Chorchori

Chachchari/Chorchori

Chorchori is a Bangladeshi dish of charred, spiced vegetables

Chachchari is a very unique style of cooking spiced vegetables that is unique to Bengali cooking and a traditional Bangladeshi dish.

Chachchari is made by first creating a spice mix of ghee, ginger, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and fennel among others, before adding chopped vegetables such as potatoes, cauliflower and eggplant. Water is then added along with any further seasoning and the mix is left to simmer. Once the liquid has mostly evaporated the vegetables start to char, as the signature taste begins to develop.

The charred bits are then stirred into a mustard gravy which is poured on to the vegetables and served.