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Chakna Recipes For World Whiskey Day

May 20, 2022 13:24 IST

Jhalmuri is a very popular Bengal street food and sells at every chowk.

I was introduced to it in Ranchi and in Bihar and Jharkhand it is as much a rasta favourite. There was a tiny jhalmuri stall outside my school and after school, for ₹1, he prepared in front of me a little paper cone of jhalmuri, which he meticulously put together and tossed up to mix the spices and it always tasted wonderful.

It's also an ideal accompaniment to drinks, especially with whiskey.

Crunchy sweet-spicy Indian-Style Potato Salad makes equally good chakna.

Jhalmuri

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Jhalmuri

Serves: 4-5

Ingredients

Method

Note: There are many versions of jhalmuri. In Bengal and Orissa, they also add tiny pieces of boiled potato, chopped cucumbers, tiny pieces green mango, chopped tomatoes, ginger, sprouts. Some people use the mustard oil from a pickle instead of plain mustard oil.

Those on a diabetic diet should reduce the quantity of murmura and up the chopped vegetables and roasted channa.

For a Jain version, skip the onion.


Indian-Style Potato Salad

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Indian-Style Potato Salad

Serves: 4

Ingredients

Method

Note: Those on a diabetic or Jain diet should replace the potatoes with boiled diced green bananas. Further, for a Jain version, skip the onion.

ZELDA PANDE