Kache kele ke samose is a wonderful jain option and can be had anytime of a year. For the jain who follow no onion no garlic no root veggies in Chaumasa or chaturmas which is holy period of four months when people do fasting , Observe religious duties this is perfect snack they don’t have to worry about the potato filling . As it is the rainy season jain monks would halt in a place for 4 months and won’t wander as it might kill insects and organisms which we can’t see with our naked eye. We won’t shift our homes too for this 4 months. So some people do follow no onion no garlic no roots diet for 4 months and we always have to break our heads to cook for them as I said earlier I am a onion garlic lover and would have to betray them. Raw bananas are perfect substitute for making the potato dish to a jain version, even pani pooris in stalls serve Jain pani poori no a days which has sprouts , channa or raw banana as filling. Jain foods have gotten very popular in chennai at least I see so many restaurants serving wonderful jain meal.
I have been wanting make jain dishes for my blog from so long but am so fond of onion and garlic that I just didn’t get over them, am glad I chose this theme for this month it is a joy making my own versions of recipes. While thinking about No onion No garlic I wanted to include some chaat and fried snacks as well. I have already posted kachoris so thought making a jain version of samosa. Though we are fond of aloo stuffing samosa raw banana tastes very close to it. I had also made a rajasthani special Jaipuri pakoda chaat which is my non fried version of chaat. Initially For letter J I had planned to make Jain kofta curry but then my hubby would love having snacks after he come’s home from office so I decided I should make him some snack and ended up making these two delicious chaat and tea time favorite snack. Oh am so glad that I made these today , they came out yummy and you won’t miss the traditional potato filling for sure. I am thoroughly enjoying cooking for the this theme and thinking of ideas to make No onion No garlic versions for snacks, these will save me some time from thinking when i want to make some no onion no garlic dishes no roots dishes. I have some nostalgic memories about school were we learned first how to make made samosas , my teacher would always say perfect samosa are the ones which doesn’t have too many pimples poping out .. but yeah we will sure get some pimples eating them but I never cared :P..
Jaipuri pakoda chaat is a rajasthani street food chaat which is sold by many hawkers or vendors there, I had seen this recipe in a book from tarla dalal and adapted the recipe but did tweak it a lot.
How to make Jain Jaipuri Pakoda chaat (Non fried Chaat) ?
- Take equal quantity of dal ( Chilke wali moong dal, yellow moongdal, Urad dhal) in a bowl and soak it for 2-3 hours
- After they soak well grind it in to a thick batter with some cut green chillies and salt.
- Heat a paniyaram pan, pour in some oil , then the batter in each cavity.
- Cook them in low flame , flip and cook the other side as well.
- Cook the pakodas till slightly brown, Once cooked remove them from the pan.
- Cut each pakodas to half place it in a bowl, add chopped cucumber, tomatoes, chaat masala.
- Drizzle some green chutney and meethi chutney.Pour in beaten curd with some salt.
- Sprinkle some ompodi and masala channa, red chilli pd , kala namak and the chaat is ready to serve.
Coming to the Jain Kache kele ke samose recipe …
Ingredients
For Dough
- Maida – 2 1/4 cup
- Oil / Ghee – 1/4 cup ( I used oil)
- Carom seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as Needed
- Oil for Frying
For Filling
- Raw banana /Kachhe kele – 2 medium ( I used Burro)
- Peas – 1/2 cup ( boiled)
- Whole coriander – 2 tbsp
- Fennel seeds – 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves – 1/2 cup
- Green Chillies – 3 no
- Red chilli pd – 1 tsp
- Turmeric pd – 1/4 tsp
- Coriander pd – 1/4 tsp
- Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
- Cashew and raisins – few chopped
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 2tbsp
Method
- First make the dough, Combine maida, salt, carom seeds oil and mix them well.
- This step is so important to get the samosa crust right, it is called getting the dough to bread crumb consistency.
- If you press some flour in your fist it should hold its shape.
- Add water little by little and make a stiff dough. Cover and let it rest for an hour.
- Till then make the filling, Grind the whole coriander and fennel in a mixer . Just pulse it twice we just want them to be coarse.
- Grind green chilli and coriander leaves in the mixer and keep it ready.
- Cut the top and bottom part of the Raw banana cut it into two and boil them in water till a knife goes into them easily or they cook well.
- Peel the cooked raw banana and mash them well .
- In a sauce pan heat oil add the ground green chilli and coriander paste and saute them well.
- Add the coarse coriander and fennel mixture, red chilli pd , turmeric pd,coriander pd, garam masala , cashew and raisins and saute the masala in low flame, till it leaves out nice aroma.
- Add the mashed raw banana and Mashed boiled peas and mix them well.
- Add salt and cook them for 5-10 mins till the masala gets combined with the mashed banana.
- After they combine well turn off the heat and keep it aside so the filling cools down completely.
- Knead the dough well again and make it smooth, divide the dough to equal parts.
- Roll the dough to not to a circle or a oblong circle shape. Divide them to two part.
- To shape the samosa keep a bowl of water ready to seal the ends.
- Brush some water using your finger in half cut part of the dough and bring the two ends together forming a cone.
- Put in the filling inside the cone and press lightly. Brush some water in the corners and press both ends well , see to that the ends are sealed well if not it will leak out the filling while frying.
- Shape all the samosas like so and keep them uncover for 15-20 mins .
- Heat Oil in a frying pan or kadai, make sure the oil is not too hot .
- Drop the samosas 3 or if your pan is big more samosas and fry them in a low flame.
- Turn them at and cook them till they turn golden brown in color.
- Remove them and drain them on a kitchen towel.
