Chorchori
চচ্চড়ি
CHOR-cho-ree
A Bengali mixed vegetable dish typically spiced and stir-fried.
Meaning & usage
Chorchori is a traditional Bengali dish made by stir-frying a variety of vegetables with spices. It often includes ingredients like potatoes, eggplant, and green beans, and is flavored with mustard oil and panch phoron, a Bengali five-spice blend. This dish is a staple in Bengali cuisine and showcases the region's love for flavorful, vegetarian dishes.
In a sentence
For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious chorchori made with fresh seasonal vegetables.
As seen in crosswords
Chorchori is a 9-letter answer. A typical clue:
“A Bengali mixed vegetable dish typically spiced and stir-fried” (9)
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