Recipe: Delicious Pui Shaag Chingri Chorchori (Malabar Spinach Curry)

Recipe: Delicious Pui Shaag Chingri Chorchori (Malabar Spinach Curry) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pui Shaag Chingri Chorchori (Malabar Spinach Curry). For a vegetarian version, substitute the prawns with fried vadi (dried lentil dumplings) and it will taste. Malabar Spinach or Pui shaag will be available in most Indian stores. Pui Shak or Basella leaf is also known as Malabar spinach.

Now, back to these chorchoris, there is a pecking order amongst these dishes, and the preferred version with pui shaag or the Malabar spinach, should at a bare minimum have some shrimp and pumpkin or winter squash.

Essentially while these are an inventive way of clearing out the refrigerator, there is also some magic to these time tested combinations that make them work.

Pui Shak is a well known leafy vegetable of West Bengal, Orissa.

You can have Pui Shaag Chingri Chorchori (Malabar Spinach Curry) using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Pui Shaag Chingri Chorchori (Malabar Spinach Curry)

1. You need 3-4 of long stems of Pui Shaag / Malabar spinach.

2. You need 1/2 cup of prawns, cleaned & deveined.

3. Prepare 1-2 of long eggplant, cut lengthwise.

4. Prepare 8-10 of broad beans, cut into half.

5. Prepare 1 of med. radish, cut lengthwise.

6. Prepare 3 tbsp. of mustard oil.

7. You need 1 tsp. of panch phoron (equal quantities of fennel, mustard, cumin, fenugreek & nigella (kalonji) seeds.

8. You need 1 of dry red chilli.

9. You need 2 of bay leaves.

10. Prepare 2 of green chilies, slit.

11. You need 1 " of ginger, grated.

12. You need 1/2 tsp. of turmeric powder.

13. Prepare to taste of salt.

14. You need 1 tsp. of roasted coriander powder.

15. You need 1 tsp. of roasted cumin powder.

16. It’s 1 tbsp. of mustard paste (kasundi).

17. Prepare 1 tbsp. of mustard oil.

This is also known as Malabar spinach Or Climbing spinach Or Chinese Spinach etc. in other parts of India.

This type of spinach is full of Vitamin A , Vitamin C, Iron & Calcium, but little high in protein per calorie.

Pui Chingri Ghonto (also known as Malabar Spinach Mishmash with Prawns) Sada Aloo Chorchori (also known as Bengali Batichorchori) Bengali Mete Chorchori (also known as Mutton Liver side with Potato chunks) Have you tried the Pui Metuli Chingri chorchori recipe from Debjanir Rannaghar!

Do let me know how it came out.

Pui Shaag Chingri Chorchori (Malabar Spinach Curry) step by step

1. Wash the leaves well under running water and drain. Chop them along with the tender stems. Keep aside..

2. Heat mustard oil in a pan & fry the prawns for a minute. Keep aside..

3. Temper the same oil with panch phoron, bay leaves, red chilli & green chilli. Saute for a few seconds..

4. Then add the chopped veggies,.

5. Followed by ginger & all the dry spices (except salt). Saute till light brown..

6. Add the greens & salt. Mix well and cook, covered till half done..

7. Add the fried prawns & cook till done & all the moisture has evaporated..

8. Add the mustard paste mustard oil..

9. Give it a stir and switch off the flame..

10. Serve with hot steamed rice for a comfort Bong meal..

It is not very spicy and the flavors of the different veggies in it is absolutely lovely.

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 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.