The kachori thali is very famous across Uttar Pradesh. The meal consists of urad dal stuffed puris/kachoris, potato sabzi, kaddoo (pumpkin) sabzi, lauki (bottleguard) ka raita and methi (fenugreek) chutney. It's almost a compulsion to make it whenever my whole family is together. Here's the recipe for you. A little hard work is required but it'll pay off once you eat it.
Kachori
Ingredients:
4 cups wheat flour
Oil
Salt
For filling-
200 gms urad dal
2 tspns saunf (fennel)
1 tspn methi (fenugreek seeds)
3-4 dry red chillies
1/2 tspn heeng (asafoetida)
1 tspn corriander seeds
Salt to taste
Recipe:
Mix all the ingredients for the filling and grind them dry. Add water and make it like dough.
Add half tspn salt and 2 tbspns oil in flour, pour some water and knead it tightly. Take some dough, fill little stuffing and roll it flat like a puri. Heat oil in pan and fry these puris till they are crisp and brown.
Aloo ki sabzi
Ingredients:
5-6 medium sized potatoes (boiled and peeled)
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn fennel
1 pinch of heeng
1 tspn coriander powder
1 tspn dry mango powder
Salt to taste
1 tbspn oil
Recipe:
Heat oil in a deep pan, add cumin seeds, fennel, heeng and let them split. Mash the potatoes with hand and them in the pan. Add salt, coriander powder and dry mango powder. Pour atleast 500 ml water and let it boil for 15 minutes.
Kaddoo ki sabzi
Ingredients:
1/2 kg kaddo (pumpkin) cut into small squared pieces
1 tspn methi
1 pinch of heeng
3 dry red chillies
1 tspn dry mango powder
1 tspn coriander powder
Salt to taste
50 gms jaggery
1 tbspn oil
Ingredients:
Heat oil in a pan. Split heeng, methi and red chillies in oil. Add kaddoo and rest of the ingredients and let it cook for 15 minutes on low flame.
Lauki ka raita
Ingredients:
1 medium sized lauki
1/2 kg curd
2 tspns sugar
Salt to taste
1 tspn red chilly powder
1 tspn cumin powder
Recipe:
Grate lauki and boil it in a pressure cooker adding two cups of water. Take it out once done. Drain out the water and mix the lauki with curd. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Methi ki chatni
Ingredients:
100 gms methi (soaked in water for 3 hours)
100 gms tamarind (soaked in water for 15 minutes)
5 green chillies finely chopped
1 pinch of heeng
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn sugar
Salt to taste
1/2 tbspn oil
Recipe:
Heat oil in a pan, add heeng, cumin seeds and chillies and let them split. Drain out water and add methi too. Add rest of the ingredients and tamarind pulp and let it cook for 10 mins.
A typical North Indian kachori thali is ready. Now its time to get a taste of all your hard work.
Have fun and Happy Diwali.
Kachori
Ingredients:
4 cups wheat flour
Oil
Salt
For filling-
200 gms urad dal
2 tspns saunf (fennel)
1 tspn methi (fenugreek seeds)
3-4 dry red chillies
1/2 tspn heeng (asafoetida)
1 tspn corriander seeds
Salt to taste
Recipe:
Mix all the ingredients for the filling and grind them dry. Add water and make it like dough.
Add half tspn salt and 2 tbspns oil in flour, pour some water and knead it tightly. Take some dough, fill little stuffing and roll it flat like a puri. Heat oil in pan and fry these puris till they are crisp and brown.
Aloo ki sabzi
Ingredients:
5-6 medium sized potatoes (boiled and peeled)
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn fennel
1 pinch of heeng
1 tspn coriander powder
1 tspn dry mango powder
Salt to taste
1 tbspn oil
Recipe:
Heat oil in a deep pan, add cumin seeds, fennel, heeng and let them split. Mash the potatoes with hand and them in the pan. Add salt, coriander powder and dry mango powder. Pour atleast 500 ml water and let it boil for 15 minutes.
Kaddoo ki sabzi
Ingredients:
1/2 kg kaddo (pumpkin) cut into small squared pieces
1 tspn methi
1 pinch of heeng
3 dry red chillies
1 tspn dry mango powder
1 tspn coriander powder
Salt to taste
50 gms jaggery
1 tbspn oil
Ingredients:
Heat oil in a pan. Split heeng, methi and red chillies in oil. Add kaddoo and rest of the ingredients and let it cook for 15 minutes on low flame.
Lauki ka raita
Ingredients:
1 medium sized lauki
1/2 kg curd
2 tspns sugar
Salt to taste
1 tspn red chilly powder
1 tspn cumin powder
Recipe:
Grate lauki and boil it in a pressure cooker adding two cups of water. Take it out once done. Drain out the water and mix the lauki with curd. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Methi ki chatni
Ingredients:
100 gms methi (soaked in water for 3 hours)
100 gms tamarind (soaked in water for 15 minutes)
5 green chillies finely chopped
1 pinch of heeng
1 tspn cumin seeds
1 tspn sugar
Salt to taste
1/2 tbspn oil
Recipe:
Heat oil in a pan, add heeng, cumin seeds and chillies and let them split. Drain out water and add methi too. Add rest of the ingredients and tamarind pulp and let it cook for 10 mins.
A typical North Indian kachori thali is ready. Now its time to get a taste of all your hard work.
Have fun and Happy Diwali.
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