Aaloo Kulcha I Potato Kulcha

Ingredients:

• Maida (white flour) - 400 gms. (3 cup)
• Curd - 3 table spoon.
• Baking soda - 1/3 tea spoon.
• Baking powder - 1/2 tea spoon.
• Sugar - 1 tea spoon.
• Oil - 1 table spoon.
• Salt - 3/4 tea spoon (or according to the taste)
• Carom seeds or cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon.

For filling.

• Potato - 300 gms. ( 4 boiled)
• Salt - 1/2 tea spoon (or according to the taste)
• Green chilli - 1-2 (chopped)
• Ginger - 2 inch long piece (grated)
• Amchoor powder - 1/2 tea spoon.
• Coriander powder - 1 tea spoon.
• Red chilli powder - 1-2 pinch.
• Garam masala - 1/4 tea spoon
• Coriander leaves - 1 table spoon (chopped)

Method:

For Dough

• In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients, flour, Carom Seeds, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar, and sieve the flour to make sure even mixing.
• Add oil and yogurt to the flour and mix it well, add milk as needed to make soft dough. Dough should be soft but not sticking to hand. Knead the dough to make smooth and pliable.
• Cover the dough and let it sit for about 2 hours.

For Filling

• Peel and mash the boiled potatoes. 
• Add salt, green chilli, ginger, coriander powder, amchoor powder, red chilli powder, garam masala and coriander leaves. 
• Mix all the spices well with the mashed potatoes. 
• The filling to stuff the kulcha is ready.

Making Kulchas

• Knead the dough for few seconds and divide into equal parts.
• Take one ball of the dough and roll it into a flat disc of 3 inch. 
• Put the stuffing inside and seal it by gathering the edges into the center.
• Flatten it using hand and roll into 6 inch diameter circle. Use dry flour to make rolling easy.

• Heat the Pan (Tawa) to fry the Kulchas.(You can also bake the kulcha in oven, pan (tawa) or tandoor.)

• Put the kulcha in the pan and roast it until it turns brown from the bottom surface. Pour some oil or ghee on the upper surface once the lower surface turns brown. Roast it till both the surface turns brown in colour. Prepare all the kulchas in the same manner.
• Now Kulcha is ready, butter the kulcha before serving.
• Serve the Potato stuffed kulchas with curd, chutney or chole recipe.