Corn Kachori / Spicy Corn Puffs

Homemade Indian puff pastry stuffed with mildly spiced corn filling.

INGREDIENTS-

• Corn kernal-1.5 cup
• Pressed rice/poha-3 tbsp
• Green chilies-2
• Grated ginger-1tsp
• Chili powder-1 tsp
• Garam masala-1/4 tsp
• Lemon juice-1.5 tsp
• Salt-1 tsp
• Cooking oil-2 tbsp
• Cumin seeds-1 tsp
• Asafoetida-1/4 tsp

Dough-

• Refined flour-2 cup
• Semolina-1/2 cup
• Cooking oil-4 tbsp
• Baking powder-1/4 tsp
• Salt-1 tsp

PROCEDURE-

1. Grind corn kernals coarsly in the mixer and finely chop green chilies .
2. Wash thick poha in a colander and keep aside .(wash only once )
3. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin and asafoetida,when cumin start crackling,add chopped green chilies.saute for few seconds.
4. Now add crushed corn and grated ginger and saute for a minute.
5. Add poha and all the spices and saute till mixture dries up
6. Now add chopped coriander and mix well.
7. Take out the mixture in a bowl and let it come to room temperature.
8. Dough-In a bowl add refined flour,semolina ,oil and salt,rub and mix well.
9. Now add water and make a soft dough,cover and rest the dough for 15 minutes.
10. Make small balls from the dough, then take a ball and flatten it slightly and stuff 2 tsp of mixture in it.
11. Pull  all the sides and close properly and make a neat ball.
12. Dust with little flour and roll the ball slightly to make a  medium thick round disc.
13. Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the kachori's on medium heat till golden in colour.
14. fry 2 or 3 kachori's at a time,don't crowd the pan otherwise they will not puff up well.
15. Drain on a paper napkin  and serve hot.

Serving suggestions- Serve with Potato Curry, Yogurt and Chutney.