Soft Khichuri
traditional Sylheti iftari with Kisuri | |
| Alternative names | Norom Kisuri |
|---|---|
| Course | Main |
| Place of origin | Bangladesh |
| Region or state | Sylhet |
| Main ingredients | rice fenugreek seed onions , dal[1] |
Soft Khichuri, also known as Norom Kisuri is one kind of rice-based meal which is similar in consistency to porridge, a popular dish in the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. It is a traditional food in Sylheti cuisine that is served most dinner tables during the holy month of Ramadan.[2] Being a staple food for iftar, Soft Khichuri at home and Akhni for serving the guest is a tradition of Sylhet.[3] Aromatic rice mixing with various spices including ghee, kalozira and fenugreek to cook Kisuri.[2] There are two types of Soft Khichuri; sylheti white soft khichuri which was eaten by the wealthy people of sylhet and yellow soft khichuri which is made with lentile eaten by the less wealthy people. Zaw or zaow is a poor man's dish only rice water and salt no fenegreek seed no onions. runny soupy texture. A lot of people get confused with soft white sylheti kisuri which has onions, fenugreek seed but no lentils added, with zaw, zaow. (Authentic sylheti zaow zaw is made with limestone water) And used as a gut healer not staple dish like kisuri.3 ingredients only rice salt and limestone water.
Ingredients
Rice,, onions, ginger optional, a little amount of ghee or butter, fenugreek and salt vegetable kichuri add vegetable, lentil kichuri add lentils.[4]
References
- ^ "গরম গরম খিচুড়ি". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 11 July 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ a b "সিলেটের ঐতিহ্য আখনি ও পাতলা খিচুড়ি" (in Bengali). Bangladesh Pratidin. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "আখনি খিচুড়ি ও 'ফুরির বাড়ি ইফতারি' সিলেটের ঐতিহ্য". Bhorer Kagoj (in Bengali). 2 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "ইফতারের প্রশান্তি পাতলা খিচুড়িতে!" (in Bengali). Samakal. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.