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  Here I am back after a long time. Today I am going to share a simple recipe of Pork Curry . Its an Assamese style pork curry where I cooked it with elephant apple . Serve this tasty pork curry with rice in lunch or dinner. Dillenia Indica   commonly known as Elephant  Apple   or Ou tenga   is a fruit ,  sour in taste and very native to Assamese cuisine. Ou tenga contains vitamins C and E along with vitamin B complex and potassium. It also contains antioxidants. Elephant apple is generally used in Assamese cuisine to make fish curries. Pork with Ou Tenga or Elephant Apple: 📎 Course :  Main course 📎Cuisine :  Assamese  🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  30 minutes 🕞Total :  40 minutes 🍴Servings : 4 INGREDIENTS: 500 gms pork 1 elephant apple or ou tenga  1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 1 onion, chopped Chopped green chillies (3-4) or bhoot jolokia * amount of chillies according to your taste  2 tbsp mustard oil Salt to taste METHOD: Cut pork into cube sized pieces. Was

Dillenia Indica commonly known as Elephant  Apple or  Ou tenga  is a fruit ,  sour in taste and very native to Assamese cuisine. Ou tenga contains vitamins C and E along with vitamin B complex and potassium. It also contains antioxidants. Elephant apple is generally used in Assamese cuisine to make fish curries. Dates contains several vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants. Dried dates are a good source of magnesium, calcium, iron and potassium. However dried dates are high in calories. Today I am going to share a chutney made from elephant apple and dried dates . I made this chutney for my office party. It was served with alu and methi parathas togather with peanut chutney.   Here is the recipe: ELEPHANT APPLE AND DATES CHUTNEY / OU TENGA CHUTNEY: INGREDIENTS: 1 elephant apple 1 cup dried dates  1 cup water  1/2 cup jaggery  1/2 cup suger  1/2 tsp black cumin or kala jeera seeds 1 tsp red chilli powder 1/2 tsp cumin powder 1/2 tsp coriander powder 2/3 bay leaves 2/3 dry red chilie

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 If you are looking for a best homestay in Guwahati, then I will highly recommend to check out the  Alpine retreat homestay, a lovely urban apartment at the right of the  heart of the area.  During our last visit to Guwahati, we had decided to stay at a homestay instead of staying in a hotel. The reason of choosing a homestay over a hotel is that we wanted a homely atmosphere and a homestay is a kind of accommodation where tourists are treated like guests, not clients and they are given rooms to stay together with the host family in the same house. A homestay is after all someone's home. In homestay we don't have to confined in a single room just like in a hotel. As the American novelist Edgar Watson Howe beautifully quoted  "To be an ideal guest, stay at home. ".  Alpine retreat is a lovely urban apartment that provides homestay with patio. Just 4.5 km from Paltan Bazar railway station, located on the G.S road,  Alpine retreat is easily accessible and surrounded by

  Spiny arum (scientific name : lasia spinosa) is known as sengmora in Assamese . Sengmora is a green leafy vegetable found mostly on wild are rich in dietary fiber and antioxidant. These leaves has a little bitter taste but it goes well when cooked with pork and fish. Today I'm going to share a simple recipe where I cooked sengmora with pork. Serve this recipe as a side dish with rice in the main course.  Pork with Sengmora : 📎 Course :  Main course 📎Cuisine :  Assamese  🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  30 minutes 🕞Total :  40 minutes 🍴Servings :  2 INGREDIENTS: 500 gms pork 1 bunch of sengmora xaak 1/2 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 1 onion, chopped 1 tbsp soy sauch Chopped green chillies (3-4) or bhoot jolokia * amount of chillies according to your taste  1 chopped tomato  2 tbsp mustard oil Salt to taste METHOD: Cut pork into cube sized pieces. Wash under running water. In a pressure cooker boil pork for 2 whistles.  Drain water and keep the pork pieces aside. I

Hey there!  I'm back again, after a long time. It's more than six months now, that I haven't written a single word in my blog. Sometimes staying motivated  to keep posting new posts everyday isn't so easy. But, I am back with a new recipe now. It's a simple Assamese style fish curry recipe or masor tenga cooked with dry elephant apple ( ou tenga ).  Dillenia indica, commonly known as elephant apple (ou tenga in Assamese) is used as a souring agent in Assamese cuisine.  We can eat both raw (by making a chutney) and cooked elephant apple. Assamese people eat ou tenga by adding it in lentil curry (dail) and by making sour fish curry (masor tenga). We can also preserve elephant apple by just sun drying it. At first let me share the recipe of Sun dried elephant apple.  Sun Dried Elephant Apple : INGREDIENTS: 1 elephant apple  METHOD: STEP 1  Remove the petals of the elephant apple with the help of a sharp knife.  STEP 2 Cut the soft petals into small slices.  STEP 3 Put

 Jute leaves are rich in vitamin E,  A and C. Boiled jute leaves is a very simple yet tasty recipe that can be served as a side dish with rice in lunch. Use less bitter variety of jute leaves for this recipe.  Also try : Stir fried jute leaves Jute leaves fritters Boiled Jute Leaves : 📎Cuisine :  Indian 🔪Preparation Time :  5 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  15 minutes  🕞Total :  20 minutes INGREDIENTS:  A bunch of  tender jute leaves picked from the tip with stems   1 tbsp grated and fermented bamboo shoots (khorisa)    2-3 cups of water  2 green chillies  1/2 tsp mustard oil *  salt to taste  * If you don't like mustard oil, use olive oil.  METHOD: Wash jute leaves with stems under running water.  Cut the chillies lengthwise.  Boil 2-3 cups of water in a pan. Add jute leaves and green chillies.  Add salt and bring to boil.  When the jute leaves become soft and tender, add fermented bamboo shoots and musters oil.  After 5 minutes, switch off the gas.  Serve hot. 

