Hinger kochuri/Asfoetida flavoured deep fried puffed breads|| Bengali hing ka kachauri

‘Hing er kochuri’ or asfoetida flavored deep fried puffed breads is a very popular dish from Bengali Cuisine.

Sunday and kochuris are both emotion of a Bengali like me. We live outside India and really miss going to a sweet shop and enjoy this ‘kochuris’. So,started making our own and believe me…they turned out really great. And my greatest compliment I got from my husband that,he haven’t tasted ‘kochuris’ this great till date 😊.

From my kitchen to your kitchen this perfect recipe for hing er kochuri/ asfoetida flavored deep fried puffed breads 👇👇👇

Type- Bread

Preparation time- 20-25 minutes

Cooking time- 1-1:30 minutes each batch (when your oil has reached the optimum temperature 🌡️)

Ingredients for the filing:

1/2 cup sattu/chhatu/parched flour
1/4 th cup water knead a soft dough (it may vary from people to people)
1.5 tsp salt
1.5 tsp hing
1 tsp sugar
1 tbs bhaja masala/dry roast spice powder
1.5 tsp oil

Ingredients for the dough:

1 3/4 th cup all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1.5 tbs sugar
3 tbs oil
1/2 cup water (it varies from people to people)

Procedure for the dough:

In a bowl add 1 3/4 th cups of all purpose flour,1 tsp salt,1.5 tbs sugar
Mix them
Then add 3 tbs oil and again give it a quick mix
Now we need to knead a soft dough by adding water slowly to it
We required around 1/2 cup water
Drizzle 1 tsp oil and brush over the dough and keep it aside

Procedure for the filing:

While our dough is resting,we will knead out our filing
In a bowl add 1/2 cup chhatu/sattu/parched flour,1.5 tsp salt,1 tsp sugar
Add 1.5 tsp hing/asfoetida and mix
We’ll need asfoetida in good amount as it is ‘hing er kochuri’/ asfoetida flavored deep fried puffed breads
Add 1tbs bhaja masala/dry roast spice powder
Add 1 tsp oil and mix it evenly
Now add water spoon by spoon and knead a soft dough
We required around 1/4 cup water
And our filing is also ready

How to make ‘Hing er kochuri’ / asfoetida flavored deep fried puffed breads?

Now both our dough and the filing is ready
Pinch around 25 gm of the all purpose flour dough and flatten it out by giving it a small bowl shape to hold the filing in the center
Again pinch around 10 gm of the filing and place it in the center of the all purpose flour roundel and fold it from all side
Prepare all your roundels with the filing inside
Now roll out with a rolling pin and deep fry until golden brown
Your kochuris are ready to enjoy

We’ve added a step by step video in our YouTube channel 👇👇👇