PANEER KULCHA

            These are traditionally baked in tandoor but you can always bake in the even but cook them on tawa. I usually make these with homemade paneer. This is one of the way I give my 4 year old paneer as he hates milk products.

INGREDIENTS:
FOR DOUGH:
Refined flour (maida) - 2 cups
Soda bicarbonate - 1 pinch
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Sugar - 1 tsp
milk - 1/2 cups
yogurt - 1 tbsp
oil - 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Butter - 3-4 tbsp
FOR FILLING:
Paneer grated - 100 gms
Onions finely chopped - 1 medium sized
Coriander leaves - few springs
Chilli powder - 1 tsp
Cumin powder - 1/2 tbsp
Salt to taste

METHOD:

• Take all the dry ingredients for the dough in a mixing bowl then add the wet ingredients except butter one by one.
• Add water if needed and knead into a soft dough. Apply oil. cover it with damp cloth for at least 1 hour.
• Heat pan with little oil then fry onions till translucent.
• In a bowl mix grated paneer, fried onions,and rest all the filling ingredients.
• Divide the dough into 4 small balls. take one and flatten it, place 1/4 th of the filling in the center.Then fold the dough over to make a ball.
• Flour the surface and roll the ball carefully, remember don't try to make it thin because the stuffing will come out otherwise.
• Do the same with rest of the balls. Then tawa fry these like paratha with butter.
• Serve hot with raita.

Makes 4 kulcha