“khar”

Meghalaya Dinner

Meghalaya Doh Khar Pork Ash Lye Alkaline Khasi Traditional

Pork cooked with khar — an alkaline solution made from the ash of banana skin — giving...

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Hard

Tripura Dessert

Tripura Bananas Leaf Wrapped Rice Cake Tripuri

Glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaves and steamed — a simple, fragrant preparation...

⏱ 240 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Omita Khar Papaya Arunachal

Raw papaya cooked in alkaline khar solution — Arunachali mineral-depth dish borrowed from Assam

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Assam Lunch

Khar Papaya

Raw papaya cooked in alkaline banana-ash khar solution — Assam's most unique and ancient dish

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 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

Aloo Khar Potato

Potato cooked in alkaline khar solution — the everyday vegetarian khar dish of Assamese homes

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Assam Lunch

Goat Khar Assam

Goat meat cooked in alkaline khar solution — the most prestigious version of Assam's...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 70 min cook

Hard

Assam Lunch

Paneer Khar Assam

Paneer cooked in khar alkaline solution — the vegetarian khar of Assamese Hindu households

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Breakfast

Khara Bath

Classic Karnataka — khara bath made with spicy semolina upma.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Karnataka Breakfast

Chow Chow Bath

Classic Karnataka — chow chow bath made with kesari bath and khara bath combo.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Assam Lunch

Kola Khar Raw Banana

Raw banana cooked in alkaline khar — the most common everyday khar dish of rural Assam

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy