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      Have you had your rice today? Yes, I am asking have you had your rice today?  No no please donot feel  surprise when I am asking about rice instead of lunch or dinner. We Assamese ask 'bhat khala?' which means 'have you had your rice ?' instead of 'have you had lunch?' or 'have you had dinner?'  This proves how rice is a part and parcel of our day to day life. Rice is the main ingredient as well as the main dish of Assamese cuisine.      Rice is cultivated in Assam but it is not sufficient to fulfill the hunger of entire Assam. Rice is exported from other parts of India also. But some particular rice are grown in Assam alone such as sticky rice (bora chawl), aromatic rice (joha chawl) etc. Plain rice:  In everyday cooking, Assamese people likes to eat plain rice or boiled rice. Boiled rice is served basically with sour fish curries which are Assamese peoples' favourite dish. Rice is also served with lentils or different dals and veget

Another tasty fish curry with skunk vine . Bhedai lota or skunk vine is a green leafy vegetable found in Assam . The tree is a climber.  It has many medicinal value. But it's leaves give a distinctive odor when crushed.  Yes, it is edible. After cooking it's odour extinguished. Fish curry with skunk vine | Bhedai lota aru mas 📎 Course :  Main course 📎Cuisine :  Indian(Assamese) 🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  30 minutes 🕞Total :  45 minutes  🍴Servings :  2 INGREDIENTS: 4 pieces fish 1 bunch of skunk vine 2 potatos 3-4 cloves of garlic, chopped 1/2+1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tbsp peeper 3 tbsp mustard oil Salt to taste METHOD: Wash skunk vine leaves under running water and in a blender blend into a fine paste.  Filter the liquid through a strainer and keep aside.  Boil, peel and mashed potatoes. Keep aside.  Wash fish pieces. Rub with salt and turmeric.  In a pan heat oil.  Fry fish pieces and keep aside. Don

Pitika  Pitika is an Assamese word which means mashed. Pitika dishes are very popular in Assam. It is a side dish and a signature recipe of Assamese cuisine. Assamese people love to eat vegetables by mashing them with chopped onion, chilli and mustard oil after boiling or smoking/grilling them. Its taste is very pure. Sometimes raw onion is used and sometimes fried onion is used in these recepies. We use mustard oil for all purposes as it can also be consumed  as raw. Pickled chilli or pickled bhut jolokia adds more taste to these dishes. These pitika recipes are great appetizer and generally takes very less time to prepare. Here I am going to share 30 simple pitika recipies. 30 Assamese Pitika Recipes : 1. Aloo pitika | Mashed potatoes Ingredients: 2 potatoes 1 small onion chopped 2 green chillies chopped Green coriander leaves chopped 1 tbsp mustard oil Salt to taste Method: Boil potatoes. Peel the skin and mash it in a bowl. Add the other ingredients and m