Peas stuffed Poori /Bengali Matar Poori

This one is my favorite bengali dish "peas stuffed poori" aka "motor kochori". A poori with different style, ideal for breakfast,lunch or dinner.

Serves :- 4-5
Ingredients :-
 For dough:

• All purpose flour /Maida- 2 cup
• Wheat flour/Atta- 2 cup
• Carom seeds(ajwain) - 1 tsp
• Cooking Oil -2 tbsp
• Clarified butter/ghee-2 tbsp
• Salt-1 tbsp

 For Stuffing:

• Peas -2 cup
• Cooking oil-2 tsp
• A pinch of hing(asafoetida)
• Green chillies chopped (according to taste)- 4
• Ginger grated - 1 1/2 tbsp
• Cumin-1/4 tsp
• Cumin(jeera) powder-1 tsp
• Coriander(dhania) powder-2 tsp
• Red chilli powder(according to taste)-1 tsp
• Roasted cumin(jeera) powder-2 tsp
• Salt(according to taste)

Process:

•   For making dough take wheat flour and all purpose flour(maida) in a bowl(parat)

• Add ghee, oil, salt and carom seeds(ajwain) in the flour and mix well

 

• Add water slowly and prepare the dough, dough should not be very soft or hard, add 1 tsp oil on top of prepared dough, cover it and keep it aside for half an hour

• For stuffing preparation take 1 cup water in a pan, add peas 2 cup, salt 1/2 tsp and boil it for 5 min

• Drain the water from peas and let it cool down 

• When peas cooled down then put it in a bowl and mash it as shown in the picture below

• Grate ginger and chop green chillies

• Heat the pan and put 2 tsp oil in the pan

 

• Add a pinch of hing(asafetida)  and 1/4  tsp cumin(jeera)

 

• Add chopped green chillies and stir

• Add ginger paste and stir

• Add cumin(jeera) powder , coriander (dhania)powder , salt  2 tsp ( according to taste) and mix well

 

• Add mashed peas and mix well , let it cook for 5 min on medium heat

 

• Add roasted cumin(jeera) powder and  mix well

 

• Keep stuffing aside and let it cool down
• Heat the oil in kadai

 

• Prepare small dough balls by rolling it and make a place for stuffing as shown in the pictures below

• Fill the stuffing and close it and roll it like poori with little bit oil on the top of balls

• Now oil should be properly hot, put rolled poori in heated oil and deep fry it from one side

• Flip it and fry it from other side as well

• Take it out on a plate and it's done, prepare more like it
• Serve hot with chutney or any curry!!