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Assam Breakfast

Poita Bhat

Overnight fermented rice with mustard oil and raw onion — the probiotic cooling summer...

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 480 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Lunch

Nochi Keerai Kootu

Tribal/village Tamil Nadu recipe — Nochi leaf kootu — medicinal chaste tree leaves...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Assam Dinner

Baanhgajor Kukura

Chicken cooked with bamboo shoots in mustard oil — one of Assam's most beloved everyday dishes

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 50 min cook

Medium

Assam Dessert

Payox Rice Kheer

Slow-cooked aromatic Joha rice pudding — the fragrant Bihu sweet of Assam

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Easy

Assam Lunch

Baanhgajor Gahori

Pork slow-cooked with fermented bamboo shoots — the everyday Assamese pork classic

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 50 min cook

Medium

Assam Lunch

Masor Khar

Fish cooked in khar alkaline solution — where Assam's two defining ingredients meet

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Assam Lunch

Mati Dail

Whole black gram cooked in mustard oil — the protein backbone of Assamese meals

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Easy

Assam Snack

Xoru Xori Vermicelli

Fine rice vermicelli cooked in sweetened milk — a delicate Assamese sweet snack

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Assam Dessert

Black Rice Kheer Assam

Forbidden black rice slow-cooked in coconut milk — a rare and beautiful Assamese dessert

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Andhra Pradesh Lunch

Bangaladumpa Vepudu

Andhra vepudu (dry stir-fry) with potato (bangaladumpa) — spiced with sesame oil and...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Assam Breakfast

Dahi Bhaat Yogurt Rice

Steamed rice with thick yogurt and mustard temper — the cooling probiotic Assamese...

⏱ 5 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Andhra Pradesh Lunch

Hyderabadi Chicken Biryani

Andhra biryani — hyderabadi chicken biryani with chicken.

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard