Chengshu or Ahabi

Chengshu or ahabi is a popular evening snack for the Manipuris. It is prepared with the Meitei cheng. Chengshu is mostly liked by the women and teenagers. The most appropriate time to have this snack is after a short afternoon nap.
Today is Sunday. And to make this Sunday spicy and eventful I am going to write about chengshu as preparation of chengshu consumes more time then other popular snacks. And I really like this snack from the core of my heart. So here it is......



Ingredients:
 

• rice grain of your desired

• a few ngari

• dry red chillies

• a medium size onion

• nakupi

• corriander leaves

Steps of preparation:

1.On a pan,roast the rice grain until it turns light brown.

2.Transfer it on a plate.

3. And roast the ngari along with the dry red chillies.

4. Grind the roasted rice grain with the roasted ngari and chillies together.

5. After that add salt and mix properly.

6. Now add the sliced onion, corriander leaves and nakupi.

      Now the hot and spicy chengshu or ahabi is ready to serve.