

Filling balls are enclosed in dough, sealed, flattened and fried until crisp and golden. The author serves the finished kachori hot or warm; this selection follows the offered supplied green-chutney accompaniment.

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Dish type: Snack
Preparation: Read the preparation
Rub all-purpose flour with dough salt and oil, add water and knead, then rest. Rinse fresh pigeon peas in water and grind coarsely without grinding water. Crush green chilies, ginger and selected garlic in a mortar. Fry cumin seeds in separate stuffing oil, add the same paste and asafoetida, then cook the peas with ground cumin, selected optional coriander powder, ready garam masala and filling salt. Off the heat, add cashews, raisins, sugar, coriander leaves and lemon juice. Cool and shape filling balls, enclose them in the dough, seal, flatten, fry and drain. Serve hot or warm with the selected supplied green chutney.
Serving presentation: hot or warm in Dassana’s finished Lilva Kachori serving instructions

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Ingredients in Lilva Kachori

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Pigeon Peafilling
Wheat flourbase
Vegetable Oilcooking medium
Sesame Seedseasoning
Sugarseasoning
Gingerseasoning
Green onionseasoning
Peanutfilling

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Origins & food traditions

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Countries

India

Cuisines & regions

Gujarati Cuisine

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Cooking traditions: Gujarati / Dassana fresh-pigeon-pea Lilva Kachori

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Lilva Kachori