Koraishutir Kochuri Recipe (Deep-fried flatbread with stuffed peas)

Koraishutir kochuri  is a spicy snack popular in various parts India including Uttar-Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bengal and Orissa. This is the most popular bengali breakfast dish. The usual Bengali way which uses less masala.... that gives the actual flavor of the fresh peas.
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Total time: 30 min     Prep time: 10 min

Ingredients:

 1 cup all-purpose flour (Maida)
1/4 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Sugar
2 tbsp Butter/Melted Ghee (optional)
1/2 cup Warm Water or as needed
For stuffing
1/4 kg Peas (shelled)
1 inch Ginger
4 small Green Chili
4 tsp Aniseeds (saunf)
1/4 tsp Asafetida
Salt to taste
Vegetable Oil /Ghee for deep frying

Preparation:

1.    Take a large bowl to blend the flour with melted ghee, salt and sugar. Use enough water to make stiff but pliable dough. Cover this dough with wet cloth and keep aside.
2.    Grind the peas, ginger, green chili and aniseeds to a fine paste. Fry the asafetida till light brown. Mix in the peas paste and salt. Fry well till the paste is cooked. Take off from heat up and let it cool.
3.     Now knead dough a little again. Make small balls of the dough and cover them with damp cloth for 5 minutes. Press each ball in the center and fill it with the pea mixture. Close the opening well and flatten.
4.    Take one ball of dough and dip a corner of ball in melted ghee or oil and roll it out into 5 inches round. Repeat the same process to roll out all round dough.
5.    Heat plenty of oil in a pan/kadhai until very hot. Put in round dough and immediately start flickering hot oil over the top of it with a spatula so that it will swell up like a ball.
6.    This should take only a few seconds. Flip the round dough over and cook the other side until golden brown.
7.    Serve hot with vegetables curries or ghugni.