Paneer Kulcha with Burnt Garlic & Mint Chutney BM#4 Day 2

Paneer Kulcha is a delicious Indian style bread which tastes amazing with chole (or any curry!). In fact, it is so yummy that you can serve it some garlic and mint chutney or just some pickles and watch it disappear from the plate 🙂

N loves kulchas, absolutely loves any kind of kulchas. The plain kulcha, onion kulcha , paneer kulcha – any form of kulcha. So, sometime back I took it on myself to make the yummiest possible kulcha at home and I am proud to say I did it. I managed to create the yummiest paneer kulcha ever.

And I served it with an equally yummy burnt garlic and mint chutney. I am usually in love with green chutneys in all forms and keep on experimenting with them a lot.  So when I saw this recipe, I knew it was something I had to make and I am glad I did, because it was among the best mint chutneys I have had. So here is the recipe of the burnt garlic and mint chutney adapted from Tandoori Cooking @ Home by Sanjeev Kapoor.

What I used

• 6-7 cloves of garlic
• 1 cup of mint leaves roughly chopped , stalk removed
• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 tsp black salt or acc to taste
• 1/2 cup curd
• handful of coriander leaves

How I made it

• Heat oil in a pan and add crushed garlic to it. fry for about 1 minute.
• Add the black salt to it and fry till it turns totally burn, the idea is to burn it.
• Add this to the rest of the ingredients and grind to chutney consistency.

One of the best things about kulchas I love is the kind of fillings you can put in them. Make it slightly sweet with some dry fruit filling or make it spicy with some potato filling. Make it a bit rich with some creamy and cheesy filling or make it healthy with some vegetable filling! Any filling works for kulchas. And they taste so amazing! Honestly, I think kulchas don’t need any curry to go with them. You can make them and serve with some pickles or chutney. I have even seen people eating kulchas with tomato ketchup. But, of course, nothing beats the combination of chole kulche of the north of India. There are handcarts and roadside vendors who sell such amazing chole kulche. And what amazing taste!

Before, I go on and on, let me just stop and share the recipe of this paneer kulcha with you.

Recipe : Paneer Kulcha (Adapted from Tandoori Cooking @ Home by Sanjeev Kapoor)

Paneer Kulcha with Burnt Garlic & Mint Chutney BM#4 Day 2

Paneer Kulcha is a delicious Indian style bread which tastes amazing with chole (or any curry!). In fact, it is so yummy that you can serve it some garlic and mint chutney or just some pickles and watch it disappear from the plate 🙂

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Course breads

Cuisine north indian, punjabi

Ingredients

  

For the dough

• 1 cup Maida all purpose flour
• 1 cup Atta whole wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• to taste salt
• 1/4 tsp ajwain
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 tbsps curd
• 1 tbsp oil

For the filling

• 250 gms paneer grated, approximately 1 cup (I used home made paneer, I love it the best)
• 1 onion small chopped
• 2 green chillies chopped
• to taste salt
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powder
• 6 to 7 cloves garlic
• 1 cup mint leaves stalk removed, roughly chopped
• 1/2 tsp salt black salt according to taste
• 1/2 cup curd
• handful coriander leaves

Instructions

 

• Sift the flours together with baking powder and salt. Mix everything apart from oil and knead till soft for about 5 minutes. If you feel the dough is hard ,add some more milk or water.
• Add the oil and knead again, till about incorporated. Cover with a wet muslin cloth and keep aside for at least one hour.
• In the meanwhile, mix all ingredients of the filling and keep aside.
• Divide the dough into balls of the size you make paranthas (I got about 7 kulchas from the dough)
• Place the balls of the dough on the lightly floored chakla or directly on the counter whatever you prefer, flatten it a little and add ball of filling to the small. Repeat for all the dough.
• Keep the prepared balls aside for about 5-10 mins.
• Roll them and bake in a preheated oven at 180C for about 12 mins or till done.
• If you want the top more browned heat it directly on the flame too for 30 seconds.
• Heat oil in a pan and add crushed garlic to it. fry for about 1 minute.
• Add the black salt to it and fry till it turns totally burn, the idea is to burn it.

Notes

 

 

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