Bori Diye Sojne Datar Chachari :

Vegetables and other Ingredients Required :

Drumsticks(Sojne data).................................4

Banana Stem (thor)........................................1piece

Pumpkin (Paka Kumro).................................1 piece

Brinjal(Kochi Begun)......................................2,medium size

Potato(Aloo)..................................................4,medium size

Kolai Daler Bori(lentil Dumplings)....................6-8

Bengali Five spice mix(Paanch Phoron).............1/4 tsp

Dry Red Chilly(Sukno lanka)............................2

Salt.& Sugar....................................................as per taste

MustardPaste(Sorshe Bata).............................1 tbsp

Mustard Oil....................................................4 tbsp

Green Chilly Paste (Lanka Bata)......................1 tsp

Green chilly(Kancha Lanka)............................4

In the winter months,  fresh vegetables flood the markets here in Kolkata and we Bengali's use every bit of greens to prepare dishes that tastes heavenly . Chachari is a favourite.
It is a mixed vegetable curry prepared with a number of vegetables .

The earlier days had housewives cooking all the time and preparing dishes that were very nutritious and colourful. My grand mother cooked  dishes, vegetarian as well as non vegetarian, that were not only Bengali or Indian but some that she said were of foreign origin. If my mother cooked everything for us at home, its not only cause she had travelled the world over with my dad but because her mother (my grandmother) had been cooking quite a few of them already in her kitchen. 


This is how I prepared:



Peel the drumsticks and then chop into finger length pieces.

Peel the outer covering of the banana stem and chop fine.

Chop the potato,brinjal and pumpkin into  medium pieces with the skin on.

Heat the oil in a pan and fry the lentil dumplings(Bori) till golden. Remove to a dish and keep aside.

In the same oil , add the paanch phoron and dry red chilly(break into two and add )

Add all vegetables and then add turmeric and salt, put a lid  and cook on low heat .

Let the vegetables cook in its own juices.When the vegetables are all cooked and soft, add 4-5 tbsp of water, sugar and the bori. Then add the mustard paste and chilly paste and mix well .

After around 5-7 minutes, when all vegetables are soft remove to a serving bowl.

Serve with rice.