Ingredients

For Dough Starter

1 tsp Dry Yeast , खमीर

1 cup Water , पानी

1 tbsp Sugar , चीनी

1 cup Refined flour , मैदा

For Kulcha Dough

Prepared Dough Starter , तैयार किया हुआ खमीर

1 cup Refined flour/ or as needed for a soft dough , मैदा

1 tbsp Curd , दही

¼ tsp Salt , नमक

1 tbsp Ghee , घी

Other Ingredients for Kulcha

1 tsp Onion seeds , कलौंजी

1 tsp Dry fenugreek leaves , कसूरी मेथी

1 tbsp Ghee , घी

For Boiling White Peas

2 cups Soaked White Peas,  सफेद मटर

1 Bay leaf , तेजपत्ता

½ tsp Turmeric powder , हल्दी पाउडर

Water , पानी

For White Peas Mixture

Boiled White Peas , सफेद मटर

Salt to taste, नमक स्वादानुसार

2 tbsp Tamarind & Dry mango water (with soaked dry mango petals इमली और सूखा आम  का पानी

1 medium Onion, chopped , प्याज

2 inch Ginger, chopped , अदरक

2-3 fresh Green chillies, chopped , हरी मिर्च

4 tbsp Coriander leaves, chopped  , धनिया पत्ता

1 medium Tomato, chopped , टमाटर

A pinch Roasted Cumin powder , जीरा पाउडर

A pinch Degi red chilli powder , देगी लाल मिर्च पाउडर

Process

For Dough Starter

• In a big bowl add dry yeast, water sugar, refined flour and mix everything properly, cover and keep aside in a warm place to ferment overnight.

For Kulcha Dough

• The next morning in the dough starter add refined flour, curd, salt, and mix everything knead a soft loose dough.
• Now add ghee and knead once again, give it a round shape, cover and keep aside in a warm place for second fermentation.
• Once it’s fermented, remove the excess air from the dough and make equal portions of it.
• Roll it in an elongated oval shape using a rolling pin then stick or sprinkle some onion seeds, dry fenugreek leaves.
• Heat a flat pan and place the rolled dough on it and sprinkle some water on the side and cover it and let it cook for a minute or so.
• Now remove the cover and cook it from the other side also.
• Apply some ghee on both sides and cook until golden brown and crispy on both sides.
• Remove and keep aside.

For Boiling White Peas

• In a big pot add soaked white peas, water, bay leaf, turmeric powder, cover and cook for 20-25 or until soft.
• Now remove it on a tray and keep aside to cool down completely.

For White Peas Mixture

• In a bowl add the cooled white peas, salt, tamarind & dry mango water, onion, ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves, tomato and mix everything properly.
• Remove it in a serving bowl and garnish it with onion, ginger, green chillies, tomato, a pinch of roasted cumin powder, degi red chilli powder and coriander leaves.
• Serving it with hot kulcha.