Recipes · Indian · Bread
Kulcha (Indian Leavened Flatbread)
One serving has 379 kcal and 9 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of thiamin (58%), selenium (51%), riboflavin (39%), phosphorus (37%), folate (37%) and niacin (34%). Ready in 75 minutes.
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- Preparation: 60 min
- Cooking: 15 min
- Makes: 1 serving (135 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, gluten, sesame
Ingredients
- 80 g Flour, all-purpose
- 20 g Yogurt, plain
- 1.5 g Baking powder
- 3 g Sugar
- 8 g Butter, unsalted
- 1 g Sesame seeds
- 1 g Salt
- 20 g Water
Method
- Mix the flour, yogurt, baking powder, sugar and salt with the water into a soft dough; knead 5 minutes, cover and rest 2 hours to rise slightly.
- Divide into a ball, roll into a thick oval, and scatter the sesame seeds over one side, pressing them in.
- Heat a heavy skillet or griddle over medium-high heat.
- Cook the kulcha, sesame side up first, 2-3 minutes until bubbles form, then flip and cook the other side 2 minutes until charred spots appear and it is cooked through.
- Brush with the melted butter and serve hot.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 379 kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 65.6 g | |
| Water | 48.5 mL | |
| Fiber | 2.3 g | 8% |
| Protein | 9.2 g | 19% |
| Tryptophan | 0.11 g | |
| Threonine | 0.26 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.34 g | |
| Leucine | 0.66 g | |
| Lysine | 0.26 g | |
| Methionine | 0.17 g | |
| Cystine | 0.19 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.47 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.3 g | |
| Valine | 0.4 g | |
| Histidine | 0.21 g | |
| Fat | 8.4 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 2.3 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 0.81 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 0.69 g | |
| Saturated | 4.7 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0 g | |
| Cholesterol | 19.8 mg | |
| Calcium | 159 mg | 16% |
| Copper | 0.16 mg | 18% |
| Iron | 4 mg | 22% |
| Magnesium | 24.5 mg | 8% |
| Manganese | 0.57 mg | 32% |
| Phosphorus | 262 mg | 37% |
| Potassium | 123 mg | 3% |
| Selenium | 28 µg | 51% |
| Sodium | 519 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.77 mg | 10% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.64 mg | 58% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.43 mg | 39% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 4.8 mg | 34% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.44 mg | 9% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.05 mg | 4% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 149 µg | 37% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.09 µg | 4% |
| Choline | 4.8 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 60.1 µg | 9% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.4 IU | 0% |
| Vitamin E | 0.38 mg | 3% |
| Vitamin K | 0.84 µg | 1% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.2 kg CO2e a serving: about average for breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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