Winter is already at its peak & to beat the cold the most common practice that we Indians follow is to consume hot tea a number of times a day . If on one fine winter day you get hot kachoris along with your regular tea & home made green chutney or pickle ...... isn't it icing on cake...this recipe is for all those lovely winter days which you spent with your family...relish together
Heat a wok. Add a tbsp oil & splutter cumin seeds . Add asafoetida , ginger & chili cook for 1 min & add peas. all other spices, black pepper,dry mango powder & salt to taste. Cook covered for 6-7 min . Stir in between. Once done let it cool & grind.
Mix 1 tbsp oil on flour & rub the flour with both hands. Take a hand full of flour & clench your feast.It should form a ball in your hand.Now add some salt into it & make a dough with some water. Keep it aside covered for 15 min.
Again heat a wok. Add oil for deep frying. Roll a ball of dough upto 3 inch diameter and fill 1 tsp stuffing. Collect the roll from all ends & seal it on center & again roll it upto 4-5 inch. Kachori should not be too thin.
Deep fry in hot oil. Repeat the process with rest of the dough. Serve hot with green chutney, pickle or tea.
Notes
Do not put too much stuffing because it may break kachori while deep frying.
Instead of cooking whole peas you can first ground them with all the spices & then fry it to stuff.
You can also stem or microwave peas & ground them with all spices.