MACHER KOCHURI RECIPE

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Ingredients:

For the kochuri
2 tblsp ghee
groundnut oil for deep fry 
salt to taste
2 1/2 cup refined flour (maida)
For The Filling
1 inch Ginger
5 cloves Garlic
500 gms Betki Or Surmai Fish
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
1 1/2 tblsp Mustard Oil
1/2 tsp Red Chilli Powder
1/4 tsp Sugar
1 tsp Panch Phoron
Salt to taste

Method:

·    Sieve the flour and salt together.

·    Rub in the ghee and make medium soft dough with water.

·    Keep aside covered with a damp cloth.

·    Grind ginger and the garlic.

·    Steam the fish with turmeric and a little water.

·    Take off the flesh from the bones and mash coarsely.

·    Heat up mustard oil in a kadhai, mix in the ground paste and red chilli powder.

·    Fry for some time.

·    Mix in sugar, salt and fish.

·    Fry, stirring till the mixture becomes dry.

·    Mix in the panch phoron and mix well.

·    Divide the dough into medium sized balls.

·    Roll into thick puris.

·    Put 1heaped tblsp of stuffing in the center of each puri.

·    Gather the sides, make a ball once again and roll into a puri once again.

·    Heat up enough oil in a karhai and deep-fry the puris one at a time.

·    Serve hot.