Churum
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| Kind | Sweet |
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| Part of the plant | Flower |
| Also called | churen churun |
| Country | India |
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| Recorded in | Indian Hemp Drugs Commission |
| First recorded | 1894[1]: 145 |
| Still made | Not known |
Churum is a sweetened powder of ganja recorded in Mysore and the Madras Presidency. J. G. McDonnell's memorandum on ganja in Mysore, printed with the report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission in 1894, gave a recipe for it under the name churen.[1]: 145 In 1957 I. C. and R. N. Chopra wrote that it had once been widely used in Madras and Mysore and was "now rarely met with".[2]
In McDonnell's recipe three tolas of ganja were boiled for 20 minutes in 6½ oz of cold water. The water was then pressed out by hand. Bengal gram, poppy seeds, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, almonds, ginger, fried rice, beaten rice and caraway seeds were fried on a metal or earthen platter and ground to a fine powder on a curry-stone. Dry coconut was cut into small pieces instead. Sugar was mixed in last, then melted ghee. The batch of about 22 tolas was "enough for five men for one day"; it was eaten little by little through the day and would keep for six months. Each tola held 16½ grains of ganja.[1]: 145
The Chopras described a simpler method. Ganja was boiled in water to a thick paste and strained through cloth. The whole mass was ground to a fine powder and mixed with sugar and ghee. Made this way it kept for several months "without spoiling or going rancid".[2]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Indian Hemp Drugs Commission (1894). "Memorandum regarding ganja and its preparations in Mysore, by Mr. J. G. McDonnell, Special Assistant Excise Commissioner in Mysore". Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893–94. Vol. III: Appendices, Miscellaneous. Simla: Government Central Printing Office. pp. 144–145 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chopra, I. C.; Chopra, R. N. (1957). "The use of the cannabis drugs in India". Bulletin on Narcotics (1). United Nations: 4–29.