Tanzanian Kachori

Name: Tanzanian Kachori
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Tanzanian
Ingredients: 1 cup split lentils; 2 cups flour, for dough; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp chili powder

Kachori/kah-CHOH-ree/

About this dish

Deep-fried lentil-stuffed pastries, crisp outside and spiced within, a coastal Tanzanian snack.

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Ingredients

🫘1 cup split lentils

🌾2 cups flour, for dough

🌿1 tsp cumin seeds

🌶️1 tsp chili powder

Method

Serves 2

Cook the lentils with spices until soft, then mash into a filling.

Make a simple dough from flour and water.

Roll small portions of dough, fill with the lentil mixture, and seal into balls.

Deep fry until golden and crisp.

Serve warm with chutney.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kachori reflects Indian culinary influence on Tanzania's coast, a popular fried snack with a spiced lentil filling.

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