INGREDIENTS:

2 cup refined wheat flour (maida)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp soda bi-carbonate (baking soda) 2 tbsp oil + to fry
salt as per taste
1/2 cup water
1" piece of ginger
2-3 green chillies
1/3 cup split black gram (urad dal)
soaked for 2-3 hrs preferably overnight
a pinch asafoetida (hing)
1 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp cumin powder
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 tsp fennel powder (saunf)
1/2 tsp sugar
4 tbsp ghee

METHOD
Sieve flour with baking powder,baking soda and salt.Add 2 table spoon of ghee and rub between your palms to get bread crum texture. Knead into medium soft dough with water. Cover it with the wet cloth and set aside.

Finely chop ginger and green chillies.Coarsely grind urd dal using a little water (thick mixture).Heat little oil in a kadai .Add chopped ginger,chopped green chillies,asafoetida and all the powdered masala.Stir well add ground dal.Cook till all the moisture is almost dried up.Add sugar and salt and mix well.Remove off the flame.Let the mixture cool.

Make 12 balls of the flour dough.Flatten each ball between your palms so that they are thinner around the edges and thick in the centre .Place a little stuffing in the centre and bring the edges together to form a ball . Flatten slightly.Heat oil in a kadai.Fry kachoris on a slow flame till golden brown and crisp.Serve with tamarind chutney