How to make Upavas Ki Kachori -
Snack for fasts made of unusual combine of potato and sweet potato stuffed with coconut.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Sweet Potatoes (शक्करकंद), Potatoes (आलू)
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Upavas Ki Kachori Recipe Card
Hindi: Aloo
Why is it that when you are stuck at “what should we cook today” the answer is always “make some aloo!” Potatoes are like this…extremely popular and have multipurpose usage.
Well, don’t – it is a surprising source of vitamin C and provides useful amounts of starch, thiamine and niacin and around a hundred grams will provide about eighty calories.
Little did you know!
Prep Time : 16-20 minutes
Cook time : 26-30 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Spicy
Ingredients for Upavas Ki Kachori Recipe
Sweet Potatoes 2 medium
Potatoes 1 medium
Salt to taste
Green chillies 4-5
Ghee 1 tablespoon + to deep fry
Fresh coriander leaves 1 cup
Coconut 1 cup
Nachni/ragi for dusting
Method
Step 1
Clean, wash potatoes and sweet potatoes and then boil them. Peel, mash and pass through a sieve.
Step 2
Add a little salt, mix well and keep aside. Remove stems, wash and finely chop green chillies. Clean, wash and finely chop coriander leaves.
Step 3
Heat one tablespoon of ghee and add chopped green chillies. Remove from heat and add scraped coconut and chopped coriander.
Step 4
Add salt to taste and mix well. Make small roundels of the mashed potato mixture. Flatten the dough and fill the prepared filling in the center.
Step 5
Use up both the mixtures in this manner. Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai. Dust the kachories with ragi flour and deep fry till golden and crisp.
Step 6
Drain onto an absorbent paper. Serve hot with coconut chutney.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 1317 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 101.4 gm
Protein : 10.5 gm
Fat : 96.7 gm
Other : 0
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