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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.
Let& #39;s start!
Let& #39;s start!
Pitha / Jolpan/ Payoh / Chakhao kheer
Kholam / Komolar kheer / Kordois / Pumaloi
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
Khar / Fiddlehead fern / Kidney beans / Eromba (fish & boiled vegetables)
Kangshoi (vegetable stew) / Snails / Steamed fish / Ou khatta (Elephant apple chutney)
Lamb / Shrimp / Egg salad / Boiled fish stew
Pork with bamboo shoot / Pork with Arishi / Pork pickle / Pork with leaf vegetables
Duck & Fish in curry leaves / Smoked pork / Beef
Fish with Ou tenga (elephant apple) / Paro manxho (pigeon) / Beef chutney
Salad: Bitter eggplant salad / Saag / Furled taro leaves / Cucumber salad
Singju (Cabbage salad) / Amrusu (rice porridge with chicken) / Pork with laixhak (Mustard leaves) / Chikhvi (Sliced pork)
Dry fish paste / Sanpiau (rice porridge) /
Daieneiiong (Black sesame seeds) / Jadoh
Daieneiiong (Black sesame seeds) / Jadoh
Mushroom / Gyathuk thukpa / Momos (Dumplings) / Noodles
Fried bamboo shoot / Silkworm / Egg curry with ghost pepper & tomato paste / Banana flower
Pepper pakoda / Boiled chicken / Rice beer
Pasom or patek (steamed or fermented fish) / Ngu hang (Fermented dry meat) / Beef salad / Mithun stew
Vegetable salad / Mushroom & lemongrass soup / Sweet elephant apple pickle / Mustard leaves khar
Rattan shoot / Beef porridge / Mustard leaves with sesame seeds / Red amaranth
Hammok (pork & water snails) / Sour fish curry / Chicken with rice porridge / Mashed green banana
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)
Rice dish: Kholasapori / Kholam / Bangui / Mohura
Fermented bamboo shoot / Rice porridge kuki dish / Tharoi singju (foxnut) peas / Splitgill mushroom
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)
Pork with pineapple / Drumstick with mustard / Roselle fruit dal / Carambola curry (starfruit)
