Instant Paneer Kulcha

Kulcha had always been a mystery to me before I made this “instant paneer kulcha”…So here is the mystery demystified!

Ingredients:

All purpose flour (maida) – 200gm (2 cups)

Semolina (suji) – 50 gm ( ½   cup)

Water – (¼  + ½ )cup

Baking Powder – 1 ½ tsp

Salt – 1 tsp

Sugar – 1 tsp

For stuffing (filling):

Cottage Cheese (Paneer) – 100gm (grated or mashed)

Coriander Leaves – 2 tbsp (finely chopped)

Green Chilly – 2 tsp (finely chopped)

Red Chilly Powder – ½ tsp

Black Pepper Powder – ¼ tsp

Salt – to taste

Method:

Soak semolina and sugar in ¼ cup water. Mix well and keep it aside for 15 mins.

Sift maida and baking powder. Add salt and sugar semolina mixture to it. Bind it into a soft dough using ½ cup water. Do not knead.

Brush some oil on the dough, cover it with a moist cloth and leave it for at least 30 mins.

Prepare the stuffing/filling by mixing all the ingredients mentioned above.

Heat the tandoor for 2-3 mins on high flame.(I used bati tandoor, you can also use electric oven)

Divide the dough in 8 equal sized balls. Take a ball, flatten it a little and fill the stuffing inside it and close it. (Like the way we do for stuffed paratha.) Now flatten it like a chapatti/roti using maida. Dust off the extra maida. Remember not to make the kulcha very thin.

Place it in the hot tandoor and cook on low flame. Cook from both the sides till light brown specks appear.

Grease with butter and serve with any side dish.

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