Cholai

For the 2016 film, see Cholai (film).

Cholai is an illegal alcoholic beverage made in India, equivalent to "hooch" or "bootleg" alcohol.[1] Usually made from rice, it is sometimes mixed with industrial alcohol or methanol, which has resulted in several hundred deaths.[2][3]

Preparation

The Indian encyclopedia, Bharater Adibasi, has a description of cholai as being a distilled alcohol made with two earthen pots joined together; the lower pot filled with yeast and mixed rice/jaggery; the upper pot left empty with an output tube. When the lower pot is heated, the vapour of 80% alcohol goes to the upper pot and comes into contact with cold air, which distills the vapour to become "cholai".[4]

It is locally made, and sold cheaply and illegally. In 2011, consumption of cholai adulterated with industrial alcohol resulted in the death of over 140 people.[5][6]

Cholai is also considered a local name, or a variant, of "desi dāru" (Hindi for "country alcohol"), i.e., cheap distilled liquor.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "1,000 litres hooch seized in Bengal". business-standard.com. 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ Dean Nelson (15 December 2011). "130 Indian villagers die from alcohol poisoning". telegraph.com.
  3. ^ "India doctors fight to save West Bengal alcohol victims". BBC.co.uk. 15 December 2011.
  4. ^ "bharater adibasi"
  5. ^ "Tainted alcohol kills scores in India". aljazeera.com. 15 December 2011.
  6. ^ "Alcohol Rehab for Bangladeshis". thecabinchiangmai.com.
  7. ^ Jana Tschurenev and Harald Fischer-Tiné. "Indian anomalies? – Drink and drugs in the land of Gandhi". academia.edu.
  8. ^ "Country Liquor (Desi Daru)". allaboutdaru.com.

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