Begun (Brinjal) Chochhori - an old bengali dish

In Bengali cuisine chochchori is a dish made with different vegetable/fish with different spices like paanchforon, mustard etc. Sometimes it is with single veggie like this one is with begun (brinjal). This is a pure Bengali dish that goes with rice only.

Preparation Time: - 10 mins

Cooking Time: - 30 min

Servings: - 2 persons

Ingredients:

• 1 medium size Brinjal
• 1 large /2 medium onion
• ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp. mustard paste
• 1 tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp paanchforon
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1~2 green/red chilies silted. I used green one as I do not love spicy food
• ½ tsp asafetida
• 5 tbsp oil preferably mustard oil
• Salt according to taste. You can add sugar if you have a sweet tooth.

Preparation

1. Cut the brinjal in cubed form.
   
   
2. Chop the coriander leaves.
3. Make the mustard paste or you can use ready made paste available in market.
4. Grind the onion.
5. Heat 2 ½ tbsp oil in a pan.
   
6. Fry the brinjal with salt in medium flame and set aside.
7. Again heat 2 ½ oil. Sprinkle paanchforon; add bay leaves and green chili. Fry for sometime and then add the onion paste, turmeric powder, hing (asfetida), coriander leaves and mustard paste.
8. Keep for sometimes in medium flame and when it is fried add water and brinjal. This time you can add sugar if you want.
9. Stir and mix well. When the gravy becomes thick it is done.

Serve hot with rice