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RECIPE:
Savory Snack: Hot Kachri


Here’s a quick, delicious snack that you can serve to friends and family. Seema Gupta shows you how to make it.


(Above): Hot Kachri [SILICONEER photo]
Ingredients
  • 1 cup canned garbanzo beans
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 inch piece of ginger
  • 8-10 green chilli
  • Salt to taste
  • Pinch of asafetida
  • 1 tsp garam masala
  • 1 tbsp garbanzo flour or besan
  • 2 cups cooking oil

Method

Coarsely grind garbanzo beans in a blender. Make a paste of green chillies and ginger.
Add onion, chili paste, garam masala, asafetida, chana flour and salt, mix well. Make 1-inch-diameter balls and deep fry.

Serve with green chutney or tomato ketchup.


Seema Gupta lives in Fremont, Calif.


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COVER STORY
Unsung Heroine:
Agnes Smedley

American feminist Agnes Smedley played a key role in assisting Indian freedom fighters in the U.S. and in Europe in the beginning of the 20th century, writes Ved Prakash Vatuk.


HUMAN RIGHTS
Humble Heroine:
Mukhtar Mai in Sacramento

Mukhtar Mai was declared Glamour magazine’s Woman of the Year for her fearless stand against sexist oppression. She recently visited Sacramento, and our reporter Ras H. Siddiqui was there.


SUBCONTINENT
Midair Near Misses:
Air Traffic Crisis in India

India’s exponential growth in air traffic is now the cause of a missed mid-air collision every 15 days, writes Siddharth Srivastava.


OTHER STORIES
EDITORIAL: Unsung Heroine
NEWS DIARY: December
PHOTO ESSAY: 2007: Year in Review
OVERSEAS INDIANS: GOPIO Awards
TRIBUTE: Goodbye, Benazir
SCIENCE: A Close Relationship
ETHNIC ISSUES: Study in Contrasts
SUBCONTINENT: India’s New Boom
TRAVEL: Bear Valley, Calif.
HEALTH: Pregnancy 101
COMMUNITY: News in Brief
INFOTECH INDIA: Round-up
MUSIC: Kal Ki Yaadein Concert
AUTO: 2008 Acura MDX
BOLLYWOOD: Taare Zameen Par
BOLLYWOOD: Guftugu
TAMIL CINEMA: Mirugam
RECIPE: Hot Kachri
HOROSCOPE: 2008 Yearly Forecast

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