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Kishwar Chowdhury

Meet Kishwar

Chef Kishwar Chowdhury has joined Feast for Freedom 2025 to help us bring more diversity and recipe alternatives in 2025. Kishwar has been an ASRC ambassador and supporter since 2021, kindly volunteering her time and using her own platform to raise awareness for refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia.

Kishwar is known for her participation in the 13th season of MasterChef Australia, placing second runner-up at the finale. From an early age, this born and raised Melburnian has always had a special interest in heritage cuisine, sourcing ingredients and growing rare produce. What sets Kishwar’s food style apart is her attention to seasonality, the origins of food, cultural history and the relevance of the dishes she creates.

A lover of anthropology and history, Kishwar finds herself continuously evolving as a chef through her understanding of heritage, history and philosophy blended with movements of the culinary world, techniques and inspirations from around the globe.

Kishwar's Recipe

You will receive the full recipe booklet in your Host Kit and you'll be able to find the recipes in the Recipes tab on your fundraising page.

Chotputi

Complexity ⭐ (Easy)

Ingredients

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  • 2 cans whole chickpeas, one drained and one undrained
  • 2 large potatoes boiled and cut to 3cm cubes
  • 1 hot green chilli finely sliced (optional; add more to taste)

About Kishwar's recipe

“Chotputi is one of the most enjoyed street foods across Bangladesh. You can find Chotputi stands at almost every street corner in the late afternoons with small crowds gathered around the brightly painted carts with red plastic stools. The expert Chotputi vendors always have a variety of dressings known as “paani” that have varying degrees of heat, sourness from tamarind and sweetness. I love my Chotputi sour enough to make my mouth pucker up and quite spicy, but once you embrace this recipe, you can adjust it to make it completely your own. I absolutely love Chotputi, as much as every Bangladeshi living away from their homeland and often find myself dreaming about standing around a Chotputi stand with my friends, laughing and enjoying a plate of this delicious, simple, snack that draws people together.”