The food of Assam
4 dishes tied to Assam, India: born there, or made its own.
Pitha
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreRice or wheat cakes, sweet or savoury, steamed, fried or griddled in eastern South Asia
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Panta bhatVegan
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreCooked rice soaked overnight in water and eaten cold, often with salt and onion
Main dish, Breakfast
BeguniVeganবেগুনী
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreEggplant slices dipped in gram flour batter and deep-fried
Street food, Snacks
Jalfreziঝালফ্রেজী
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreA spicy stir-fried curry with meat or vegetables and green chillies
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Panta bhat: TAPAS KUMAR HALDER, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Beguni: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Pitha: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jalfrezi: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5, source