Bhuni khichuri

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Bengali Cooking: Seasons & Festivals

By Chitrita Banerji

Published 1997

  • About

This plain khichuri does not require much preparation and is quick and easy to make. Since leftover khichuri, both hot and cold, is also delicious, nobody worries too much about the quantities. A more sophisticated version, called the bhuni khichuri, which requires more frying and has the texture of a pilaf, is made either for guests or for the family when the cook has more leisure. The colour of simple khichuri is always yellow from the turmeric, but this version can be made without it, so

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