Pindi Cholay kulchay

Name: Pindi Cholay kulchay
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 2 tsp tea leaves or a tea bag; 1 black cardamom; 1 inch cinnamon; 2 green cardamoms; 3 cloves; 1/4 tsp black salt; 3 cup water; 1 tbsp red chilli powder; 1/4 tsp turmeric powder; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp amchur powder; 1/2 tsp garam masala; 3 tbsp oil; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 bay leaf; 1/2 tsp kasuri methi; 1/2 cup chopped onion; 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste; 2 green chilli slits; 3/4 cup or 2 medium size tomato puree; Salt to taste; Boiled chana; 2 tbsp ghee; 1 cup chana water; 1/4 tsp red chilli powder; 1 cup chana water; some coriander leaves,green chillies and ginger for garnish; 1.5 cup maida; 1 tbsp sugar

Sumera Rahman @cook_19058549

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Chole kulcha is popular street food in India. The tasty chole curry served with soft and fluffy plain kulcha combo loved by all kinds of age groups. In this recipe, I made plain kulcha with few basic ingredients try out restaurant-style pindi chole with a plain kulcha recipe.
Tecipe credit from Google baji

Sumera Rahman @cook_19058549

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Ingredients

For pressure cooking chana
2 tsptea leaves or a tea bag
1black cardamom
1 inchcinnamon
2green cardamoms
3cloves
1/4 tspblack salt
3 cupwater
For masala mix
1 tbspred chilli powder
1/4 tspturmeric powder
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspcumin powder
1 tspamchur powder
1/2 tspgaram masala
For chole curry
3 tbspoil
1 tspcumin seeds
1bay leaf
1/2 tspkasuri methi
1/2 cupchopped onion
1 tbspginger-garlic paste
2green chilli slits
3/4 cupor 2 medium size tomato puree
Salt to taste
Boiled chana
2 tbspghee
1 cupchana water
1/4 tspred chilli powder
1 cupchana water
some coriander leaves,green chillies and ginger for garnish
For instant plain kulcha
1.5 cupmaida
1 tbspsugar
Salt to taste
2 tbspmilk powder
2 tbspoil
1/2 cupcurd
1 packetyeast
Butter and coriander for garnish

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Steps

1

Soaking and pressure cook chana
Wash the dried chana and Soak them in enough water for at least 8 hours or overnight.
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After soaking time, they will get doubled in size. Discard the soaking water.
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Now in a cotton cloth, add tea leaves, cinnamon, black cardamom, green cardamom, and cloves. Combine the edges of the cloth and make a potli of it.
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Then in a pressure cooker, add soaked chana, black salt, dry spices potli, and water.
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Cover the cooker with a lid and pressure cook it for 25- 30 minutes whistle on medium flame.
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Discard the tea bags and whole spices. now separate boiled chana and water. Keep it save
7

Firstly, in a mixing bowl, add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, amchur powder, chole masala, and garam masala. mix well. Masala mix is ready.
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Making chole curry recipe
Now heat the oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, bay leaf, and kasuri methi. Sauté for a minute.
Now add chopped onions and sauté till it gets light brown in color. Also, add ginger-garlic paste and green chilli slits. Sauté for a minute.
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Then add masala mix and sauté till oil separate from its sides.
Add tomato puree and salt. Cover and cook gravy till oil release from its sides.
Then add boiled chana and mix well. Mash some chana with a bowl and mix well.
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Now add boiled chana water and mix well.
Bring it to a simmer and let simmer on low-medium heat for 10-15 minutes.
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After simmering, the water gravy will get thicker, and also chana has absorbed lots of flavors.
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Heat ghee in a pan, add ginger slits, green chilli slits, and sauté. Switch off the gas, add red chilli powder and add tadka on chole curry. Mix well.
Lastly, sprinkle chopped coriander leaves. chole curry is ready.
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Making instant plain kulcha
In a mixing bowl, add maida, sugar, salt, milk powder, oil, and curd. Mix well.
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Add eno packet and some water. mix well and knead soft dough.
cover and rest for 30 minutes or more.
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Pinch a ball-sized dough and flatten it.
sprinkle some black sesame seeds and coriander leaves.
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Gently roll to a round or oval shape using a rolling pin.
Heat tawa, add Coriander leaves on kulcha stamp the coriander side of kulcha on tawa, sprinkle some water on its sides. Cover and cook kulcha for 5 minutes on medium heat when done apply butter and serve hot