“umami”

Manipur Lunch

Manipur Chagem Pomba Fermented Soybean Herb Mash

Fermented soybean (hawaijar) cooked with dried fish, herbs and local vegetables into a...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Arunachal Pradesh Snack

Pehak Fermented Soybean

Fermented soybean paste — the umami condiment at the heart of Arunachali cooking

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Snack

Anishi Colocasia Cake

Fermented and dried colocasia leaf cakes — used as a powerful umami flavouring in...

⏱ 1440 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Sinki Radish Soup

Fermented turnip radish soup — sharply sour, umami-rich and unique to mountain Arunachal

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Assam Lunch

Mah Korai Axoni Dal

Fermented soybean with lentils — Assamese fermented dish with deep umami character

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium