Recipe-Cha wai and hawai maton singju

Sinju is another manipuri mei world famous item, its a snack for us. Sinju is more like a vegetable salad made from mixing of various vegetables indigenious to Manipur like tumnikhok, compret,haibi mana and other vegetables. The pic. above is another type of sinju made from hawai maton (pea leaves), cha wai (a typr of rajma), tumnikhok, spring onion, green chillies, ngari (fermented fish) and salt of course. Aisa hai ke yeh sinju jo khayega woh eek baar khaoge toh khate reh jaoge wali baat toh jaruur hogi...here's the recipe

Ingredients:

-200 gms Hawai maton

-200 gms cha wai.

-Four to five Spring onion

-One medium size onion

-Five to six Tumnikhok

-12-15 green chilies

-Ngari

-Salt to taste

Method

-Wash the cha wai and pressure cook it with the chillies(if the cha wai is fresh only 2 whistle and if its the dried and socked one then 4-5 whistle).

-Chop the spring onion, tumnikhok and onion.

-Steam the ngari and mix it with the green chillies and salt. Make a fine paste.

-Mix the paste with the chopped spring onion, tumnikhok, onion and hawai maton.

-Add the cha wai at the end and mix it together. Bingo the mouth watering sinju is ready...enjoy.