Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Chicken choila

Name: Chicken choila
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Newari
Ingredients: 500 g boneless grilled or tandoor charred chicken, boneless; 2 tbsp mustard oil; 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 tsp crushed timur (sichuan peppercorns); 3 whole dried red chilli; 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 3 cloves crushed garlic; 1 inch crushed ginger; 2 sliced green chilli; 2 sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice; Salt, to taste

Smoky grilled chicken tossed in mustard oil, timur and chilli. Newari bar food that bites back.

40 minTime

29 gProtein each

hotSpice

Newari feast food1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCharred meat, mustard oil, timur, fenugreek and chilli.

The original

238kcalsame

29 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

Choila, chicken style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless500 g boneless, grilled or tandoor charred

Mustard oil2 tbsp

Fenugreek seeds½ tsp

Timur (sichuan peppercorns)1 tsp, crushed

Dried red chilli3, whole

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1½ tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Garlic3 cloves, crushed

Ginger2.5 cm, crushed

Green chilli2, sliced

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Lemon juice1½ tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Grill the chicken over coals or a high flame until charred and cooked through. Cut into small cubes.
2Toss with garlic, ginger, chilli powder, cumin, timur, turmeric, lemon and salt.
3Heat mustard oil until smoking, fry fenugreek and dried chillies until dark, and pour over the chicken (jhaneko).
4Toss in green chilli and spring onion.

Serve it like this

Serve in a small bowl with beaten rice (chiura), bhatmas sadeko and a cold drink.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Chicken choila

Smoky grilled chicken tossed in mustard oil, timur and chilli. Newari bar food that bites back.

40 minTime

29 gProtein each

hotSpice

Newari feast food1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayCharred meat, mustard oil, timur, fenugreek and chilli.

The original

238kcalsame

29 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

40minutessame

Choila, chicken style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Chicken, boneless500 g boneless, grilled or tandoor charred

Mustard oil2 tbsp

Fenugreek seeds½ tsp

Timur (sichuan peppercorns)1 tsp, crushed

Dried red chilli3, whole

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)1½ tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)¼ tsp

Cumin powder (ground cumin)½ tsp

Garlic3 cloves, crushed

Ginger2.5 cm, crushed

Green chilli2, sliced

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2, sliced

Lemon juice1½ tbsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Grill the chicken over coals or a high flame until charred and cooked through. Cut into small cubes.
2Toss with garlic, ginger, chilli powder, cumin, timur, turmeric, lemon and salt.
3Heat mustard oil until smoking, fry fenugreek and dried chillies until dark, and pour over the chicken (jhaneko).
4Toss in green chilli and spring onion.

Serve it like this

Serve in a small bowl with beaten rice (chiura), bhatmas sadeko and a cold drink.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Chicken choila

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Chicken choila

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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