Matar Kulcha is one of the most popular street foods that can be seen in every other corner of Delhi. Matar Kulcha Recipe is so simple and finger licking delicious that once you have it, there is absolutely no way you would want to stop. This roadside chole kulche is everything you have always wanted in your favourite chaat. White peas or safed matar are used in many street food recipes. Mumbai’s popular street food Ragda Pattice also involves this white peas curry. Matar or Matra chaat is deliciously tangy and topped with the whole load of spices, onions and tomatoes. White peas that are commonly known as Matar is the main ingredient in this recipe. I make this with dried white peas which are soaked for 3-4 hours. These are also known as safed matar or vatana. This Delhi Chaat is popularly known as Matar Ke Chole or matra kulche. In Delhi, you can find the street vendors serving Matara with Kulchas. I think that is mainly because kulchas remains soft even if they become cold. They don’t turn hard like Naan’s and can be made in advance and grilled later.
Why Should You Make it at Home?
Ingredients For Matar Kulcha
White Peas: These are dried peas also known as vatana. Spices For Masala Paste: cumin seeds, fennel seeds, whole black peppercorns, cinnamon, black cardamom, green chillies,mint leaves To Make Matara: oil, ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder,coarsely ground coriander,red chilli powder, chaat masala, cumin powder, Salt to taste,tamarind water, 1 cup water
How To Make Matar Kulcha
For making matar kulcha, first of all, I make a semi-liquid white peas curry. Step1: Wash and soak the white peas overnight and then boil it until they are soft and tender. Step : Cook these peas in a pressure cooker and add salt and water to it. Pressure cook for 3 whistles and then allow the cooker to cool naturally. Step 3: Make the Masala Paste - In the grinder add cumin seeds, fennel seeds, whole black peppercorns, cinnamon stick, black cardamom, green chillies and ¼ cup of mint leaves. Grind them all together to make a coarse paste.
Instructions For Cooking the Matara
Heat a pan add oil and stir fry ginger-garlic paste. Add turmeric powder and coarsely ground coriander, red chilli powder, chaat masala and cumin seeds. Cook the spices for a minute and then add boiled white peas in the pan. Stir all the ingredients well. Now, add the ground masala (which we ground previously in a paste) with the white peas and mix well. Finish with some tamarind water and salt to taste. Add about a cup of water and Allow the ingredients to cook for 7-8 minutes.
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How To Serve It?
White Matar Recipe or matar Kulcha do look like any other chaat recipe but is far more delicious than your regular one. Most of the times we make a meal out of it. It’s quite substantial serving for a snack for me.
More Such Chaat Recipes
Masoor ki Tikki Chaat, Ram Laddoo (Delhi Chaat) Dahi Vada Chaat, Paneer ki Tikki Chaat, Batata Vada
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