hot pot with fish, tofu, and vegetables served with ponzu
A type of nabe (hot pot) dish where ingredients are simmered together and dipped in ponzu. Often seen in compound names like ちり鍋.
See also: ちり鍋
It's cold tonight, so let's have chiri nabe.
Let's go eat fugu chiri tonight.
Chiri is light and delicious when eaten with ponzu.
塵 (ちり) means dust or rubbish, a completely different word that happens to share the same reading and spelling as ちり the hot pot dish.
Used for dishes or food items; for this specific dish, this is the natural choice.
The origin is uncertain; it may be related to the way ingredients are arranged or the sound of simmering, but no definitive etymology is available.