Chagempomba
Chagempomba, from above
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Chagempomba

Manipuri rice cooked soft with greens and fermented soybean. Savoury, soothing, one pot.

40 minTime
8 gProtein each
mildSpice
Manipur's comfort pot2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayRice, greens, hawaijar.
The original
229kcalsame
8 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
40minutessame

Chagempomba as Manipur makes it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

3 servings
Rice¾ cup, washed
Water3¾ cups
Fermented soybean2 tbsp hawaijar
Mustard greensa bunch, chopped
Cabbage1 cup, shredded
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3 stalks, chopped
Ginger2.5 cm, crushed
Green chilli2, slit
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Boil the rice in water with ginger and chillies until it starts to break down.
  2. 2Add the hawaijar and cabbage and cook until the cabbage softens.
  3. 3Add the greens and salt and cook until wilted and the mix is thick.
  4. 4Finish with spring onion and serve hot.
Serve it like this

Fluff gently with a fork and serve hot on a wide plate, with raita or a side next to it.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Chagempomba: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
On the side Paknam60 min
On the side Eromba30 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
Something sweet Chak hao kheer60 min
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