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Chaltar Tok: A sweet and sour spiced apple-elephant

Chaltar tok, spiced sweet and sour elephant apple

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A Bangladeshi summer dish: chalta (a type of fruit similar to an apple) cooked with onion, chili pepper, garlic, and turmeric, after being tempered with n…

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Recipe from R1F4T, MD Abu Siyam, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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The chaltar tok, which has a sweet, sour, and spicy flavor, is very popular in the summer. The chalta, a seasonal fruit with a very sour taste, becomes soft within a few minutes.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Total40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

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Directions

  1. Wash the chaltas, cut them into small pieces, and remove the seeds. ≈ 8 min
  2. Heat the mustard oil in a pan and add the nigella seeds and bay leaf.
  3. Add the onion and dried chili peppers, then, when the onion is golden brown, add the garlic paste, green chili peppers, and turmeric. ≈ 3 min
  4. Brown for 2 to 3 minutes.
  5. Add the chalta and salt, and mix; if it’s not very acidic, add a little sugar. ≈ 4 min
  6. Add a little water and cook for 10 to 15 minutes, until the chalta is tender.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 5 to 6 green chalets
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 5 to 6 dried red chili peppers
  • 2 green chili peppers
  • 1 tablespoon of garlic paste
  • 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric
  • salt
  • 2 tablespoons of mustard oil
  • 1 teaspoon of sugar (optional)
  • 1/4 teaspoon of nigella seeds
  • 2 bay leaves
  • water

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