Chorchori is another traditional Bengali dish, which can either be vegetarian or non-vegetarian. Chorchori is characterised by the fact that it is dry and spicy hot. Non-vegetarian chorchori usually uses fish, shrimp or fish head. However, mine is special as it is chicken.
আপ রুচি খানা - “Aap ruchi khana”
Eat according to your tastes
Ingredients:
- 1 kg chicken, washed and cut into small pieces and dried
- 1 big onion finely chopped
- 2-3 green chillies
- 2 tsp 5phoron (kalo jeera, methi, mouri and radhuni all mixed)
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 Tbsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ tsp tumeric powder
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp poppy and mustard seed paste which can be prepared by mixing these in a food processor: 1 Tbsp mustard seed, 1 Tbsp poppy seed and +- 2 Tbsp (30ml) water
Method:
- Use a heavy-bottom frying pan with a lid
- Put the oil in the pan and allow it to heat up
- When the oil is hot, add 5phoron, black pepper and the green chillies
- Stir for 1 minute
- Add the onion and fry for another 5 minutes at medium heat
- When the onions are lightly brown, add the chicken pieces
- Thoroughly stir for about 5 minutes
- Add ginger-garlic and poppy seed and mustard pastes
- Stir thoroughly so that the masala covers the chicken evenly
- Put the lid on the pan and turn the temperature down
- After 5 minutes, add salt and tumeric powder. Stir and cover.
- After about 10 minutes, add the breadcrumbs.
- Leave the temperature low and keep checking until done and be careful that the chicken doesn’t burn (like I did).
- Enjoy!
This was one of my original creations and my critical husband even agreed that it was delicious.
