Corn kachori and fried chillies.
Naiduniya Representative, Indore (Bhutte ki Kachori). ‘Pani Baba came, brought cucumber and corn’, this saying changes a bit in Indore. Here the saying ‘Corn season came, brought lots of dishes’ seems to be more meaningful. The reason is that the number of corn dishes made in this city is probably not made in any other city.
In between the journey from roasting corn to eating sweet corn and crispy corn, corn stops here for many dishes that have their own influence. Be it corn kees, corn bhajiya, corn laddu, corn sandwich or corn kachori.
Indore city is fond of salty snacks
Corn halwa is also made in homes in large numbers. Since the city is more fond of namkeen than sweets, hence the number of namkeen dishes made from corn is also more here and one of these is corn kachori.
Kachori is made from Desi corn kernels
A different world of taste resides in the lane near Maharaja Complex in Kothari Market, where you will get hot Bhutte ki Kachori in any season. Although here Kachori is also made of moong dal, potato, onion, asafoetida, garlic, but Bhutte ki Kachori is a little special, because here Kachori is made from local corn kernels.
It started in 1972
It can be enjoyed here at ‘Aggarwal Kachori’. In the year 1972, Purushottam Agarwal started a water-sweets stall here. After two-three years, he also started making kachoris and started making corn kachoris along with dal kachoris.
Cloves and black pepper add spice to it
People liked it so much that the journey of taste has continued from then till now. Purushottam Agarwal’s son Jitendra tells that kachori is made from local corn, so the sweetness in it remains balanced. Just like corn kris is made, corn is also grated for making kachori. After this, it is seasoned with cloves, black pepper etc.
Homemade garam masala is added, which enhances the taste even more. There is no shortage of corn stuffing in kachori. When kachori was first made, its price was 50 paise and even then people used to eat it with great relish.
For those who like to eat less spicy food, we add chutney
Actually, eating hot Bhutte ki Kachori with fried green chillies has its own fun. Only then the real taste of Kachori is known, but for those who like less chillies, chutney is added on it.
The chutney is made of dry mango powder and green coriander. Onion shavings are also added to it which enhances its taste. The pleasure of eating kachori with friends amidst the raindrops increases manifold.