Aloo kulcha
Ingredients
- Wheat flour-1cup
- Maida -1 cup
- Baking soda -¼ tsp
- Yogurt - 2tbsp
- Sugar -1tsp
- Potatoes - 3 large
- Green chillies -2
- Red chilli powder -½ tsp
- Amchur powder - ½ tsp
- Garam masala - ½ tsp
- Coriander leaves - few springs
- Sesame seeds - few
- salt to taste
- Water as per required
- Oil
Method
in a mixing bowl take 1 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup all purpose flour, ¼ tsp baking soda, 1 tsp sugar, ¾ to 1 tsp salt or as required.add 2 tbsp curd/yogurt and 3 tsp oil with a spoon or with your hands lightly mix everything add water. the amount of water to be added, depends on the quality of flours. so add accordingly.mix and then begin to knead.knead to a smooth soft dough. cover the dough and keep aside for 2 hours.preparing the potato stuffing:
Cook the potatoes in a steamer or pressure cooker.peel and then mash the potatoes with a potato masher. you can also use a fork to mash the potatoes,add the chopped green chilies, ½ tsp red chili powder, ½ tsp dry mango powder, ¼ to ½ tsp garam masala powder and 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves. substitutes for dry mango powder aree.
mix the spices and herbs with the mashed potatoes very well. check the taste and add more of the salt, green chilies, dry mango powder if required.assembling and preparing aloo kulchas:after 30 minutes lightly knead the dough again.make medium sized balls from the kulcha dough.
sprinkle whole wheat flour on the rolling board and on the dough ball.with a rolling pin, roll it into a diameter of 5 to 6 inches diameter.place the potato stuffing in the center keep 1 inch space all over the circumference.bring the edges together and join them at the center.
press the joined edges top and sprinkle some sesame seeds. press the sesame seeds with your fingers or very lightly with the rolling pin so that they get stuck to the dough.sprinkle some flour. gently roll to a large disc of about 7 to 8 inches in diameter.on a hot tava or griddle, gently place the stuffed kulcha.flip over when one side is partly cooked. spread some ghee or oil on this side. the amount of ghee or oil to be added, depends upon you. you can either add less or more or skip it altogether.flip again and now spread some ghee or oil on this side.press the edges with a spatula to ensure that they are cooked.flip once or twice to ensure even roasting and cooking.
add ½ to 1 tsp of butter and spread it with a butter knife or spoon. prepare all the kulchas with the above method and stack them up.
after making each kulcha, wipe the tawa with a cotton kitchen towel to get rid of the browned or burnt flour particles.
serve these aloo kulchas hot or warm with butter, curd or mango pickle or punjabi chole.
