Koraishutir Kochuri | Bengali Stuffed Peas Pooris
Koraishutir kochuri is a pea stuffed maida poori from Bengali and is one of the finest delicacies you can enjoy from their cuisine.
Ingredients
For the Outer Layer
- 2 cups All Purpose Flour / Maida
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Ghee
For the Peas Stuffing
- 1 cup Peas Fresh
- 3 to 4 no Green Chillies
- 1 inch Ginger
- 1 long Bay leaf
- 1 tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 Cloves
- 2 long Dry Red Chillies
- 2 tsp Ghee
- Salt to taste
- A Pinch Asafoetida / Hing
- 1/4 tsp Garam Masala
- Cooking Oil for Deep Frying
Instructions
For the Outer Layer
- Knead the flour with salt and ghee with enough water to make a soft dough.
- Keep it aside with a muslin cloth covered
For the Peas Stuffing
- Heat a nonstick pan and dry roast the clove, red chilies, bay leaf, and cumin seeds. Powder it to a fine powder once it cools down.
- Since I used frozen peas, I blanched it in Microwave for 5 mins.
- Once the peas cool down, add it to the spice powder along with ginger, green chilies. Add little water as required to make a fine paste.
- Heat a nonstick pan with ghee and temper with hing.
- then add this ground paste and dry cook it.
Making the Koraishutir Kochuri
- Divide the dough into equal balls.
- Flatten the ball and stuff with small balls of the stuffing.
- Seal well and roll it to a 4 inch circles.
- Heat a kadai with oil and when hot, gently drop in the pooris and cook on both sides.
- Serve with dal.
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