It feels like ages since I wrote a cooking post on my blog, but I am back with a recent recipe that I tried out from a friend. It is none other than Kadhai Paneer and Kulcha recipe. First and for most, I want to thank my friend, D, who shared her recipe with me and because of the mouth watering picture of kadhai paneer and kulcha, I decided to try it out.
Here is her site for you to check out her recipe:
http://fun4friends.net/indian-recipes/kadai-paneer-with-kulcha
Even though I am going to write down the full recipe with different variants and portions of the ingredients, the first credit goes to my friend!
Kadhai Paneer:
Ingredients
Vegetables:
Onions (1 small onion)
Green/Red/Orange bell pepper (capsicum): think of a bell pepper having 4 sides. I cut 2 sides of each color bell pepper into cubes
Green chillies (1 small)
Tomatoes (2 big or 4 small)
Cilantro
Spices:
Cloves (3-4), Cinnamon (2 sticks), Cumin seeds (Jeera), Coriander powder, Red chili powder, Garam masala
Other:
Tomato sauce (2 spoons), 1/2 pound paneer (cut in cubes), oil, ginger garlic paste
- Finely chop onions
- Finely chop tomatoes
- Chop bell peppers into small cube sizes
- Chop cilantro
- Finely chop green chillies
- Cut Paneer into cubs
Method:
1) Heat oil in a pan and once oil is little warm, add cumin seeds, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and stir them for a minute or so.
2) Add ginger garlic paste and chopped onions and mix it well for a minute or so
3) Add salt and chopped green chillies and stir until onions are little transparent
4) Add chopped bell peppers, mix it well and let it cook for couple of minutes
5) For adding the spices, just so that they don't burn as I add them to the pan, I made a paste. For the paste, you add coriander power, red chilli powder, and garam masala all in one bowl and add little bit water (as needed) to make a paste out of it which is not too liquid but not too thick either.
6) I added the paste in the pan and mixed everything and let the spices cook
7) Add chopped tomatoes, and tomato sauce to this and let the tomatoes cook for about 3-4 minutes by mixing it well and stirring in between
8) Now add paneer cubes and mix it with everything else (make sure you don't stir it such that your paneer is squished)
9) Add chopped cilantro and turn off the heat
10) It's ready to be served hot :)
Kulcha:
Ingredients:
2 & 1/2 cup Maida (all purpose flour) & little bit more for rolling the dough balls
Baking powder (I didn't measure it according to my friend's instructions, but I think it was close to a teaspoon)
Baking soda (not that much, maybe just 2 pinch of it)
Salt
Sugar
3 tbsp oil
1/4 cup curd (plain yogurt)
1 cup milk (I had to use 1 cup milk to make the dough)
Sesame seeds (to mix it in dough balls)
Shredded garlic (to mix it in dough balls)
Chopped cilantro (to mix it in dough balls)
Preparation:
- Mix all the above ingredients and let the dough soak for about 3-4 hours (I kept it for 3 hours)
Process:
1) Once the dough is kept for 3 hours, just mix it one more time nicely and make medium size balls out of it
2) Use the extra maida (flour) to dust the balls and roll them into small tortilla shape
3) Sprinkle sesame seeds, shredded garlic, and chopped cilantro on it and make it into a ball again
4) Roll them again into big tortilla shape size
5) Place it on a flat pan
6) Switch the side once the other side is half cooked
7) Once both sides are half cooked, apply oil or butter (ghee) on both sides and cook them until they have light brown spots on them
8) Your Kulcha is ready to be served!
Well, here you have it, a delicious Kadhai Paneer and Kulcha :)
The reason I posted the recipe steps again is because it's little bit different than my friend's in some of the steps and some portions as well, so thought of sharing both the ways.
Hope you enjoy making and even more enjoy eating it!!
