Sattu kachori

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.