Kutchi Bread Channa is a Street Food from Kutch .The pav is stuffed with channa , and then soaked in a spicy and a sweet chutney . The end result is a delicious slightly sweet but spicy Pav channa which is absolutely delicious and quite filling too.
The alphabet K had a couple of options but somehow I went on Exploring the Flavours of Street Food and finally decided on this Kutchi Bread Channa .If you google for Kutchi Bread Channa you will find just one video . The video shows the procedure to make the dish . There is no recipe . I actually don’t even know where in Kutch this is sold but I could very well imagine the taste so here I am !
The channa is very simple with our everyday spices . They are just tossed , no frills and will be done in two minutes once boiled . The only thing that is important is that channa should be well boiled and mixed with mashed potatoes , so it doesn’t fall apart while stuffing .
The chutneys here are very important as they give the actual taste to the dish . The spicy geeen chutney is more or less like the pani poori water . Spicy and watery ! The sweet tamarind chutney needs to be watery too .
The video shows two methods of preparing the channa Bread . One where the Pav is slit horizontally , stuffed and finally chutneys are poured lavishly , so the Pav gets soaked and becomes moist . In the other method the vendor slits the Pav vertically , stuffs the pav , holds it in a ladle and dunks it into both the chutneys one by one . The end result is the same – a moist, fluffy pav with channa. I followed the first method and the Pav was moist enough to enjoy .
The recipe reminded me so much of Chola Dabbal a street food from interiors of Mumbai and Sindh . While making chola Dabbal the chola is watery and poured over pav to make the pav moist and then the chutneys are poured . The end result in both the dishes is similar , yet different .
My family loved this street food and want me to add it to the regular menu , but for now you enjoy it.
Kutchi Bread Channa
Ingredients
Channa
Aloo
Spicy green chutney
Sweet tamarind chutney
Pav ( make your own or store bought )
Channa
1 cup boiled chickpeas
1/4 cup boiled mashed potato
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp red chilly powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp coriander powder
Salt to taste
Aloo
1 large boiled potato
1/2 tsp oil
Pinch turmeric powder
Salt to taste
Spicy green chutney
6 green chillies
1 tbsp mint leaves
2 tbsp coriander leaves
1/2 cup tamarind juice
Black salt to taste
Sweet tamarind chutney
1/2 cup tamarind juice
2 tbsp jaggery
1/4 tsp roasted cumin seed powder
1/4 tsp red chilly powder
Pinch asafoetida
Pinch black salt
Salt to taste
Channa
Heat oil and add cumin seeds, let crackle.
Switch off the flame and add all spices.
Switch on the flame and sauté the spices till roasted.
Immediately add the boiled Channa and potatoes .
Mix well.
Keep aside.
Aaloo
Heat oil and add the potatoes, salt and turmeric .
Mix well , place the potatoes on top of Channa .
Garnish with coriander .
Spicy green chutney
Blend all ingredients under spicy chutney till a smooth paste is formed .
Remove it in a big bowl and dilute the chutney till it is quite watery .
Check for salt and spice .
Sweet Tamarind Chutney
Add grated jaggery to tamarind juice and cook till the jaggery melts .
Add the spices and cook for one more minute .
Remove it in a big bowl and dilute till quite watery .
Check for sweetness , if you want it more sweet add powdered sugar .
Pav
Slit the pav into three slices. Do not cut through and through .
Cover the Pav with a moist napkin .
Preparing the Bread Channa
Take a pav, and fill the channa mixture between the slits .
Place it in a plate and pour both the chutneys lavishly , so that the Pav gets moist .
Sprinkle coriander and serve.
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Kutchi Bread Channa
Ingredients
- Channa
- Aloo
- Spicy green Chutney
- Sweet tamarind chutney
- Pav make your own or store bought
Channa
- 1 cup boiled chickpeas
- 1/4 cup boiled mashed potato
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- Salt to taste
Aloo
- 1 large boiled potato
- 1/2 tsp oil
- Pinch turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
Spicy green chutney
- 6 green chillies
- 1 tbsp mint leaves
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- 1/2 cup tamarind juice
- Black salt to taste
Sweet tamarind chutney
- 1/2 cup tamarind juice
- 2 tbsp jaggery
- 1/4 tsp roasted cumin seed powder
- 1/4 tsp red chilly powder
- Pinch asafoetida
- Pinch black salt
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Channa
- Heat oil and add cumin seeds, let crackle.
- Switch off the flame and add all spices.
- Switch on the flame and sauté the spices till roasted.
- Immediately add the boiled Channa and potatoes .
- Mix well.
- Keep aside.
Aaloo
- Heat oil and add the potatoes, salt and turmeric .
- Mix well , place the potatoes on top of Channa .
- Garnish with coriander .
Spicy green chutney
- Blend all ingredients under spicy chutney till a smooth paste is formed .
- Remove it in a big bowl and dilute the chutney till it is quite watery .
- Check for salt and spice .
Sweet Tamarind Chutney
- Add grated jaggery to tamarind juice and cook till the jaggery melts .
- Add the spices and cook for one more minute .
- Remove it in a big bowl and dilute till quite watery .
- Check for sweetness , if you want it more sweet add powdered sugar .
Pav
- Slit the pav into three slices. Do not cut through and through .
- Cover the Pav with a moist napkin .
Preparing the Bread Channa
- Take a pav, and fill the channa mixture between the slits .
- Place it in a plate and pour both the chutneys lavishly , so that the Pav gets moist .
- Sprinkle coriander and serve.
Notes



Its almost midnite here, and those alluring kutchi bread channa makes me hungry. Where can i go and get this incredible dish at midnite. You are simply fabulous and my bookmarking list is growing on.
Kutchi bread channa is something new to me and i’m hearing it for the first time. Kudos to your efforts trying out this kind of unique chaat recipe and sharing !!! With that chutney and channa, it must be delicious !!!
Wow, what an interesting way to eat pav and chana. Topping with green chutney and sweet tamarind chutney must have taken the taste of the dish to another level. Looks awesome.
How do you find such amazing recipes, Vaishali? This bread channa looks like a delicious chat. And I am hearing about this for the first time. Love that it is soaked in chutney. I am craving for some now..
You must have done quite a lot of research in finding this dish! This street food is so new to me. Very interesting way of eating pav and chole as a chaat!!
That is a delicious way to serve the chaat. I am in love with this! I can imagine the flavors of the chutneys mixed in with the chana and aloo ..mmm good.
Amazing find. It’s a sad truth that some of these dishes are vanishing. Love the chutney soaked bread with the spicy channa.
Makes me drool for some bread channa now… Absolutely loved it!!
the pav is mashed up here ! thats an interesting way to eat this dish 🙂 am coming to Ahmedabad in sep/ oct and you are taking me on a Gujarat food tour in ur city ..
Omg this surely is a fantastic find Vaishali. I am so hungry just reading how this is made. I am so eager to make this.
What a delicious looking chaat. Its amazing how many different kinds of chaats are being made in all corners of India.
hmm all that chunky, chutneye, pav, makes me so hungry!! would love to have a bowl right now!!! lip-smacking good!!!
Omg, now I am literally drooling. I just had my dinner and this kutchi chana is so tempting that i can’t take of my eyes.
Only you can find such amazing street food Vaishali. I am totally going to crown you the Street Food Queen. If we have a street food theme in near future, I know whose blog I will be visiting. Love this Kutchi Bread Channa chaat.
What an interesting way to eat the combo of pav and chole. Loving it.
Your all recipes looks so tasty and chatakedar.. Perfect for our taste.