How to pronounce Chargha

Chargha is written چرغہ where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tʃəɾɣɑː/. In plain English letters that is CHAR-ghah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Chargha?

Chargha is a main dish of Pakistan. Where it comes from: Punjab. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are chicken. It tastes savory and spicy.

Where Chargha comes from

Chargha is one of 15 signature dishes of Pakistan on this map. See all dishes from Punjab.

• Karahi gosht کڑاہی گوشت · Main dish · Punjab

  Karahi gosht is goat or mutton cooked quickly in a karahi, the deep, wok-like iron pan of South Asia, and served in the pan with naan or roti; made with chicken it is chicken karahi.

• Sohan halwa سوہن حلوہ · Dessert · Punjab

  Sohan halwa is a dense, brittle sweetmeat made by boiling water, sugar, milk and cornflour until the mixture sets solid, flavoured with saffron and studded with almonds, pistachios and cardamom; ghee keeps it from sticking to the pan.

• Nihari نہاری · Main dish · Karachi (from Old Delhi)

  Nihari is a stew of beef or mutton shank cooked slowly overnight with bone marrow and a spice mix, then thickened with flour into a rich, dark gravy.

• Chapli kebab چپلی کباب · Street food · Peshawar

  Chapli kebab is a wide, flat patty of minced beef or mutton with tomato, onion, green chilli, pomegranate seeds, crushed coriander seeds and maize flour, fried in animal fat.

• Sindhi biryani سندھی بریانی · Rice dish · Sindh

  Biryani, rice layered with meat and spices and steamed together, came to South Asia with Persian and Mughal influences.

• Kata-kat کٹاکٹ · Street food · Sindh

  Kata-kat, also called taka-tak, is a sizzling mix of offal chopped on a large griddle: kidneys, heart, liver, brain, lungs and testicles cooked in butter with lamb chops.

Food of Pakistan

Dishes like Chargha in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Chargha:

• Dapanji (big plate chicken) 大盘鸡 · Main dish · Shawan (Xinjiang), China

  Dapanji, big plate chicken, is a spicy stew of chicken, potatoes and chilli peppers served on a large platter.

• Dak-galbi 닭갈비 · Main dish · Gangwon, South Korea

  Dak-galbi is diced chicken marinated in a gochujang-based sauce and stir-fried on a round hot plate built into the table, with sweet potato, cabbage, perilla leaves, spring onion and rice cakes.

• Honetsuki-dori 骨付鳥 · Main dish · Marugame, Kagawa, Japan

  Honetsukidori is a whole chicken leg on the bone, seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic and roasted, from Marugame in Kagawa Prefecture.

• Ayam taliwang · Main dish · West Nusa Tenggara (Lombok and Sumbawa), Indonesia

  Ayam taliwang is a spicy grilled chicken from West Nusa Tenggara, named after Taliwang, a town in West Sumbawa that was once the seat of a kingdom.