Fish
Masor Tenga
মাছৰ টেঙা
The sour fish curry that closes an Assamese meal — clean, light and completely unforgiving of a heavy hand.
- Prep20 min
- Cook25 min
- Serves4
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Fish
Maasor Muror Khar
মাছৰ মূৰৰ খাৰ
Fish head and raw papaya cooked with kolakhar — the alkaline dish that opens an Assamese meal, and the one that made me want to understand the chemistry.
- Prep25 min
- Cook35 min
- Serves4
Meat
Hahor Mangkho
হাঁহৰ মাংস
Duck slow-cooked with ash gourd — a Magh Bihu dish built for cold mornings, with almost no spice and an enormous amount of patience.
- Prep30 min
- Cook1 hr 40 min
- Serves4–6
Sweets & Pitha
Til Pitha
তিল পিঠা
Sticky rice rolled around black sesame and jaggery on a bare griddle. Nothing to season, nowhere to cheat — the purest technique dish in the Assamese repertoire.
- Prep8 hr (mostly soaking)
- Cook30 min
- ServesMakes 12–14
Vegetarian
Aloo Pitika
আলু পিটিকা
Mashed potato, raw mustard oil, onion and chilli. Four ingredients, thirty seconds of technique, and absolutely nowhere to hide.
- Prep10 min
- Cook20 min
- Serves4
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