🇮🇳 Indian Cuisine

Kulcha

Stuffed Leavened Bread

Prep Time 60 minutes
Servings 4
Difficulty medium
Calories 300 kcal

A leavened flatbread from Punjab, often stuffed with spiced potato, onion, or paneer filling. Amritsari Kulcha from Amritsar is the most famous variety, baked in a tandoor and served with chole.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix flour, yogurt, baking powder, salt, sugar, and oil into a soft dough. Rest for 2 hours.
  2. 2 Prepare filling: mash potatoes with onions, green chilies, coriander, and spices.
  3. 3 Divide dough into balls. Roll out, place filling, seal, and roll again gently.
  4. 4 Slap onto the inner wall of a hot tandoor or cook on a hot tawa with butter.
  5. 5 Serve hot with chole, pickle, and onion rings.

Did You Know?

Amritsari Kulcha is so famous that food lovers travel specifically to Amritsar for the kulcha-chole combination served at famous old shops.