Assamese Cuisine

Assamese cuisine is the cuisine of the Assamese people, mainly in the Indian state of Assam.

Guwahati is a new cultural center. Jorhat was a historic cultural center and still is a significant city.

Some foods are cooked in bamboo tubes or wrapped in banana leaves.

Ingredients

Rice is a staple food. Both indica and japonica varieties are grown in the region. A type of sticky rice called bora saul(বৰা চাউল) is also grown.

Greens and fiddlehead ferns are used.

green chili, ghost chili(bhut jolokia)

jaggery

assam lemon(nemu tenga)

papaya introduced, often eaten green

banana, certain banana ash(kola khar) and other ash(khar)

Fish, such as snakehead, is widely used.

milk, yogurt

Dishes

• steamed rice
• pitha(পিঠা): pancake made from soaked and ground rice
• xandoh: roasted, ground rice
• boiled greens
• sour fish(masor tenga)