Kulcha

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Kulcha is a north India bread, usually eaten with Cholay. It is typically made with Maida flour.

Kulcha is a typical Punjabi recipe, like any other ethnic food available in its true style in the state of Punjab, India. Amritsar being more popular for its Amritsari kulchas than any other city in the state. Flour dough, mashed potatoes, onion (optional) and lots of spices are rolled into a flat round bread and baked in an earthen clay oven. After it is golden brown it is rubbed with butter and then eaten with spicy cholay.

In Punjab, the northern part of India, Amritsari Kulcha is a very famous bread with chickpea curry. It is served with mint sauce, raw onion and curd. Kulcha can be stuffed with cottage cheese, mashed potato, mixed vegetables, etc. It is now famous with western countries.