Pui shak er chorchori. Cut all the vegetables as said above. Now heat a Kadai, add mustard oil, temper it with panch phoron. Pui Shaak er Chorchori - pui shaak or Malabar spinach cooked with a medley of vegetables.
Pui shaak is a new find at Patel Brothers. I was so excited to get it especially when my parents were here because of the anticipation of learning a new recipe. I had Pui shaak-er chorchori, chingri diye. You can cook Pui shak er chorchori using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Pui shak er chorchori
- You need 350 gms of Malabar spinach (pui saag).
- It's 50 grams of Diced pumpkin.
- Prepare 3 of medium sized Diced potatoes.
- It's 1/2 of medium sized Diced eggplant.
- You need 1 of Diced snake gourd (jhinge).
- You need 2 of Dry red chillies.
- It's 1 tablespoon of Red chilli powder.
- It's 1 teaspoon of Panch phoron (Bengali five spice) for tempering.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of Turmeric powder.
- You need to taste of Salt.
- It's to taste of Sugar.
- You need 2 of bay leaves.
- You need 3-4 Tablespoons of Mustard oil.
This chorchori can also be made niramish (without the chingri). Pui is a delicate green and melts nicely when it. Pui Shaak'er chorchori Chorchori is basically a Bengali semi dry curry which is a medley of vegetables,that is cooked at low with a little bit of spices. It is not very spicy and the flavors of the different veggies in it is absolutely lovely.
Pui shak er chorchori instructions
- Take cooking pan add 3 tblsp of oil. Once the oil get heated and one dry red chilli two bay leaves and panch phoron. Saute for few seconds.
- Next you add all the veggies and fry it in medium flame. Add turmeric red chilli powder salt and sugar to taste. Try for another 5 minutes then add the Malabar spinach fry it for again 30 seconds. Make the flame low and cover it cook it for another 15 minutes.
- After 15 minutes we will check as it will release some water don't add extra water the spinach will already lose some water. Once it's cooked you can add some green chillies.your Malabar spinach curry is ready to serve in Bengali we can say pui saag ER chochori. Serve it with hot steamed rice..
I particularly love the chorchori with pui or palak saag in it. It is a great way to add greens in your diet. Pui saag is also called Basella or Malabar Spinach. Pui Shaker Chorchori Pui Shak is a well known leafy vegetable of West Bengal, Orissa. This is also known as Malabar spinach Or Climbing spinach Or Chinese Spinach etc. in other parts of India.