Amritsari kulcha ( Punjabi Cuisine)

So when taking about so much of Amritsar how can I forget to share the recipe of world famous and off-course favourite bread of Amritsar with you guys so here is the recipe of the Amritsari Kulchas .

Ingredients ( For the dough)

½ Cup Maida ( All purpose flour)

½ tsp carom seeds

½ tsp yeast – Mixed in little bit of water

Salt – to taste

1 tsp vegetable oil

Luke Warm Water – for knead a dough

( Mix all the ingredients mentioned above all together and knead  a soft dough out of it and cover it with the wet muslin cloth and keep it aside for half an hour ) and in the mean time start preparing for the stuffing .

Ingredients  ( For Stuffing )

1 Boiled Potato ( Mashed )

½ Onion ( finely chopped)

1 Green chili ( Chopped)

Coriander Leaves ( Finely chopped)

½ tsp –Carom Seeds

Pinch of Red chili Powder

½ tsp Cumin Powder

Pinch of Garam Masala Powder

½ tsp Dry Mango Powder

Salt – to taste

( Mix all the ingredients mentioned above for the stuffing and keep them aside )

How to cook

• ·         Take the dough and divide it into two equal portions. Roll each portion into a ball and then flatten it by using a rolling pin. Place a spoonful of stuffing in the center of the flatten dough and close it . Sprinkle some flour over it and roll it into an owl shape paratha .

·         Switch on the gas and now heat pressure cooker. Dip the fingers in a little water and moisten one side of the kulcha and  gently press the moistened side of the kulcha into the inner wall of the pressure cooker,

·         Place the pressure cooker upside down over the gas burner and cook the kulcha on high flame for 2 minutes and then on low flame for 2 minutes

• ·         Now turn off the gas and take out the kulchas gently with the help of extractor and brush it with melted butter and serve hot.
• ·         Taste good with Raita or curd 

Happy cooking !