Arooq

Ground chicken fritters. This dish comes from a family of Iraqi Jews who settled in India over 100 years ago. The arooq, an Iraqi dish, has, what with the green chillies and turmeric in it, been Bombay-ized. It is quite delicious and is the sort of thing that one just cannot stop eating. Amongst Bombay's Iraqi Jews, it is sometimes served with rice and lentils. When children come home starving after a day in school, it is stuffed inside a pita, along with a little salad and served as