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Sattu kachori

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Crisp fried pastries stuffed with tangy, spiced sattu, a popular teatime snack in Bihar.

Region: BiharOccasion: Evening snack; festivalsTime: 50 minServes: 4Vegan

Ingredients

  • 2 cups maida or wholewheat flour
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp ajwain
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 cup sattu
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 2 green chillies, chopped
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • ½ tsp nigella seeds
  • 1 tbsp pickle oil or mustard oil
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • Oil for deep-frying

Method

  1. Rub the oil into the flour with ajwain and salt and knead with water into a firm dough. Rest for 20 minutes.
  2. Mix sattu with onion, chillies, ginger, nigella, pickle oil, lemon juice and salt.
  3. Flatten a ball of dough, fill with the sattu mixture, seal and press gently into a thick round.
  4. Fry on low-medium heat for 8–10 minutes until golden and crisp all over.
  5. Serve hot with tamarind or coriander chutney.

History

Sattu is used in many forms in Bihar; the kachori is a street-food version of the litti filling.

Significance

Sattu kachori is sold at snack shops across the State and made at home when guests arrive.