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75 min — 60 min prep, 15 min cooking.

Kulcha

Name: Kulcha
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Jammu & Kashmir Indian
Ingredients: 15g Poppy Seeds (Gasagase); 250g Wheat Flour (Atta); 3g salt; 40g sugar; 2tbsp Ghee; 1cup Water; 2tbsp oil

Round sweet bread topped with poppy seeds. Kashmiri breakfast bread with tea.

Time 75 min · Serves 3 · 523 kcal · Kashmir Valley, Jammu & Kashmir

Ingredients

Garnish

Poppy Seeds (Gasagase) (garnish) — 15 g (whole)

Main

Wheat Flour (Atta) — 250 g (ground)
salt (optional) — 3 g (whole)
sugar — 40 g (whole)
Ghee — 2 tbsp (whole)
Water — 1 cup (whole)

Tempering

oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Mix the wheat flour, sugar and salt; rub in the ghee and oil until the mixture turns crumbly.
Add water gradually and knead into a firm, slightly stiff dough. Rest for 30 minutes.
Divide into small balls and flatten into thick round discs. Press poppy seeds onto the top of each.
Bake in a preheated oven (or traditional tandoor) at around 180C for 15-20 minutes, until golden and crisp.
Cool slightly - the kulcha should be crisp, hard and flaky. Serve with kahwa or noon chai.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Kulcha?: 523 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 75 min — 60 min prep, 15 min cooking.