Sama Kachori Recipe for Navratri - Samak Kahocri - Upvas ki kachori

Samo rice kachoris are crusty, flaked deep fried kachoris stuffed with tangy-spicy potato masala. Samak kachori will make everyone drool for sure.

Ingredients

Samo rice – less than 1 cup (150 grams)

Potatoes – 2 (medium sized)

Green coriander – 2 tbsp (finely chopped)

Oil – 2 tbsp

Roasted cumin powder - ½ tsp

Black pepper powder - ¼ tsp (freshly crushed)

Sendha salt – 2/3 tsp or to taste

Green chilly – 1 (finely chopped)

Oil – for frying kachoris

Directions

Getting ready:

1.Grind the soaked sama rice in a mixer jar into a fine paste. Add water is required.Rinse the potatoes thoroughly with water and pressure cook them. Then peel off their skin and mash the potatoes finely with the hand.

Making:

2.Place a non-stick pan on flame and transfer the samo rice paste into it. Now keep stirring constantly and roast it on medium flame until it thickens. Turn off the flame now and transfer it to a bowl so that it cools down completely.

3.Now add sendha salt into it along with 3 tsp of oil and knead to make soft dough. Add 1 tsp of water into it and keep kneading until it turns soft. Cover the dough and keep it aside to set.

4. For stuffing, add sendha salt into the mashed potatoes followed by chopped green chilly, crushed black pepper, roasted cumin powder and chopped green coriander. Mix well and stuffing is now done and ready .Now divide the dough into small lemon sized balls.Grease your hands with some oil and take a dough ball. Roll it out into smooth peda and then flatten giving it a bowl shape.

5.Place 1 tsp of stuffing, lift the edges of the dough and join it at the center, closing the stuffing. Again flatten it slightly by pressing it between the palms. Place it on a plate and similarly, stuff the rest of the kachoris.

6.Heat enough oil in a wok to deep fry the kachoris and gently slide as many kachoris as possible into the wok. When fried from beneath, flip their sides and continue frying until they turn golden brown in color, evenly. Lift up the fried kachoris with the slotted ladle and transfer them on kitchen paper towe. Lip smacking Samo rice kachoris are now done and ready.

Serving:

7. Serve these crispy and tantalizing samo rice kachoris steaming hot along with curd and dates chutney for fast and Enjoy!

Suggestions

Knead soft dough. Stuff the kachoris and close it really well.

Fry the kachoris on medium hot oil so that they turn crispy.

For 9 to 10 kachoris

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