How to Make Lahori Katlama: English – Urdu Recipe

Katlama is a typical traditional Lahori snack usually available in festival season. Any where you go and you will definitely find about 2 feet diameter fried a big chapatti with strange coating on it and it is one of the delicious snacks of Lahori Halwai.

How to Make Lahori Katlama

Ingredients for Dough:

1. Flour – 300g
2. Salt – to taste
3. Oil – 4 tbsp

Method for Dough:

For coating:

1. Red chilli powder – 2 tbsp
2. Red food colour – ¼ tsp
3. Salt – to taste
4. Tomato – 3 lightly boiled
5. Dry coriander – 2 tbsp
6. Cumin seeds – 2 tbsp
7. Egg – 1
8. Pomegranate seeds – 2 tbsp
9. Ajwain – 1 tbsp
10. Oil – for deep frying

Coatting:

• Take a bowl add lightly beaten egg, red chilli powder, salt, crushed cumin seeds, crushed coriander, ajwain and pomegranate seeds, mix well.
• Remove skin from tomatoes and blend in blender with ¼ tsp red colour.
• Mix this mixture in egg mixture. Add fresh coriander before applying.

Assembling:

• Make a ball from dough and roll it just like a chapatti now make marks with the help of fork or knife so that oil can pass through from it
• Now coat it with the tomato paste, with very care put the non coated side in the medium heated oil wait for 3-4 minutes till one side is cooked than turn the other side down and let it cook for more 5-7 min.
• You can make katlama with mince or potato.
• Authentic katlama will be served with a Vegetable Korma or a Rogan Korma respectively.