Halwai August 12, 2024

Ingredients:

• For Kulcha:
• White flour – 100 g
• Curd – 100 ml
• Cooking soda – A pinch
• For Chole:
• Onion – 50 g
• Oil – 2 g
• Channa – 100 g
• Onions – 40 g
• Tomatoes – 20 g
• Ginger – A small piece
• Garlic – A few flakes
• Tamarind – 5 g
• Cinnamon – A small piece
• Cloves – 2
• Cardamom – 2
• Bay Leaf – A small piece
• Black pepper – 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds – 1 tsp
• Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
• Oil – 2 tsp
• Salt – To taste

Method:

  1. Make dough out of white flour and curd, adding a pinch of soda and salt.
  2. Keep it overnight.
  3. Roll out chapattis.
  4. Place a spoonful of chopped onions and close it.
  5. Roll out thin chapattis and cook on a hot tawa (This can be made without onion stuffing as plain kulcha).
  6. Soak channa overnight.
  7. Grind all the ingredients except tamarind.
  8. Heat oil and fry the paste well.
  9. Add channa and cook for 10 minutes.
  10. Pressure cook with a little water till done.
  11. Add tamarind extract, salt and chilli powder.
  12. Garnish with onion rings and chopped coriander leaves.
  13. Serve hot with kulchas.

Recipe courtesy of Mrs Usha