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Punjab · Breakfast

Kulcha

Traditional 37. Kulcha recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 3 cups maida (plain flour)
• ½ tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ cup yogurt
• 2 tbsp ghee
• Water as needed
• 3 boiled potatoes, grated
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• ½ tsp coriander powder
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp amchur (dried mango powder)
• ¼ tsp ajwain (carom seeds)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp black salt
• ½ tsp ginger paste
• 2 green chillies, chopped
• 2 tbsp fresh cilantro

👩‍🍳 How to make Kulcha

1. Combine dry ingredients (1 min, room temp): Mix maida, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, salt.
2. Add wet ingredients (2 mins, room temp): Add yogurt and ghee, knead with water into smooth, soft dough.
3. Oil and rest (30 mins, room temp): Oil dough surface, cover with moist cloth, rest 30 minutes.
4. Prepare filling (2 mins, room temp): Mix grated potato with spices until well-combined and thick.
5. Divide and stuff (4 mins, room temp): Divide dough into 10 portions, stuff with potato filling, seal edges.
6. Roll (3 mins, room temp): Roll stuffed dough uniformly to disc shape.
7. Apply toppings (1 min, room temp): Apply water on back, sprinkle kalonji seeds, sesame seeds, cilantro.
8. Flame cook (1 min, open flame): Alternatively, hold kulcha with tongs directly over open flame for char (15-20 secs per side).

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