Matar Paneer Kachori Recipe, How To Make Matar Paneer Kachori

Matar paneer kachori -Crispy Fried shells stuffed with Peas and Cottage Cheese

Matar Paneer Kachori is a snack which is a favorite of everyone who loves fried Indian foods. During any festival we all make some thing savoury and spicy along with sweets. Kachori is always in the to do list of my festival preparations.

I love flaky khasta kachoris and make them with different types of filling. Khasta means crisp and  flaky . These stuffed kachori’s are very crisp and stay like this for a long time.Mostly they are stuffed with soaked and coarsely ground urad ki daal/ white lentil or with mashed paneer or boiled mashed potatoes .

In my hometown Mathura Urad daal ki khasta kachori’s are very popular.Today I have tried a spicy green pea and paneer (farmer’s cheese/cottage cheese) filling to make kachori which was liked by everyone in the family.

I have also posted –

• Corn Kachori 
• Moong daal khasta Kachori
• Mathura ke Dubki wale aloo
• Urad daal kachori
• Aloo ki khasta kachori
• Moong Sprout Kachori
• Bengali Style Matar Kachori
• Raj Kachori

Prep time – 15 min
Cooking time – 20 min
Cuisine – Indian
Yields – 12 kachoris
Type-snack

INGREDIENTS-

• Refined flour/maida – 2 cups
• Cooking oil – 3.5 tbsp
• Lemon juice – few drops
• Salt – to taste

Filling-

• Green Peas, blanched – 3/4 cup
• Cottage cheese/paneer – 125 gms
• Green chilies, chopped – 1 tsp
• Mint leaves, chopped – 8
• Fresh coriander, chopped- 3 tbsp
• Asafoetida – 1/4 tsp
• Cumin Seeds – 1tsp
• Chili Powder – 1tsp
• Mango Powder- 3/4 tsp
• Turmeric Powder- 1/4 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Cooking Oil – 3 tsp

PROCEDURE-

1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds.
2. When cumin become golden add turmeric, chopped green chilies and peas,stir and cover and cook for 2 minute.
3. Mash the peas with a ladle and then add all the spices and stir.
4. Now add crumbled paneer, mint and coriander and mix quickly.
5. Remove the filling in a bowl and keep aside.
6. Take a big bowl and add refined flour,salt and lemon juice and mix all.
7. Add enough water to make a soft dough ,cover and rest for 15 minutes.
8. Make small balls from the dough,flatten them a little with the rolling pin.
9. Put  about 1 tbsp of stuffing in the center and then pull the sides to cover and and make a neat ball.
10. Stuff all the kachoris and keep aside.
11. Heat enough oil in a deep and heavy pan.
12. When oil become hot,put the flame on medium and add few kachori in it.
13. Fry kachori on medium flame (don’t crowd the pan) till they become crisp and golden.
14. Drain the fried kachori on a paper napkin and serve