16 Amazing Dishes You Must Try When You Visit Assam

Situated in one of the furthest corners of India, Assam has some pretty amazing things hidden under its sleeve. Take the Assamese cuisine for example – it is elegant in its simplicity, all the while speaking for its rootedness in nature.

Almost every Assamese dish is prepared and garnished with things you’d find locally, and not fancy imported gourmet spices. And you just have to try these 16 dishes Assam has to offer.

1. Jolpan

It is basically a meal you have for breakfast, complete in itself. Here’s a recipe.

 

2. Poitabhaat

This mildly fermented rice dish has the power of turning you into a sucker for carbs. Here’s a recipe.

 

3. Pitika

And you have to have poitabhaat with pitika, a dish made with mashed potato and fish. Here’s a recipe.

 

4. Amitar Khar

This side dish made with green papaya is brilliant in its simplicity. Here’s a recipe.

 

5. Dhekia xaak bhaji

This dish of fried edible ferns is both “healthy and tasty”. Here’s a recipe.

 

6. Masor tenga

This fish curry, prepared in authentic Assamese style is everything you’ll ever need to have. Here’s a recipe.

 

7. Hanhor manxo kumura diya

This is a dish of duck meat cooked with ash gourd and it’s finger licking awesome. Here’s a recipe.

 

8. Koldil paro manghor jalukia

This dish made of pigeon meat and banana flowers is delicious. Here’s a recipe.

 

9. Sungat diya maas

This amazingly flavoured dish of fish in bamboo is a must have. Here’s a recipe.

 

10. Gahori laai xaak

This dish of pork with greens is mindblowing. Here is a recipe.

 

11. Sungat diya saul

Bamboo is an essential ingredient to Assamese cuisine. Here’s the recipe for this dish of bamboo rice.

 

12. Patot dia maas

This dish of fish steamed in banana leaves is delicious. Here’s a recipe.

 

13. Khorika maas

This dish of simple smoked fish is every fish lover’s dream come true!

 

14. Smoked pork with bamboo shoot

This pork dish made with bamboo shoots will leave you drooling. Here’s a recipe.

 

15. Kolposola aru murgi mangxor aanja

This is a chicken curry made with tender banana trunk. Here’s a recipe.

 

16. Tekeli pitha

This sweet rice cake is generally made using earthenware, and the taste is just brilliant! Try out the simple recipe.

*Googles for all the Assamese restaurants nearby while drooling*

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