- Serve them hot with any green chutney or ketchup or meethi chutney.
- Maida - 2¼ cup
- Oil / Ghee - ¼ cup ( I used oil)
- Carom seeds - ¼ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Water as Needed
- Oil for Frying
- Raw banana /Kachhe kele - 2 medium ( I used Burro)
- Peas - ½ cup ( boiled)
- Whole coriander - 2 tbsp
- Fennel seeds - 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves - ½ cup
- Green Chillies - 3 no
- Red chilli pd - 1 tsp
- Turmeric pd - ¼ tsp
- Coriander pd - ¼ tsp
- Garam masala - ½ tsp
- Oil - 2tbsp
- First make the dough, Combine maida, salt, carom seeds oil and mix them well.
- This step is so important to get the samosa crust right, it is called getting the dough to bread crumb consistency.
- If you press some flour in your fist it should hold its shape.
- Add water little by little and make a stiff dough. Cover and let it rest for an hour.
- Till then make the filling, Grind the whole coriander and fennel in a mixer . Just pulse it twice we just want them to be coarse.
- Grind green chilli and coriander leaves in the mixer and keep it ready.
- Cut the top and bottom part of the Raw banana cut it into two and boil them in water till a knife goes into them easily or they cook well.
- Peel the cooked raw banana and mash them well .
- In a sauce pan heat oil add the ground green chilli and coriander paste and saute them well.
- Add the coarse coriander and fennel mixture, red chilli pd , turmeric pd,coriander pd, garam masala and saute the masala in low flame, till it leaves out nice aroma.
- Add the mashed raw banana and Mashed boiled peas and mix them well.
- Add salt and cook them for 5-10 mins till the masala gets combined with the mashed banana.
- After they combine well turn off the heat and keep it aside so the filling cools down completely.
- Knead the dough well again and make it smooth, divide the dough to equal parts.
- Roll the dough to not to a circle or a oblong circle shape. Divide them to two part.
- To shape the samosa keep a bowl of water ready to seal the ends.
- Brush some water using your finger in half cut part of the dough and bring the two ends together forming a cone.
- Put in the filling inside the cone and press lightly. Brush some water in the corners and press both ends well , see to that the ends are sealed well if not it will leak out the filling while frying.
- Shape all the samosas like so and keep them uncover for 15-20 mins .
- Heat Oil in a frying pan or kadai, make sure the oil is not too hot .
- Drop the samosas 3 or if your pan is big more samosas and fry them in a low flame.
- Turn them at and cook them till they turn golden brown in color.
- Remove them and drain them on a kitchen towel.
- Serve them hot with any green chutney or ketchup or meethi chutney.
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Priya Suresh says
Omg, thats last click is too temptingManju, thats a fabulous raw banana filling, and am sure this samosa will definitely please my tastebuds. ANd that pakoda chaat is killing me. Seriously i cant take my eyes from your both dishes. Very tempting to the core. And the prefect shape of the samosas wowwing here da, you rock gal.
Vaishali says
Wow ! Two Jain snacks ! We do make the JAIN Samosas and they are so close to the potato ones that it is hard for people to know . The pakoda chat is a new one for me , I have never heard of it and it does sound like a typical North Indian chat .
Both the recipes are excellent and I am bookmarking this post to make them soon . And not to miss the beautiful drooling clicks :))
Gayathri Kumar says
Both the samosas and the jaipuri chat looks awesome Manjula. As usual you have done an amazing job and love those samosa clicks. Want to grab it off screen.
harini says
I have never heard or imagined samosas with aw banana filling. It is awesome choice for Jains. Both the chaat and samosa are new to me and would love to taste them.
Sandhiya ThirumalaiKumar says
Those jain samosa looks perfect on every level, Manjula. You nailed every one of the recipe that you have posted here, the somasas looks cripy & flaky and very inviting too. As usual love your clicks. For Jain Jaipuri Pakoda chaat, you’re using paniyaram pan right? , appam pan is a typo i think.
manjulabharathkumar@gmail.com says
Oh yeah !! Thank you sandhiya , updated the post:)
Padmajha PJ says
Wow!Two dishes for the alphabet! The samosas look perfect and teh pakoda chaat is really drool worthy. Amazing clicks as usual Majnula!
Sharmila Kingsly says
Both the dishes looks awesome.. Such a hardwork and brilliant clicks..
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
You are killing us with your samosas and I would have never thought about filling the samosa with raw banana. I would definitely love to try both the recipes and as always awesome clicks.
Srivalli says
Both the dishes are so sinful Manjula..never made with raw plantain. but surely love to try this..the clicks are amazing yaar..simply too good!
kalyani says
yum yum ! lovely samosa to tick our palate.. well made.. I have had a lot of jain dishes from this samosa to bhajias to pav bhaji where raw banana has replaced potato and find that the jain version is better 🙂
Mayuri Patel says
Two recipes in one..that’s a bonus. Love both of them. I just realized after reading the samosa recipe that for Jain food its so easy to replace the potatoes with raw banana. Love the pakodi chaat and using the paniyaram, makes it healthy.
sapana says
Wow the raw banana filling sounds super tempting and I love how crispy and tasty your samosas are looking.
Priya Srinivasan says
KalAkare Po! Inge 1 pannave naaku thalluthu, madam 2 snack panni kalakungo !
Lovely Manju! I m loving that jaipuri chat! And man your samosa are so perfect in shape!! Kudos to your enthusiasm ??
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
Good to read about the Jain dishes Manjula. Th e pictures are just making me drool and this is a great choice for the alphabet. Both the samosa and the chat looks delicious.
preeti garg says
Never thought about raw banana as filling in samosa ,.. looks so tempting.