easy kulcha naan recipe | plain kulcha recipe | butter kulcha on tawa
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 120 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 150 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings
- Category: roti
- Cuisine: north indian
Ingredients
- 2 cup maida / plain flour / all purpose flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tsp oil
- ¼ cup curd / yogurt
- ¾ cup water (to knead dough)
- 4 tsp black sesame seeds / til
- ¼ cup coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp butter (to brush)
Method
- firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 2 cup maida, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt and 2 tsp oil.
- add in ¼ cup curd and mix well.
- further add ¾ cup water or as required and knead dough.
- knead to smooth and soft dough adding more water if required.
- cover and rest for 2 hours or more.
- pinch a ball sized dough and flatten.
- sprinkle some black sesame seeds and coriander leaves.
- gently roll to oval shape using rolling pin.
- brush with water over kulcha.
- furthermore, slowly flip the kulcha and put it on hot tawa.
- now after a minute, flip the tawa upside down and cook kulcha directly on flame till they turn golden brown and puffs up.
- gently scrape the kulcha from bottom and remove.
- also brush some butter.
- finally, serve plain kulcha hot with your favourite curry like paneer butter masala.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.