Haridwar wali kachori aur aloo ki sabzi is a delicious poori sabzi available for breakfast in Haridwar. The kachoris are crisp and thick, stuffed with a spicy lentil masala mix. They serve along with spicy potato gravy.
I adapted my Haridwar wali kachori from here and also read about how it is available in the streets of Haridwar. The Pawan Kashyap, kachori wala who has a brisk business. You know the food is good and hygiene in the given conditions by looking out for a good street vendor who has a beeline surrounding the stall.
These crispy kachoris are thick with spicy lentil masala stuffing. They break the pooris into smaller pieces and serve in a light and spicy gravy of aloo. The vendor tops it with some fried chili and some green chutney. If you ask for it, a serving of sweet tamarind chutney is served as well. The plates used to serve these dishes are made of fresh leaves, called the dona and it is environment friendly for sure!
Typically these crispy kachoris have some side dishes like the Aloo Jhol, Sukhi Aloo Subzi along with Sitapal Subzi, and in some places even the Dhaba Style Chana Masala
In the Haridwar Street Food, I have these stuffed pooris, while it's another delicious breakfast spread on C4AS.
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Recipe
Haridwar wali Kachori
Ingredients
For the Kachoris
- 2 cups Wheat Flour
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Ajwain
- Water to knead
For the stuffing
- 1 cup Urad dal
- 1 inch Ginger
- 2 nos Green Chilies
- 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
- Salt to taste
- Cooking Oil for deep frying
Instructions
For the Urad filling
- Wash and soak the urad dal for 2 hours. Drain and grind to a paste that is not very smooth along with ginger, green chilies, and salt.
- Take the ground paste and microwave for 4 to 5 minutes in an interval of a minute as you stir it well. Once the paste reaches the dough consistency you can remove and keep it aside.
- Traditionally the paste is fried to get a browned and dehydrated mix. The smoky flavour comes out after frying in a hot flame.
For the Kachoris
- Take the flour in a wide bowl along with salt, ajwain, and hing.
- Add warm water and slowly knead to a stiff dough.
- Now divide the dough and stuffing into equal balls
Stuffing the pooris and frying
- Flatten the dough balls on the sides, place a dough ball in the center.
- Enclose from all sides and seal the stuffing well.
- Heat a Kadai with enough oil for deep frying.
- Gently slide the stuffed pooris and fry on both sides.
- Drain the pooris on a kitchen towel.
- Serve with aloo ki sabzi.
vaishalisabnani says
These pooris sound so delicious , the lentil used in most pooris is either urad or moong dal , but it is the spices that make the difference - also the dough makes them different .
We love eating them at the ghat after a bath , along with some malpuas and halwa ! Takes me back to good old days when we could travel .
Harini Rupanagudi says
Wow! These pooris and kachoris all sound similar with very subtle differences. As vaishali pointed out these will be amazing with malpuas and halwa just as with the aloo jhol.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
I am so tempted to make stuffed pooris now. At the same time, I am kind of confused between kachoris and pooris now. 🙂 Anyways be it kachoris or pooris I am all up for it. Nicely done Valli.
Renu says
Yes dona is a very common thing in the north and I love to eat in that. we even have green leaves plates and generally, in weddings, food is served in that. The Kachori looks yum