Recipe: Recreate The Famous North Indian Street Food
145 mins
Cooking Time
Intermediate
Difficulty
26
Ingredients
Veg + Dairy
Diet
Chole Kulche is a popular North Indian street food, especially loved across Delhi and Punjab. The dish pairs spicy and tangy white matar chole with soft, fluffy kulchas cooked on a tawa. The chole is seasoned with amchoor, roasted cumin, and chaat masala for that unmistakable street-style punch. When paired with buttery kulchas sprinkled with kalonji and coriander, the result is a wholesome meal that reflects the vibrant flavours of India’s food culture.
Soak white matar for an hour, then boil with a pinch of salt until soft and mashable. Allow to cool slightly before preparing the masala mix.
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Step 2: Prepare the chole mix
In a bowl, add boiled matar, chopped onions, tomatoes, green chillies, red chilli powder, yellow chilli powder, black pepper, roasted cumin, coriander powder, chaat masala, black salt, regular salt, and amchoor powder. Add a dash of water, squeeze lemon juice, and toss in chopped coriander. Mix well to form a tangy, spiced chole mixture.
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Step 3: Make kulcha dough
Combine maida, curd, baking powder, baking soda, salt, melted butter, and water. Knead into a soft dough. Rest for 1 hour, then divide into small balls and rest for another 30 minutes.
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Step 4: Cook kulchas on tawa
Roll out the dough balls into flat discs. Sprinkle with coriander and kalonji. Place on a heated non-stick tawa, cover with a lid, and cook until golden spots appear. Flip and cook the other side. Brush with butter once cooked.
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Step 5: Serve and enjoy
Serve the hot tawa kulchas with the tangy, spiced chole. Garnish chole with extra coriander and a lemon wedge for freshness.