Potato Kachori For Fasting (Vratki Kachori)

This batata kachori is a nice alternative for people who keep weekly fast or vrat. It is savory tea time snack also.  

हि पाककृती मराठीतून वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक करा.  


Yield- 12 kachori

Ingredients:

• Potatoes, boiled- 4 med. (or 250 gm)
• Arrowroot or sabudana (sago) flour - approx ½ cup (as much required to make a soft dough)
• Red chilli powder- ¼ tsp
• Cumin powder- ¼ tsp
• Fresh coconut, scraped -  ½ cup
• Cashew nuts- 2 tbsp 
• Golden raisins (sulatana, manuka)- 2 tbsp
• Chopped green chillies, finely chopped or crushed- 2
• Cumin seeds -½ tsp
• Sugar- 1 tsp
• Salt- to taste
• Ghee- 2 to 3 tsp
• Groundnut oil or ghee- as required for frying.

Method:

• Soak cashew nuts in water for 1 hour. Then cut into med pieces.
• Mash or grate boiled potatoes.
• In a bowl, add mashed potato, salt, cumin powder, chilli powder and arrowroot flour. Mix well and knead into a soft dough.
• Heat ghee in a pan and saute crushed chilli and cumin. 
• Add cashew nuts and saute a while.
• Add  scrapped coconut  and raisins. Saute for 2 minutes. Add sugar and salt to taste. Mix well.
• Divide the dough and make small lemon sized balls. 
• Grease your palms ,and take a small ball of potato mixture ,and flatten it or give shape like katori. 
• Stuff with coconut mixture and seal properly, and roll in  sago or arrowroot flour.
• Deep fry these kachori's on medium heat till golden brown in colour. 
• Drain on a tissue paper.
• Serve hot with coconut chutney or sweet curd.

Notes:

• These kachoris should be served hot otherwise they become soft and tastes bad.
• You may add chopped fresh coriander in stuffing. 
• You can use sweet potato, arbi (taro root) or raw banana instead of potato. 
• On non-fasting day, you may use corn flour instead of arrowroot flour.
• You may shallow fry them also. But before shallow frying, lightly press on your palms and give them kebab shape. 
• You adjust the sugar quantity as your like. You can use more sugar. Because this kachori known also sweet kachori.
• You can add juice of half lemon.