Delhi matar kulche recipe: If you live in a big city in Delhi or North India, then you must have seen the carts of the pea kulcha on the roadside. The streets of Delhi, Chawdi Bazaar, Karol Bagh, or Old Delhi, you will see pea kulcha with pea kulcha. As soon as you pass through there, the fragrance of sour peas will attract your heart. Hot kulchas are baked in butter and mix together with spicy mixture, finely chopped coriander, green chillies, lemon juice and many times pomegranate. Pea Kulcha is not just a means of filling the stomach but is a culture of Delhi’s street food. Nowadays, the recipe of pea Kulche is also trending a lot on Instagram Reels and YouTube shorts. People are making it with their own style. Some add mint chutney to it, someone applies a chaat masala. Now you will not have to go to the market, because we have brought for you the easy recipe of Delhi Style Pea Kulcha, in which you can also make Kulche at home yourself.
Think, how will that street fun, that fragrance and that spicy taste will be in the kitchen of the house. From above you can do spices less according to your own. So let’s not delay and know how to make peas and how to make soft kulcha.
Material for pea kulche
For peas:
- 1 cup white peas (soaked overnight)
- 1 tbsp ginger finely chopped
- 2 green chillies finely chopped
- Half a teaspoon roasted cumin powder
- Half a teaspoon chaat masala
- Salt taste
- Half lemon juice
- Green coriander finely chopped
- Pomegranate (optional)
- Finely chopped onion (if you want)
Kulcha
2 cup maida
2 tbsp yogurt
Half a teaspoon sugar
Half a teaspoon salt
Half a teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tbsp oil
To knead lukewarm water dough
Delhi style pea making recipe step by step
1. First soak the peas in water overnight.
2. The next morning add salt to the cooker and add water and boil it in 2-3 whistles.
3. Take care not to hug the peas, just cook well.
4. Now take out the boiled peas in a bowl.
5. Add ginger, green chillies, roasted cumin powder, chaat masala and lemon juice to it.
6. Mix well so that the spices mix well in the peas.
7. Green coriander from above and if you want, add onion and pomegranate.
1. First add salt, sugar, baking powder and baking soda to the flour and mix.
2. Now add curd and oil to it and mix with light hands.
3. Then knead a soft dough with lukewarm water.
4. Cover this dough with a wet cloth and keep it for 2-3 hours.
5. The dough will swell after the scheduled time.
6. Now break small dough and roll it down.
7. Sprinkle a little water on the pan and keep the kulcha.
8. If one side is roasted, then turn over to the other side.
9. When it turns light brown from both sides, take off and apply butter on top.
Method of serving pea kulche
Keep the hot kulcha in a plate. Serve the prepared sour peas together. Garnish by adding some lemon and green coriander on top. Now you will also say- the real taste of Delhi came home.
