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