Recipe Request: Chamanichur

Reader, Bob, is looking for a recipe his maternal grandmother used to make called ‘chamanichur’. When he presented his request, I confessed I didn’t know a recipe by that name. What sounded logical to me was that chamanichur might be a soup with chaman in it – chaman, the seasoning; ‘chur’, meaning water. My cookbooks and research revealed nothing.

I asked Bob for more information. He responded:

“These (Armenian Kitchen) recipes remind me of my Armenian mom's family. My grandmother, who was from Kayseri, used to cook ‘chamanichur’, do you have this recipe?  I would love to find it but no success so far.”

Bob went on to say, “My mother says that chamanichur was something with liver and chaman spice, but does not know the recipe.  It was a sauce rather than soup, and it contained chaman, but we're not sure of the other ingredients or the preparation method. I searched the internet and found only one entry in a forum from an Armenian in Australia, but there were no contact details.”

Well, folks, that’s all I have for you. If you could please put on your thinking caps, Bob – and I - would appreciate any suggestions for chamanichur. Thanks!