Description
A palate-cleansing sweet and sour soup/curry (Tok) made from fresh Indian Jujube berries (Boroi), tempered with mustard seeds.
Restaurants serving Boroi Tok (Jujube Sour Curry)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Boroi(Indian Jujube)
- Mustard seeds
- Sugar(or Jaggery)
- Salt
- Dried red chili
Instructions
- Wash jujubes, crush slightly with fingers.
- Temper mustard seeds in oil.
- Add jujubes, water, sugar, salt; boil until flesh melts.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Mustard seeds
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Green plum, Plum
Pairing
White Rice / As a palate cleanser
Trivia
Symbolizes Bengal's unique course structure, unseen in wider India: 'drinking a sour soup (Tok) at the end of the meal'.
Eating tips & etiquette
Poured over rice near the end of the meal to wash away greasiness with intense sweet-sourness. Acts as a 'drinking dessert/soup'.
Allergen
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