Cholay kulchay Recipe
Cholay Kulchay is a traditional Pakistani Punjabi street food. It is also a vegan recipe. Tender succulent chickpeas curry slow cooked with lots of spices ,flavored with tamarind, cinnamon, cumin, fennel, black rock salt, mango powder, coriander and lots of other spices. You will not forget the flavour if you try it just once.
Kulchay is type a flat bread made of flour. Traditionally it is baked in tandoor oven. Basic dough is same but you can make it in different flavors, topped it with different things like garlic, coriander, sesame seeds, black seeds.I am making garlic coriander kulchay and cooked them on stove. Very easy and quick recipe.
So together these both make a wonderful combination Cholay Kulchay. A complete satisfying meal. Serve it with thinly sliced raw onion to make it more appetizing.
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Serving : 5-6
Ingredients
List 1,
- Chickpeas 250 g
- Red lentil/Masoor dal 1/3 cup
- Fresh coriander for garnish
- Fenugreek leaves 1 tsp
- Tamarind pulp 3-4 tbsp
- Lemon juice 1-2 tbsp
- Oil 1/4 cup
- Caraway seeds 1 tsp
- Asafoetida a pinch
- Ginger 2 inch piece (paste)
- Garlic 3 cloves (paste)
- Soda bicarbonate 1/2 tsp
- Salt as required
List 2,
- Black tea 2 tsp
- Cinnamon stick 1
- Big cardamom 2
- Small cardamom 4-5
- Cloves 4-5
- Bay leave 2
List 3,
- Kashmiri red chili powder 1 tsp
- Cumin powder 1 tsp
- Coriander powder 1-1/2 tsp
- Garam masala powder 1 tsp
- Black rock salt 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder 1 tsp
- Fennel powder 1 tsp
- Mango powder/Amchoor powder 1 tsp
Directions,
(Do not add too much water, add in almost 2 inch above the lentils)
Taste salt and tamarind paste, if need add more according to your taste.
Serve this curry with homemade Kulchay recipe
