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<div>{{short description|Indian spicy food item}}<br />
{{more citations needed|date=April 2012}}<br />
{{Infobox food<br />
| name = Kachori<br />
| image = Dal ki kachoriyan.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| caption = Dal Kachoris<br />
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| country = [[Bhojpuri region]], [[India]]<br />
| national_cuisine = [[Indian cuisine|India]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladeshi cuisine|Bangladesh]], [[Pakistani cuisine|Pakistan]]<br />
| creator = <br />
| course = <br />
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| main_ingredient = [[gram flour]], [[moong dal]]<br />
| variations = lachhedar kachori, sweet upwas kachori, dahi-kheerey ki kachori<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090329/jsp/opinion/story_10738120.jsp The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Opinion | Diary]. Telegraphindia.com (2009-03-29). Retrieved on 2012-05-19.</ref><br />
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'''Kachori''' ({{IPA-hns|kətʃɔːɽi|pron}}) is a spicy [[Deep frying|deep-fried]] snack, originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]], and common in places with [[Indian diaspora]] and other [[South Asian diaspora]]. Alternative names for the snack include kachauri, kachodi and katchuri.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/samosas-from-sindh-kachoris-from-old-delhi/article8172596.ece Samosas from Sindh, kachoris from Old Delhi, R. V. SMITH, The Hindu, January 30, 2016]</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Kachori is supposed to have originated in [[Hindi belt]] region of India. In these states it is usually a round flattened ball made of fine flour filled with a stuffing of baked mixture of yellow [[moong dal]] or ''urad dal'' (crushed and washed horse beans), ''besan'' (crushed and washed [[gram flour]]), [[black pepper]], red [[chili powder]], [[salt]] and other spices.<br />
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[[Banarasidas]], the author of biographical ''Ardhakathanaka'', has mentioned buying Kachoris in Indore in 1613.<ref>Banarasidas, Ardha-Kathanaka, verses 335-342</ref> For seven months, he bought a [[Ser (unit)|ser]] of Kachoris daily, and owed twenty rupees.<ref>Nathuram Premi, Kavivar Banarsidas viracit Ardha Kathanaka, Bombay, Hindi Granth Ratnakar, 1957</ref><br />
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==Variations==<br />
Kota Kachori from [[Rajasthani cuisine|Rajasthan]] is probably the most famous kachori in the state. The [[Pyaaj Kachori]] (onion kachori) is also very popular. Another form of Kachori in [[Jodhpur]] is the Mawa Kachori, invented by the late Rawat Deora. It is a sweet dish dipped in sugar syrup.<br />
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In [[Gujarat]], it is usually a round ball made of [[flour]] and [[dough]] filled with a stuffing of yellow moong dal, [[black pepper]], red chili powder, and [[ginger]] paste.<br />
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In [[Delhi]] it is often served as [[chaat]]. Delhi also has another kind of kachori, called 'Khasta kachori' or 'Raj Kachori'.<br />
'was'' (fast) kachori, made with potato, coconut, and sugar. Kachoris are often served with a chutney made from tamarind, mint, or coriander. Another type is fried and stuffed with pulses (urad and moong especially) and is generally found in the Kutch region of Gujarat.<br />
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In West Bengal and Bangladesh, a kachori (often pronounced kochuri) has a quite different variation. In West Bengal, kachori is softer and smaller. It is made mostly of white flour (maida) and asafoetida (hing), which are often added to make it extremely tasty. It is mostly eaten as a tea-time snack in the morning or evening often accompanied with tasty potato-peas curry and Bengali sweets. Also, a kachori stuffed with peas (koraishuti kochuri) is a winter delicacy in Bengal. Another variant in Bengal that exists mostly in sweet shops is the hard form (like in Delhi) with a masala inside called 'Khasta Kochuri'. Generally, no curry is accompanied by the khasta kochuri version.<br />
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Some of the variants in [[North India]] include a version similar to the Rajasthani one, accompanied by a curry made of potatoes and varied spices or even chana (chole) similar to one served in [[chole bhature]].<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery mode="packed" style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%; border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;" heights="210"><br />
Kachoris - Kolkata 2012-01-13 8321.JPG|Kachoris in [[Kolkata]],<br />
Club Kachori.JPG|Club Kachoris in [[Kolkata]].<br />
Raj Kachori Street Food.JPG|Raj Kachori, popular street food<br />
Shahi Kachori.jpg|Shahi Kachori<br />
Raj Kachori Haldiram.jpg|Haldiram Raj Kachori<br />
</gallery><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of stuffed dishes]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Commons category|Kachori}}<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Indian Dishes}}<br />
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[[Category:Rajasthani cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani fast food]]<br />
[[Category:Indian snack foods]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradeshi cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Indian fast food]]<br />
[[Category:Bihari cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:North Indian cuisine]]<br />
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