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Indian · Bread

Pyaaz Kulcha with Chile-Spiked Onions

Soft buttermilk dough sandwiched around raw red onion, cilantro and green chile, salted and blistered on a very hot pizza stone, then brushed with ghee: a kulcha to cut into wedges for any legume curry.

  • YieldMakes 4 filled breads, each cut into quarters
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total1 h 14 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

  • 375 gunbleached all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 2 tspbaking powder
  • 1 tspcoarse kosher or sea salt
  • 120 mlbuttermilk, at room temperature
  • 240 mlwarm water, approximately
  • to tastecanola oil, for greasing
  • to tasteghee, for brushing

Filling

  • 150 gred onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup)
  • 15 gfresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, finely chopped (about 1/4 cup)
  • 5fresh green Thai, cayenne or serrano chiles, stems removed, finely chopped; 4 to 6 to taste
  • ½ tspblack salt, or coarse kosher or sea salt

To finish

  • to tasterock salt, lightly crushed, for sprinkling
  • to tasteghee or melted butter, for brushing

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Cilantro / coriander
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crisp
  • Chewy

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Grill

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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