Kulche Chane / Chole Kulcha

Name: Kulche Chane / Chole Kulcha
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For chole :; 4 cups : Boiled white chana; to taste Salt; to taste Red chilli powder; to taste Chaat masala; to taste Chana masala; 1 medium size : Onion (chopped); 1 medium size : Tomato (chopped); to taste Pudina chutney; 1 tbsp heaped : Imli paste; to taste Chole masala; 1 cup : Coriander leaves; 2 tbsp : Lemon juice; For kulche :; 3 cups : Maida; 1 tsp : Salt; 1/2 tsp : Ajwain; 2 tbsp : Oil; 1 cup + few tbsp : Aerated soda water; For sprinkle on kulcha :; 1 tbsp : Coriander leaves; 1 tsp Ajwain

Avni Arora @Innovativecuisines

Chandigarh

Kulche chane is also known as Chole kulche. It is one of the popular street food. Kulcha is a flat bread made without using yeast. Chole is made using boiled white chana. In this recipe the consistency of chana is semi thick with little spicy taste.

Avni Arora @Innovativecuisines

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Ingredients

30 min

4 servings

For chole :
4 cups: Boiled white chana
to tasteSalt
to tasteRed chilli powder
to tasteChaat masala
to tasteChana masala
1medium size : Onion (chopped)
1medium size : Tomato (chopped)
to tastePudina chutney
1 tbspheaped : Imli paste
to tasteChole masala
1 cup: Coriander leaves
2 tbsp: Lemon juice
For kulche :
3 cups: Maida
1 tsp: Salt
1/2 tsp: Ajwain
2 tbsp: Oil
1 cup+ few tbsp : Aerated soda water
For sprinkle on kulcha :
1 tbsp: Coriander leaves
1 tspAjwain

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Steps

30 min

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For chane :
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Drain boiled chana properly.
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Take a big bowl add chana, onion, tomato and coriander leaves. Mix well.
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Add salt, red chilli powder, chaat masala and chana masala. Mix well.
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Add lemon juice, pudina chutney and imli paste. Mix well.
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Transfer it to a serving bowl.
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For sprinkle :
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Mix coriander leaves and ajwain in a bowl.
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Keep aside till use.
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For kulche :
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In a big bowl add maida, salt, ajwain and oil.
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Mix all of them very well till the mixture is crumbly like bread crumbs.
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Add soda water little by little and knead the dough.
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Consistency of the dough should be normal. (Not too hard and not too soft.)
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Rub the dough with little oil.
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Cover it and keep aside for 15 mins. (Do not keep in fridge).
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Making kulcha :
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Heat pan on medium flame.
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Slow the flame.
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Take a medium size ball from the dough.
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Roll it like a little thick puri.
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Take water in a bowl.
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Take kulcha on your hand and wet one side of the kulcha with water.
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Place the wet side of the kulcha on the hot pan.
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Wet side of the kulcha should touch the pan.
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Brush little oil on the top of the kulcha and sprinkle the coriander ajwain mixture.
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Cook on high flame for few min and then turn the pan upside down on the high flame.
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Let it cook till the black spots appear on it.
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Kulcha will come out easily from the pan then cook it on open flame on high with the help of (chimta) ladle.
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When cooked place it on a serving plate and serve hot with chatpata chana.
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Serve hot.