Kulcha

Paneer Kulcha

The kulcha is a soda-leavened maida round, the line that parts it from yeasted naan; stuffed with fresh paneer it is the dairy-rich pick that moved off the Amritsar cart onto tandoor menus.

Kulcha

Leavened flatbread from Punjab; maida (refined flour) dough with yogurt and baking soda, stuffed with various fillings, baked in tandoor ...

Kulcha Chole

Pour the dark chole over a torn kulcha and it earns its own name: bheeja kulcha, wet bread. The dish is the pairing, a soft leavened round built to soak a tart, long-simmered chickpea gravy.

Gobi Kulcha

A Punjabi tandoor bread of leavened maida, soured with yogurt and baked against the clay wall until it blisters, packed with dry-spiced cauliflower and brushed with butter.

Aloo Kulcha

An Amritsari aloo kulcha hides its filling inside the bread. Spiced potato is sealed into leavened dough and baked as one blistered, butter-slicked round, served with chole.