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The basic Indian flatbread Kulcha is greatest loved with a strong Punjabi Chana Masala. This mix was, is and can all the time stay a winner! So, on this submit, I’ve bought my Kulcha Bread so that you can strive at dwelling. It’s a undeniable fact that Amritsar in Punjab homes the very best kulchas on the earth. However this Kulcha recipe of mine may also give a tricky competitors to them! Attempt it.

What’s Kulcha

A well-liked and well-known leavened flatbread from Punjab in North India, it may be plain or stuffed, and may be made within the tandoor (clay oven), baked in an oven or cooked on a tawa or skillet.

Other than Punjab, it’s discovered within the meals cultures of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

This soft-textured flatbread is straightforward to organize and tastes divine. You simply should be slightly affected person until the dough leavens. I’ve cooked these on a tawa, however you can even bake them in an oven. Finest, when you have a tandoor at dwelling, use it.

This flatbread recipe doesn’t use yeast in its leavening. This Kulcha recipe has curd, baking soda and baking powder which helps within the means of leavening the dough.

Since I’m not a fan of the soapy scent of baking soda, I’ve used it in much less amount on this Kulcha recipe. Thus, added baking powder too. Paneer Kulcha and Aloo Kulcha are a few of my favourite stuffed kulchas.

Whether or not plain or stuffed, kulchas style greatest when paired with Amritsari Chole, Chana Masala and even Pindi Chole. You too can have them heat with a cup of tea or espresso.

I additionally love the Delhi fashion Matar Kulcha – a mix of kulcha with a tasty matar curry made with dried white peas.

In the event you like this pairing too, then you could strive the quintessential Chole Bhature and the Bengali particular Luchi with Alur Dom (Aloo Dum) too at dwelling.

Step-by-Step Information

How one can make Kulcha

Make Dough

1. Combine 2.5 cups all-purpose flour (maida), ¾ teaspoon salt, 2 to 2.5 teaspoons sugar, ½ teaspoon baking powder and ¼ teaspoon baking soda in a bowl. Make a nicely within the middle.

2. Add 4 tablespoons yogurt (curd), 2.5 tablespoons oil and roughly ¾ cup water.

3. Start to combine the flour with the liquids first after which begin to knead.

4. Make a clean, supple and mushy dough.

5. In the identical bowl or pan, cowl the dough with a moist kitchen serviette. You too can calmly brush some water on the dough and canopy the pan with a lid.

6. Let the dough leaven for two hours.

7. Flippantly knead the leavened dough once more.

Roll and Make Kulcha

8. Make small balls of the dough and calmly flatten them. Sprinkle some nigella seeds or sesame seeds on the dough ball.

With the rolling pin, flatten the dough and roll every right into a small-sized kulcha on a calmly dusted rolling board.

Don’t roll thinly however hold a medium thickness – like a paratha or bit extra thick than a paratha.

9. Warmth a skillet or tawa on medium-high to excessive warmth. The tawa or skillet needs to be highly regarded. Place the kulcha on the tawa.

10. Cook dinner one aspect partially until it’s ¼ᵗʰ cooked.

11. Flip and prepare dinner the opposite aspect until it’s ½ cooked. Apply oil or ghee on either side of kulcha whereas cooking.

You possibly can skip the oil or ghee in case you favor.

12. Flip a couple of instances as wanted and roast until the kulcha will get golden spots and is evenly cooked. Put together extra kulchas in an identical manner.

13. Serve the Kulcha sizzling with chickpea curry or chole masala. These will also be stacked in a roti basket after which served heat.

Kulcha Vs Naan

Kulcha and naan are the 2 most admired flatbreads throughout India, even the world too. Nevertheless, each these are distinctive of their nature.

Whereas each may be stuffed or plain, after we discuss of the variations between the 2, it’s majorly within the elements, leavening brokers, spices used for every and likewise the feel and thickness. In brief,

• The bottom flour in kulcha is basically all-purpose flour (maida) and in naan is both all-purpose flour or a mixture of each entire wheat flour and all-purpose flour. Naan will also be made solely with entire wheat flour.
• Kulcha is leavened with baking soda, baking powder or each and likewise yeast. Naan is leavened with yeast.
• Naan may be rolled skinny or having a medium thickness, to a tear drop form and cooked in a tandoor. They’ve a mushy or chewy texture. Whereas a Kulcha may be rolled thick or skinny and has a mushy or fluffy texture. Some variations of kulcha even have a flaky texture.

One of many similarities between them is that each Kulcha Bread and Naan are both ready in a tandoor, and will also be made in an oven and tawa.

Kulcha Variations

As we journey via the size and breadth of the Indian subcontinent, we will discover the standard Kulcha with a lot of its variants other than the Amritsari one. Learn on to know extra.

• When milk or curd (yogurt) is used as a substitute of water to knead the dough, leading to a extra softer kulcha. This kind can also be known as Doodhia Kulcha. The fluffy Lucknowi ones are additionally kneaded with milk and ghee.
• Another stuffed model is the Kalari Kulcha, standard on the streets of Jammu – with a crispy, grilled stuffing of the normal Dogri cheese or the Kaladi cheese – additionally known as Maish Krej in Kashmiri. Because of the cheese, this has a stretchy texture.
• A few of the different all-time favourite stuffings embrace potato, onions, paneer (Indian cottage cheese), cauliflower, mint leaves, different seasonal greens and greens.

Professional Ideas

1. Be certain to knead the dough mushy and clean or else the Kulcha Bread will end up chewy.
2. Whereas making the dough for this Kulcha recipe, the quantity of water to be added relies on the standard of flours. So, add accordingly.
3. For greatest outcomes, hold the dough in a heat atmosphere for leavening.
4. To get a restaurant fashion texture on the Kulcha, the tawa or skillet must be highly regarded whereas roasting it.
5. Be certain to wipe the tava with a cotton kitchen towel after making every kulcha to eliminate burnt flour particles.
6. It is a vegetarian recipe. However you’ll be able to even make it vegan by utilizing a plant-based yogurt like almond or cashew yogurt, and roasting it in oil as a substitute of ghee.

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This Kulcha Recipe from the weblog archives first printed in June 2013 has been up to date and republished on December 2022.