 Here is a list of 25 spices (মচলা) with their English and Assamese names.  Assamese name = English name  Ada (আদা) = Ginger (Scientific name : Zingiber officinale)  Nohoru (নহৰু) = Garlic (Scientific name : Allium sativum)  Piyaj (পিয়াজ) = Onion ( Scientific name : Allium cepa)  Dhania (ধনিয়া) = Coriander ( Scientific name : Coriandrum sativum)  Jeera (জিৰা) = Cumin (Scientific name : Cuminum cyminum)  Ronga guri jolokia (ৰঙা গুৰি জলকীয়া) = Red chilli powder  Hukan jolokia (শুকান জলকীয়া) = Dry chilli  Kola nimokh (কলা নিমখ) = Black salt  Long (লং) = Clove ( Scientific name : Syzygium aromaticum)  Dalsini (দালচিনি) = Cinnamon  Elaichi (ইলাচী) = Cardamom  Kala jeera (ক'লা জিৰা) = Black cumin  Saunf (চ'ফ) = Fennel seeds ( Scientific name : Foeniculum vulgare)  Methi (মিথি) = Fenugreek ( Scientific name : Trigonella foenum-graecum ) Haldhi (হালধী) = Turmeric  Tejpat (তেজপাত) = Bay leaf  Jaluk (জালুক) = Pepper  Narasingha (নৰসিংহ) = Curry leaves  Til (তিল) = Sesame seeds ( Scientif

 Hello everyone!  Hope you all are feeling well.  As the summer is here, it is better to eat light food which is not too hot and spicy for a healthy tummy, specially during day time. Cooking in summer is again a very stressful duty. So,  it is better to cook quick meal to avoid the hot kitchen during summer and to satisfy your belly. At this period of summer season traditional Assamese meal is really good to eat. Assamese food is less spicy and less oily and that's why is very healthy. One of the seasonal leafy vegetable found during summer is jute leaves .  Jute   is an edible leafy vegetable, rich in vitamins and fiber. Jute in  Assamese  called  Mora xaak .  Today I'm going to share a simple and quick jute leaves recipe. In Assamese cuisine we knot 2-3 tender leaves of jute leaves with stems together, and then fried it in mustard oil.Thereafter we sprinkle some khar upon the fried knotted jute leaves.  As khar recipe is served at the beginning of an Assamese meal, we can al

  Jute  is an edible leafy vegetable, rich in vitamins and fiber. Jute in  Assamese  called Mora xaak .   Jute leaves can be added in lentil soup. I add knotted jute leaves in lentil curry. We can make  Khar recipe with jute leaves.  Today I'm going to share a fritter recipe of jute leaves.  Also check : Malabar Spinach Fritters Pumpkin leaves fritters  Night flowering jasmine leaves fritters Assamese Style Jute Leaves Fritters ( Mora Xaakor Bor) : 📎Cuisine :  Indian 🔪Preparation Time :  5 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  15 minutes  🕞Total :  20 minutes INGREDIENTS:  5-6 tender leaves of jute leaves picked from the tip with stems   1/2 cup chickpea flour   1 tbsp rice flour or semolina    1/4 tbsp cumin powder    1/4 tbsp coriander powder    1/4 tbsp red chilli powder   salt to taste   oil to fry METHOD: Wash jute leaves with stems under running water and soak in salted water.  For batter take a bowl. Add chickpea flour+rice flour+cumin powder+coriander powder+red chilli powder+salt.

  Roasted corn is a popular street food in India. Corn are available in India during monsoon season. During this period, street vendors are seen selling roasted corns which they usually roast on coal fire.  Corn can also be boiled, grilled, broiled, microwave or steamed. Corn is a versatile vegetable and because of its outstanding health benefits, corn is liked by many. Corn is high in fibre content. Corn is a good source of antioxidants and contains valuable B vitamins. It contains essential minerals such as zinc,  magnesium, iron, copper and magnesium.  Here's how to make roasted corn on the gas stove. Some salt, red chilli powder and squirt of lemon juice can make it more flavourful.  Roasted corn on the cob : 📎 Course :  Street food  📎Cuisine :  Indian 🔪Preparation Time :  5 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  15 minutes  🕞Total :  20 minutes 🍴Servings :  2 INGREDIENTS: 2 ears of corn  1 lemon sliced into half  1/2 tsp red chilli powder  Salt to taste  METHOD: Tear or completely rem