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Lilva kachori recipe with tips and tricks | Gujarati lilva kachori | lili tuvar kachori

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Servings 40 small size kachori

Ingredients
 

For kachori outer layer

  • 1 cup maida - all purpose flour
  • 1 cup wheat flour
  • Salt to taste
  • 4 tbsp ghee
  • ½ cup water or as required

For stuffing

  • 2 cups fresh tuvar dana - green pigeon peas
  • 4-5 green chilli
  • 1 inch ginger
  • 3 tbsp green garlic - optional
  • 4 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tbsp white sesame seeds
  • Pinch of hing
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup hot water
  • 3 tbsp roasted gram flour - besan
  • 2 tbsp cashews pieces
  • 1 tbsp kismis pieces
  • ½ cup coarsely crush peanuts
  • ¼ cup desiccated coconut
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon
  • Chopped coriander leaves
  • Chopped green garlic leaves

Other ingredient

  • Oil for frying

For khatti-meethi amchur chutney

  • 1 tbsp dry mango - amchur powder
  • ½ tsp black salt
  • ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • ½ tsp roasted cumin powder
  • ½ tsp chaat masala
  • ¼ cup jaggery
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tbsp arrowroot - tapkir powder + water mixture
  • 1 tsp watermelon seeds - optional

Instructions

For Kachori Dough

  • In a mixing bowl, add 1 cup wheat flour, 1 cup maida, salt, and 4 tbsp ghee. Mix well. Gradually add water and knead into a tight and smooth dough. Cover and rest the dough for 15–20 minutes.

For Kachori Stuffing

  • In a mixing bowl, add 2 cups fresh pigeon peas, 4–5 green chilies, 1-inch ginger, and 3 tbsp white part of green garlic. Mix well.
  • In a small mixer jar, add the mixture in batches and coarsely crush it using pulse grinding. Keep it aside.
  • Now, in a pan, add 4 tbsp oil, ½ tsp cumin seeds, 2 tbsp white sesame seeds, a pinch of hing, and ¼ tsp turmeric powder. Mix well.
  • Add the coarsely crushed lilva mixture and sauté until it slightly changes color.
  • Then add ½ cup hot water, cover, and cook the mixture until the tuvar dana is properly cooked. This takes around 7–8 minutes.
  • Add 3 tbsp roasted gram flour and mix well.
  • Now add 2 tbsp cashew pieces, 1 tbsp kishmish, ½ cup coarsely crushed peanut powder, ¼ cup desiccated coconut, 1 tsp garam masala, 2 tbsp sugar, and 1 tbsp lemon juice. Mix well.
  • Turn off the stove, add chopped coriander leaves and chopped green garlic, and mix well.
  • Let the stuffing cool down completely. When the mixture is slightly warm, make small-sized stuffing balls.

Making Lilva Kachori

  • Divide the dough into three parts. Take one part of the dough and roll it into a large, thin sheet.
  • Cut it with a round-shaped bowl. Prepare 8–9 kachori puris in 1 minute (refer to the video).
  • On a flat surface, place 8 puris at some distance from each other. Apply some water around the edges. Then, place a kachori stuffing ball in the center.
  • Make pleats and gather them into the center. Pinch and seal tightly.
  • Similarly, shape the rest of them. On the other side, heat oil for frying on medium heat.
  • Once the oil is hot, fry a few kachoris at a time until they are crispy and golden brown on all sides.
  • Remove them using a slotted spatula and place them on a paper towel-lined plate to absorb excess oil.
  • Serve hot or warm with chutney.

Making khatti-meethi amchur chutney

  • In a pan, add amchur powder, black salt, red chilli powder, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala, jaggery and water. mix well.
  • Place pan on gas and cook till jaggery is completely dissolved.
  • Now in a bowl, add arrowroot (tapkir) powder and water. mix well and add mixture gradually into chutney.
  • Immediately chutney starts thickness. Switch off the gas.
  • Take chutney into a bowl and add watermelon seeds to it.
  • Khatti-meethi chutney is ready.

Notes

  1. Use a small mixer jar to coarsely crush lilva dana.
  2. Coarsely crush lilva dana in the mixer jar using pulse grinding.
  3. Add slightly hot water so the dana absorbs it, cooks, and becomes soft.
  4. Roasted besan provides binding for the kachori stuffing. You can use crushed gathiya powder or roasted chana dal powder as an alternative.
  5. Roasted peanut powder enhances the taste and absorbs moisture from the kachori stuffing.
  6. Make stuffing balls while the mixture is slightly warm.
  7. You can add boiled and mashed potatoes if the stuffing does not bind properly.
  8. Adding maida gives a crispy texture to the kachori.
  9. If making kachoris with wheat flour, add some rava to the dough.
  10. Knead a tight dough for the kachori.
  11. Fry the kachoris on a medium-low flame.