Assamese cuisine is a mixture of cooking styles of hills, which favors fermentation and drying as a method for preservation and of plains that has abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as animals and poultry!
But… despite of having this two schools for cooking, the main ingredient remained Rice. Assam has a varied cultural influence due to which there are surprising variety of food in Assamese cuisine. Some characteristics of Assamese cuisine includes less use of spices and oil, the main flavor is due to use of exotic fruits and vegetables, which are used in Fresh, Dried or Fermented form.
The oil used is pungent mustard oil. A traditional meal in Assam begins with a khar, a class of dishes named after the main ingredient, and ends with a tenga, a…