Today’s recipe is a very popular North Indian Stuffed Masala Kulcha. It is an appetizing & filling dinner recipe from the regular naan and roti. It tastes soft and delicious with spicy masala stuffing. It pairs up great with yoghurt and pickle.
Lets see.. how to prepare this super simple kulcha at home..!
Ingredients
Maida / All purpose flour -2 cups
Yeast - 1 tsp
Milk - ½ cup
Baking pwd - ½ tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
Oil or ghee - as required
For Masala Stuffing:
Potato - 1
Paneer shredded - ½ cup
Red chilly pwd - ½ tsp
Coriander pwd - 1 tsp
Cumin pwd - ½ tsp
Garam masala pwd - 1 tsp
Amchur pwd - ¼ tsp
Green chilly - 1
Coriander leaves chopped - 2 tbsp
Sesame seeds - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
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Instructions
1.
Sieve all purpose flour and keep ready
2.
Add a tsp of yeast to ½ cup of lukewarm milk
3.
Set it aside for minimum 1 hour
4.
In a mixing bowl, add all purpose flour, salt, baking pwd and sugar
5.
Combine well
6.
To it add yoghurt, yeast mixture and oil or ghee
7.
Knead it to smooth soft dough
8.
Cover it with a damp cloth or cling film and let it rest for 2 hours
9.
For Stuffing:
10.
Meanwhile lets prepare the masala stuffing
11.
Boil the potatoes, peel and mash it
12.
Take it in a mixing bowl
13.
Add grated paneer to it
14.
Add the spices red chilly pwd, coriander pwd, cumin pwd, garam masala pwd, amchur pwd and salt
15.
Add finely sliced green chilly and coriander leaves
16.
Mix well
17.
Divide into equal sized balls
18.
Now make balls out of the dough
19.
Roll it to small disc
20.
Stuff the masala mixture balls and seal the edges
21.
Dust it with flour and flatten these balls to thick parathas
22.
Sprinkle sesame seeds and roll it slightly
23.
To make Kulcha:
24.
Heat a dosa pan
25.
Grease it with ghee/oil
26.
Place the flattened parathas carefully
27.
Fry them on both sides by drizzling oil
28.
Once it is golden brown, remove from flame
29.
Stuffed masala kulchas are ready
30.
Relish hot with yoghurt, pickle or with any spicy gravy