Discover the Flavors of India with Homemade Matar Kulcha

This Recipe is free from :

• Wheat
• Peanuts
• tree nuts
• dairy
• casein
• soy
• egg
• sesame
• fish
• shellfish

Ingredients For Vegan Matar Kulcha -

For Matar -

1. White Vatana - 1 cup - soaked overnight
2. Onion finely chopped - 1
3. Tomato - finely chopped - 1
4. Ginger - finely chopped - 1Tsp
5. Turmeric powder - 1 Tsp
6. Red Chili powder - 1 Tsp
7. Cumin powder / Jeera powder - 1 Tsp
8. Amchur powder - 1 Tsp
9. Tamarind-dates chutney - 1 TBSP
10. Salt to taste.
11. Cilantro - finely chopped
12. Water - 2 cup

For Kulche -

1. Rava / Suji - Fine - 1.5 cups
2. Water - warm - 1 cup
3. Sugar - 1 Tsp
4. Yeast - 1 + 1/2 Tsp
5. Salt - 1/2 Tsp
6. Olive oil - 3 TSP
7. Black sesame seeds or sabja seeds - 1 Tsp
8. Kasuri Methi - 1 Tsp

Method for Matar -

1. Soak the vatana overnight .
2. In a pressure cooker , add soaked vatana , turmeric powder , and water . Cook for 3 whistles .
3. Let the pressure cooker cool down completely. Remove the cooked vatana in a bowl. Add onion , tomato , ginger , red chili powder , cumin powder , amchur powder , tamarind dates chutney , salt to taste and mix well. Garnish with finely chopped cilantro.

How To Make Vegan Matar Kulcha

1. In a bowl add 1 cup warm water , sugar and yeast. Mix well . Keep aside for 10 minutes .
2. Get the fine rava or suji in a blender jar and pulse for 3-4 times to get a fine texture. If you do not get fine rava , then you can get any rava and just pulse it in fine powder.
3. Add all rava to the yeast mixture. Knead for at least 10 minutes. Till you get a nice soft dough.
4. Add 3 Tsp olive oil and again knead for 5 minutes. Cover and rest the dough for at least an hour.
5. Dough raises almost double its size. Knead again . Divide the dough into lemon shape balls of equal size.
6. Take a dough ball , roll it into oblong shape . Lightly pat a few sabja seeds and kasuri methi on the top.
7. Heat a tava on medium heat . Put the kulcha on tawa , add 1 TBSP water on the side of tava . Cover and cook on medium - low flame for 4-5 minutes.
8. Remove the lid , apply oil on kulcha , flip and apply oil . Cook for another 2-3 minutes.
9. Serve hot kulcha and warm or cold matar as per your choice.