How much cooking time?

35 min — 20 min prep, 15 min cooking.

Dogra Kalari Kulcha

Name: Dogra Kalari Kulcha
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Jammu & Kashmir Indian
Ingredients: 50g onion; 2tbsp Coriander Leaves; 150g Kalari Cheese (Dogra Fresh Cheese - J&K); 250g Wheat Flour (Atta); 5g salt; 15g Butter; 2tbsp oil

Local kalari cheese stuffed in kulcha and pan-fried. Unique Jammu cheese bread — Dogra street food specialty.

Time 35 min · Serves 8 · 225 kcal · Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir

Ingredients

Garnish

onion (optional) (garnish) — 50 g (sliced)
Coriander Leaves (optional) (garnish) — 2 tbsp (chopped)

Main

Kalari Cheese (Dogra Fresh Cheese - J&K) — 150 g (whole)
Wheat Flour (Atta) — 250 g (ground)
salt (optional) — 5 g (whole)

Tempering

Butter — 15 g (whole)
oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Knead the wheat flour with salt and water into a soft dough, divide into portions, and roll out into round kulchas.
Heat oil in the centre of a hot tawa and place the Kalari cheese on it. Keep the flame low-medium and gently press the cheese; cook for 2-3 minutes per side until browned.
Cook the kulchas on the tawa until lightly browned on both sides, then brush with butter.
Slice the kulcha open, place the hot cooked Kalari cheese inside, and top with sliced onion and coriander leaves.
Serve hot with green mint chutney and sweet tamarind-date chutney.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Dogra Kalari Kulcha?: 225 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 35 min — 20 min prep, 15 min cooking.