KEEMAY KI KACHORI

5 from 2 votes

Keemay Ki Kachori is an authentic and special Eid savory snack in our family. It's a ground beef stuffed in special fine flour dough then deep fried.

Prep Time30

Cook Time30

Assembly10

Total Time1 10

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Indian, Pakistani

Keyword: eid kachori, kachori, kachori recipe, keema kachori, keemay ki kachori, keemay ki kachori recipe, keemay ki kachoriyaan

Servings: kachori

Calories: 987kcal

Author: Sarah Mirza

Ingredients

Ground beef Mixture

¼ tsp fennel seeds
¼ tsp cumin seeds
½ tsp coriander seeds hand crushed
½ lbs ground beef
½ green pepper finely chopped
¼ bunch cilantro
1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
⅛ tsp tumeric powder
¼ tsp coriander powder
¼ tsp red chili flakes
¼ tsp red chili powder
a pinch garam masala
½ tsp olive oil extra virgin
2 tsp water
½ tsp salt or as needed

Dough

5 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp ajwain (carom seeds) hand crushed
½ tsp baking soda
2½ cups fine wheat flour Maida (NOT all purpose flour)

Frying

4-5 cups olive oil extra virgin

Instructions

Ground Beef Mixture

In a pot or pan, on medium heat, add the cumin seeds, coriander seeds, and fennel seeds and dry roast them.
Add oil and mix well.
Add ginger garlic paste and mix well.
Next add the ground beef and mix well.
Once the ground beef change its color to brown add tumeric powder, garam masala powder, coriander seeds, salt, red chili flakes, and red chili powder and mix well.
Now add water and mix well.
Cover with lid and let it cook for 10-15 min on low or until it's fully cooked.
After the ground beef mixture is fully cooked mixed in cilantro and green pepper and mix well.
Set aside.

Dough

In a medium size bowl, add flour, ajwain, baking soda, salt, and oil.
Mix it all together until the flour mixture get crumbly. (Make sure it's crumbly it's extremely essential you rub the ingredients that's in the bowl with oil that you put in the pervious step.)
Now add ⅛-¼ cup water gradually until you formed a solid dough.
Now start punching the dough and roll it in; punch and roll it in. Keep on doing that for 2 minutes.
Now apply oil to the whole inside of the bowl and pour some on top of the dough, just few drops will be fine.
Next cover the bowl with the lid and set aside for 15 min.

Stuffing

After 15 min, take the dough out, now make 9-10 medium size balls from the dough.
Now flatten the balls.
Make the edges somewhat thin.
Now shape it like a bowl and place 1 tbsp ground beef mixture in the middle.
Close the dough with ground beef mixture in it twist the top and make it like a pouch.
Now flatten it but don't smash it hard or your ground beef mixture will pop out.

Frying

In a wok (karahi), on medium to low heat, add oil and heat it up.
Once it's heated now turn the stove to medium to low.
Add the keemay ki kachoris.
Deep fry them until they are golden brown on each side.
Take them out of the wok(karahi).
Enjoy!

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