Kulcha
{{short description|South Asian flatbread}}
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| image = Chole Kulcha Meal - Order Food Online in Mumbai (31013272937).jpg
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| caption = Kulcha with chole from India
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| region = Punjab
| national_cuisine = Pakistani, Indian, Punjabi
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| type = Flatbread
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| main_ingredient = Maida
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Kulcha is a Persian term for a disc-shaped loaf of leavened bread.{{Cite book |last1=Steingass |first1=Francis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mVrG0F-7yzMC&dq=Kulcha+Persian&pg=PA1042 |title=A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: Including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be Met with in Persian Literature, Being Johnson and Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary Rev., Enl., and Entirely Reconstructed |last2=Richardson |first2=John |last3=Johnson |first3=Francis |date=1892 |publisher=Allen |language=en}} In India, this term is commonly used for regular English bread (which is disc-shaped).{{cite book |last=Tripathi |first=Vaishali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6c3ODAAAQBAJ&dq=kulcha+originated&pg=PA26| title=Indian desi tadka |quote=Tandoori Roti, naan and kulcha, originated in Punjab region, are delicious meals of Delhi.|date=August 9, 2016 |publisher=Onlinegatha |page=26 |isbn=9789385818004 |language=en-IN}}
Origin and terminology
The term kulcha is Persian and describes a disc-shaped loaf of bread, bun or even biscuit.{{Cite web |title=Definition of کلیچه |url=https://dehkhoda.ut.ac.ir/en/dictionary/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%86%D9%87 |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute and International Center for Persian Studies |language=en}} However, in India this term came to be associated with round breads popularized during the British colonial period.{{Cite book |last=Manfield |first=Christine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cwvEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kulcha+british+period&pg=PT556 |title=Christine Manfield's Indian Cooking Class |date=2021-11-04 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-76085-244-3 |language=en}} In some parts of India, naan or tandoori parantha is often confused with kulcha.
See also
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