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Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh is a state in Northeastern India. Itanagar is the state capital. Arunachal Pradesh is the largest of the Seven Sister States of Northeast India by area. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south.

Arunachal Pradesh

Featured Dishes from Arunachal Pradesh

Dung po

Dung po

Steamed rice, rice is wrapped in leaves and steamed

Khura

Khura

Buckwheat flour pancake

Zan

Zan

Millet porridge with vegetables

Bresi

Bresi

Cooked rice with butter, raisins and sugar

Koat pitha

Koat pitha

Rice flour and banana fritters, serve with tea

Apong

Apong

Homemade rice beer, poda is the strong brew, pori the weaker brew, many local versions

Marua

Marua

Po cha

Po cha

Butter tea, historically made with dri (female yak) butter

Achin pinam

Achin pinam

Spiced rice, rice mixed with okko leaves and cooked inside a bamboo tube

Amin

Amin

Stewed chicken with rice cakes or thickened with rice flour, ginger, dried bamboo shoots, ginger

Asumbi

Asumbi

Cornmeal-thickened stew with meat, wild greens, bamboo shoot, chili peppers

Bamboo shoot soup

Bamboo shoot soup

Chicken

Chicken

Chura sabji

Chura sabji

Fermented yak or cow cheese (chhurpi) stew

Crispy pork

Crispy pork

Pork pieces coated with a spiced batter, then fried

Dung po

Dung po

Steamed rice, rice is wrapped in leaves and steamed

Eggs

Eggs

Fish

Fish

Gyapa khazi

Gyapa khazi

Mixed rice dish with fermented cheese, chilies, dried fish, ginger

Khamti sticky rice

Khamti sticky rice

Tai Khamtis is a tribe in the Arunachal Pradesh region

Khao hai

Khao hai

Steamed rice wrapped in tong or ekkam (tong) leaves

Kharzi rice

Kharzi rice

Rice cooked with tomatoes, ginger, chilies

Kopi

Kopi

Boiled wild eggplant

Lukter

Lukter

Smoke-dried meat flavored with powdered chili peppers, prepared with chicken, pork or mithun (bovine, beef), typically eaten with rice

Mithun

Mithun

Momo

Momo

Steamed dumpling filled with minced meat, vegetables, cheese, onions

Mutton

Mutton

Ngatak

Ngatak

Fish pieces are marinated with spices and herbs, wrapped in leaves, then cooked on a hot stone

Noo phan

Noo phan

Boiled bamboo shoots with ginger leaves

Noodle soup

Noodle soup

Noodle soup with vegetables, chilies, fermented cheese

Nou kai noo som

Nou kai noo som

Chicken and fermented bamboo shoots

Nou moo phan

Nou moo phan

Pork and herbs wrapped and steamed in tong/ekkam leaves

Nou moo shen

Nou moo shen

Fried pork and bamboo shoots

Oik

Oik

Leafy greens boiled with spices, may also be cooked with meat, pork, bamboo shoots

Oying

Oying

Paa nung

Paa nung

Fish and herbs wrapped and steamed in tong/ekkam leaves

Panch phoran torkari

Panch phoran torkari

Five-spice chicken, can also be vegetarian with brinjal (eggplant), potatoes, pumpkin

Pasa

Pasa

Raw minced fish soup

Phak kho

Phak kho

Seasonal greens

Pi koi tome

Pi koi tome

Banana flower curry made with taro (arbi/arvi/colocasia)

Pithagurir tenga

Pithagurir tenga

Sour stir fried fish dish with spices, garlic, thickened with rice flour

Pork

Pork

Stewed with oik/oyik, fried, grilled, roasted

Pork stewed with oik

Pork stewed with oik

Pork stewed with oyik, bamboo shoots

Puhee

Puhee

Spicy blood sausages, cooked in bamboo

Raro

Raro

Vegetable dish from the Galo tribes

Rice

Rice

Roasted meats

Roasted meats

Rongpu takeng

Rongpu takeng

Sinkhyo

Sinkhyo

Boiled, skewered and grilled mithun (bovine) meat

Smoked meats

Smoked meats

Sungat diya maas

Sungat diya maas

Fish cooked in bamboo

Thenthuk

Thenthuk

Spicy hand-pulled noodle soup with meat, vegetables, beans, peas

Thukpa

Thukpa

Tibetan noodle soup

Wah-si-wett

Wah-si-wett

Chicken, herbs and chilies, roasted in leaves

Wungwut ngam

Wungwut ngam

Chicken boiled with rice powder and spices

Bamboo shoots

Side, Snack, Appetizer

Bamboo shoots

Curried, pickled, fermented (bas tinga), bamboo rice, fritters

Chhurpi

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Chhurpi

Fermented cheese made from the milk of cows, goats or yaks, similar to ricotta, may be fresh, dried, used in stews

Curry leaf chutney

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Curry leaf chutney

Eku

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Eku

A paste made from epa, bamboo sprout powder, and water, added to, for example, boiled fish

Ekung

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Ekung

Fermented bamboo shoots, cooked with crushed chili peppers

Epa

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Epa

Bamboo sprout powder, used as a spice for dishes

Eup

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Eup

Fermented and dried bamboo shoots

Gandipuk beetle

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Gandipuk beetle

Eaten raw, toasted, in chutney. Warning, these beetles can be psychotropic

Khapse

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Khapse

Deep-fried pastry, made into many different shapes such as braids or twists, donkey ears, serve with coffee or tea

Pao

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Pao

Bread roll, introduced by the Portuguese

Pehak

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Pehak

Fermented soy bean and chilies chutney, eaten with rice

Pika pila

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Pika pila

Bamboo shoot and pork fat pickle

Siteka pickle

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Siteka pickle

Pickled eggplant in mustard oil

Tashee

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Tashee

Tree extract, milk and sugar

Tsampa

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Tsampa

Roasted barley flour, used in several dishes, soup, snacks, mixed with butter tea

Vegetables

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Vegetables

Vegetables are commonly boiled