Delicacies of Northeast India: a thread
I have very often come across Indian foods thread that neglect Northeast region foods that are as vibrant as its heritage and as beautiful as its people.
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Let's start!
Bai (cauliflower) / Chura (yak milk & vegetables) / Laksa (noodles with shrimp & coconut milk) / Pika pila (pork & bamboo shoot pickle)
Aloo pitika (mashed potatoes) / Dry fish with tomato chutney / Bamboo shoot salad / Eggplant chutney
Singju (Cabbage salad) / Amrusu (rice porridge with chicken) / Pork with laixhak (Mustard leaves) / Chikhvi (Sliced pork)
Pasom or patek (steamed or fermented fish) / Ngu hang (Fermented dry meat) / Beef salad / Mithun stew
Axone (Fermented soybean) / Prawns & tiny fish (steamed or fermented with bamboo shoot & fiddlehead fern) / Minced Chicken & Minced pork pickle with dried chilli
Misa mach poora (shrimp with babycorns) / Kothal guti (jackfruit seeds & Mashed jackfruit seeds (pitika) / Xole mole (radish fish curry)
Poita bhat / Taro with black gram lentils / Bacon with chilli sausage / Het (enoki & oyster mushrooms)
Sougri (hibiscus sabdariffa) kangsoi / Ahabi (roasting rice pound into powder eaten by scooping it up with cabbage) / Taro with smoked beef / Kyat (rice beer & escargot)
Khar: An alkali prepared from sun dried skin of some varieties of banana, can be cooked with different vegetables, leafy greens and pulses
Bhendir sorsori (okra with mustard sauce) / Sathu (bitter brinjal) / Kosoi bwtwi (fermented beans, can be also cooked with meat & paneer) / Papaya singju (types of salad can be also made with varieties of vegetables with nakupi leaves (allium tuberosum)
Okra chutney / Fish tomato stew with hibiscus sabdarifa / Roasted smoked pork / Fish curry with tamarind & drumstick (moringa oleifera)
Kosu pat gravy (colocasia esculenta) with prawn (can also be fried or boiled with meat & fish ) / Shredded beef / Pork with bitter eggplant / Bamboo shoot stew
Salad & Singju: Centella asiatica / Beetroot with mint / Heibi leaves with dried chickpeas / Fresh bamboo shoot
Boiled vegetables stew (Phak hung, Kangshoi etc) / Chagem pomba (fermented soya bean & vegetables) / Usoi ooti (bamboo shoot with peas)