Amritsari Kulcha Recipe

 Amritsari Kulcha Recipe

About Amritsari Kulcha Recipe: For an authentic North Indian meal, Amritsari Kulcha is a popular naan bread recipe which is perfect to pair with some delicious Chole. A crisp Punjabi delight, stuffed kulchas are the Indian bread, now made healthy with canola oil. Try it out!

Ingredients of Amritsari Kulcha

For the dough:

1 kg refined flour

400 ml water (add more if needed) (kneed all together for pliable dough)

A pinch of salt (optional)

100 ml canola oil

For the filling:

1 cup onion, chopped

1/2 kg potatoes (crushed), boiled

2 tsp ccoriander seeds (crushed), roasted

2 tsp ginger, chopped

2-3 green coriander sprigs, chopped

1 green chilli, chopped

1 tbsp anaar dana seed (crushed)

Lemon juice

How to Make Amritsari Kulcha

1.Make a semi-firm dough with refined flour, water, salt and keep it covered with moist cloth for 1 hour in a cool place.

2.Combine all filling ingredients, except canola oil, and gently fold together. Check seasoning.

3.Dab some oil on your fingers and palms. Using them, make small balls (40-50 g each or size of medium potato) from dough and flatten to stuff with filling. Pack flattened dough with filling just enough to stuff and encase well.

4.With a rolling pin, flatten wedges again.

5.In a medium-hot, non-stick pan, brush wedges with canola oil and cook evenly on both sides. Serve wedges with coriander-mint chutney or curd (optional).