AALU KULCHA (POTATO STUFFED BREAD)
INGREDIENTS
FOR THE DOUGH
- Maida - 2 cups
- Wheat flour - 1 cup
- Powdered sugar - 1 teaspoon
- Curd - 1/2 cup
- Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
- Baking powder - 1 teaspoon
- Water for kneading
FOR THE FILLING
- Potatoes (boiled and mashed) - 4-5
- Ginger ( grated) - 1/4 inch
- Salt to taste
- Coriander powder - 1 teaspoon
- Red chilli powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Amchoor powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Garam masala powder - 1/4 teaspoon
- Green chillies chopped - 1
- Coriander leaves (chopped)
- Oil - 1-2 tablespoons
METHOD
FOR THE DOUGH
- In a bowl mix all the ingredients specified above for the dough.
- Knead a soft dough using water.
- Cover it with a damp cloth and keep it aside for 2 hours.
FOR THE FILLING
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Add grated ginger to it.
- As it crackles, add all other spices and chopped green chillies.
- Allow them to crackle for a few seconds.
- Now, add boiled and mashed potatoes to this masala.
- Add chopped coriander to it and mix well.
- Filling is ready to be used for aalu kulcha.
- Keep aside.
FOR AALU KULCHA
- Take a lemon sized ball of the dough.
- Flatten it a little, and add a tablespoon of the potato filling in the centre.
- Seal the dough from all sides.
- Roll it in the form of a chapatti.
- On a hot tawa, add a teaspoon of oil.
- Put the chapatti on the tawa.
- After a minute turn it upside down.
- Apply a little oil on the top.
- Turn it upside down again.
- Repeat the process till it is well cooked from both the sides.
- Once done, apply butter on the top and serve hot.
- There is another method of making tandoori aalu kulcha. Take a smaller ball of the dough and roll it into a chapatti with some potato filling inside. Take a tawa. Apply a little water on the top of the rolled kulcha. Now on a hot tawa place the rolled kulcha such that it gets stuck to the tawa. Now invert tawa on the top of gas flame. Cook till it is well cooked. Once done, remove it from the tawa and cook the other side too. Tandoori aalu kulcha is ready to serve.
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