Dehradun Food: Monu, spicy chickpeas and butter kulche in Dehradun, former MP also admire taste

Agency:News18 uttarakhand

Last updated:February 19, 2025, 23:14 IST

Dehradun Food: Monu Prajapati told Local 18 that Chhole Kulche is not today but it is very old. In Delhi and UP, chickpeas are easily found, but now most of the people in Dehradun are no longer …Read more

Dehradun. Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, is called the hub of taste because the taste of different types of things is found here in every street. Many types of street foods in the capital get down from the stomach of people. This is how the butter kulcha of Monu Prajapati, which is prepared from spicy lemon, onion, chilli and their own spices and is served on the leaf of Malu. After learning this skill from his father, Monu made it a means of livelihood. His wonderful taste can be gauged from the fact that former MP Tarun Vijay also eat Kulche from his cart.

Monu Prajapati, a resident of Dandipur in the capital Dehradun, told Local 18 that Chhole Kulche is not today’s food but it is very old. In Delhi and UP, chickpeas are easily found, but now most people in Dehradun do not work. His father used to put Chole Chaat. After him, his elder brother Chole Kulche started serving. He also started sharing his hands with his brother. Monu started making Chhole Kulche from the age of 20 and for the last 10 years he has been putting his hand in the Ghosi street of Paltan Bazaar.

Former MP Tarun Vijay likes Chole Kulche
Monu said that other people make kulchas from refined etc. but they first bake the kulcha using pure butter, after that the boiled chillies, onions and tomatoes as well as tomatoes, put the prepared masala at their home. Are. Squeeze the lemon over it and mix them and serve the legend of Malu leaves. People come from far and wide on their handle. Monu says that former MP Tarun Vijay also often comes to him to eat Chhole Kulche. They like the taste of their hand. Once, Chole Kulche was sent to the former MP’s house, when former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani came to him, he also ate his chickpeas.

Where can you taste the taste of chickpeas?
If you are also residents of the capital Dehradun and you are also fond of eating soft kulchas with chickpeas, then you have to come first. From here you can go to Ghosi Gali, where Monu Prajapati’s cart is found near the Mani temple of Gogavir. You will get the taste of two kulcha and chickpeas for ₹ 50.