Whole Wheat Paneer Kulcha
A leavened flat bread made with whole wheat flour and stuffed with spicy paneer filling. It is made on tava and then roast on open gas flame.
Servings 6 kulcha
Calories 254kcal
Ingredients
Dough
- 1.75 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour maida
- 1/4 tsp soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 3 tsp oil
- 1/4 cup yogurt
- 3/4 cup water or more if required to knead dough
Paneer Stuffing
- 400 gm cottage cheese paneer, grated
- 1 tsp chaat masala
- 1 tsp red chili powder or more if required
- 1/4 tsp cumin powder roasted
- 2 tbsp coriander chopped
- salt as needed
Rolling and Roasting
- 1/2 cup coriander chopped
- 2 tbsp nigella seeds kalonji
- water for brushing
- butter for applying on kulcha
- flour for dusting while rolling kulcha
Instructions
Dough
- Take whole wheat flour in a bowl.
- Add all purpose flour or maida to it. Mix it well.
- Add soda, baking powder, salt and sugar to it.
- Add oil.
- Add yogurt to it. Mix them well.
- Now add water and start kneading into a smooth dough. Use more water if required to knead the dough.
- Smoothen the dough with oil.
- Cover the dough for 2 hours with damp cloth and keep in a warm place.
Paneer stuffing
- Take grated paneer in a dish. Add chat masala, red chili powder, jeera powder and salt.
- Add chopped coriander to it.
- Mix them well and make dough.
- Make equal portions and make six balls from it.
Rolling and Roasting Kulcha
- After two hours, remove the cloth and knead the dough again to smoothen it.
- Make equal size balls from the dough.
- Now take a ball and flatten it with hands.
- Place paneer ball in it and start pleating the edges together.
- Seal the edges properly and roll the ball.
- Now flatten again and sprinkle kalonji and chopped coriander over it.
- Press them well. Flip it.
- Dust with flour and roll the kulcha in the oval shape. Apply water over it.
- Carefully remove the kulcha and place the water side on the heated tava. After two minutes the bubbles with start to form.
- Now flip the tava with kulcha over flame and try to cook on all sides moving the tava in all directions. The kulcha will start to puff up.
- The Kulcha has puffed up.
- Apply butter over it.
- Kulcha is ready.Gently remove and serve.
- I have served it with boondi raita.
Notes
Note:
The dough for making kulcha can be made using entire all purpose flour.
Use 50:50 ratio of whole wheat flour : all purpose four.
Use entire whole wheat flour .
The filling for the kulcha can be varied. Use potatoes or mixed vegetables or onions instead.
I have used only 1/4 th cup of all purpose flour for making dough.
Nutrition
Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 350mg | Potassium: 484mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 11.6mg | Calcium: 210mg | Iron: 6.8mg