easy matar kulcha recipe | chole kulche recipe | kulche chole recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: north indian
Ingredients
for pressure cooking:
- 1 cup white peas / safed matar (soaked overnight)
- 2 cup water
- ½ tsp salt
for jaljeera chutney:
- handful pudina / mint
- small piece tamarind / imli
- 1 pod black cardamom
- ½ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp cumin / jeera
- 1 tsp saunf / fennel
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ½ tsp aamchur / dry mango powder
- 2 tbsp water
- ¼ tsp salt
other ingredients:
- 3 tsp oil
- ¼ tsp turmeric / haldi
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder / lal mirch powder
- pinch of hing / asafoetida
- ¼ tsp cumin powder / jeera powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- ½ tsp chaat masala
for garnishing:
- 2 tbsp onion (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp tomato (finely chopped)
- few coriander leaves (finely chopped)
- 1 inch ginger (julienne)
- 1 green chilli (slit)
- ¼ lemon (wedge)
- pinch of chaat masala
Method
- firstly pressure cook 1 cup white peas, 2 cup water and ½ tsp salt.
- now in a kadai heat 3 tsp oil and saute 1 inch ginger.
- further saute spices.
- additionally add in pressure cooked white peas and mix well.
- mash slightly for desired consistency.
- now add in prepared jaljeera chutney and mix well.
- boil for 5 minutes or more adjusting consistency.
- garnish with onion, tomato, coriander leaves, ginger, green chilli, lemon and chaat masala.
- finally, serve matar kulcha recipe with plain kulcha or naan.
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.