Aloo Kulcha
Aloo Kulcha is a typical north
indian bread usually eaten with curd, pickle n chole. They are made with maida
flour dough, filled with mashed potatoes and lots of spices are
rolled into a flat bread. Traditionally they are baked in an earthen clay oven
called as Tandoor. This is also what you can call Dhabba food..This is a good variation too aloo paratha and is great for feeding your kiddos as well..
Ingredients:
dough
dough
- 2 cups maida
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp yogurt
- 3 tbsp milk
- ½ tsp sugar
- 2-3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp oil
- 3 boiled and grated potatoes
- 1 tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp amchur
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp jeera powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp kalonji
- butter/ oil
- 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Method:
A)Making the dough
Sieve the maida, baking powder, baking
soda and salt in a bowl and mix curd, sugar and oil in it. Mix the
ingredients well with hands. Knead the flour with luke warm water to
make a smooth dough. . Apply oil to the dough and keep it in a deep
pan. Cover the bowl with clean towel and keep it at a warm place for
30 min. The dough to make kulcha is ready.
B)Make the stuffing
While the dough is resting, lets make of potato stuffing. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes. Mix salt, coriander powder, amchoor powder, red chilli powder,and jeera powder with the mashed potatoes. The stuffing for the kulcha is ready.
While the dough is resting, lets make of potato stuffing. Peel and mash the boiled potatoes. Mix salt, coriander powder, amchoor powder, red chilli powder,and jeera powder with the mashed potatoes. The stuffing for the kulcha is ready.
C)Make the kulcha
Make 10 round balls of the dough and the potato mixture.
Make 10 round balls of the dough and the potato mixture.
Take one ball of the dough and roll it
into a flat disc of 3 inch. Put the potato mixture ball on the disc
Fold and close the disc from all the sides to make a stuffed
dough ball.Place kalonji and chopped coriander leaves on the top of
the ball. Sprinkle some dry flour to allow topping to bind to kulcha.
D)Cook the Kulcha on the panPlace the pan over the stove and grease it with little oil. Put the kulcha in the pan and roast it until it turns brown from the bottom surface. Pour some oil or ghee on the upper surface once the lower surface turns brown. Roast the upper surface directly on open flame just for few seconds till its browned and cooked. Prepare all the kulchas in the same manner.
Serve the Potato stuffed
kulchas with curd, pickle or chole
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