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How to make KHAR of Assamese Cuisine

Khar  is an alkali prepared from sun dried skin of some varieties of banana.  It is prepared by filtering the water from the burn ashes of the skin of the banana. Therefore it is also called kolkhar (kol means banana). It is preserved in bottles and can be used for months. It sounds bizarre but Assamese people are using khar as a cooking ingredient since time immemorial when salt was not discovered. It is believed that khar cleanses the stomach.  A traditional Assamese meal begin with khar recipe.  A khar recipe can be prepared with raw papaya, bottle gourd, dry Jasmin flower,  doron bon xaak, fish head etc. In a khar recipe khar is the key ingredient.  One or two tablespoons is enough to prepare khar recipe.  Khar can also be consumed as raw by just adding chopped garlic,  few drops of mustard oil and salt. •  Doron Bon Khar •  Papaya Khar Khar  Recipe of making khar from banana peels : Ingredients : • Dry peels of 2 banana • 2 cups of water. Method : Khar is g

10 Souring Agents in Assamese Cuisine

Souring agent is very important in Assamese cuisine. As Assamese people like to eat masor tenga or sour fish curry, it is very important to make the curry sour by using different souring agents available in this region.  Following are 10 souring agents used in Assamese cuisine to make different tasty recipes including masor tenga.  1.  Ou tenga(ঔ টেঙা) : English name:  Elephant apple   Scientific name : Dillenia indica Elephant apple  Cook with Elephant apple :  Fish Curry with elephant apple 2. Modhuxulung(মধুসোলেং) : English name : Scientific name : Polygonum microcephalum Modhuxulung  Cook with modhuxulung :  Modhuxulung chutney 3. Tomatoes(bilahi/বিলাহী) : There are many varieties of tomatoes used in Assamese cuisine. Kon bilahi(কণ বিলাহী) : English name : Cheery tomato Scientific name : Solanum lycopersicum var Mirika bilahi(মিৰিকা বিলাহী) : English name : Grape tomato Scientific name : Tomatoes  Cook with tomato :  Fish curry with p