Steamed Rice Cake - Bhapot Diya Pitha

Here’s  one steamed pitha, improvised to make in any place, for the Assamese Bihu Spirit !!

Ingredients:

Of all things, you need something called Idly Stand.Or Steam it as you like. 

1.       Rice Flour – 1 Cup

2.       Grated Coconut – ½ Cup

3.       Sugar – As Per Taste

4.       Salt – A pinch

5.       Cardamom – 1 ground

Method:

Dip the rice flour in 2 cups of water for say over night. In the morning, mix rest of the ingredients.

If you know how to make idly, and you have the equipment called Idly Stand, add small portions to each idly case and steam like an idly.

You can eat them with whatever !! They are sweets after all J

Til diya Mangxo - Chicken / Duck / Pork / Goat Meat cooked in Sesame

This one is for my darling sister who has no access to anything Assamese and to a dear friend of mine, who actually made sure I update this one right now, middle of the festive chaos!!! Of course all my readers hope you like it.

Ingredients:

  Meat – 500 gm

 Black Sesame – 2 Table Spoon

3    Cumin Seed – ½ Table spoon

4.       Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 Table Spoon

5.       Onion – 1 big Chopped

6.       Red Dry Chilly - 1

7.       Turmeric  and Salt – As per taste

8.       Green Chilly – 1

9.       Oil – 1 Table Spoon

        Black Pepper - 3

Method:

Clean the meat. Make a paste of dry red chilly, cumin , sesame and black pepper. If you do not like it hot, then drop the chilies, they are optional. Now mix everything together and keep aside. Head a deep bottom pan with the oil. Add your meat mixture and cook till it starts leaving oil, in MEDIUM to low heat. High heat will burn the sesame.  Now add hot water to it. Boil till the meat is cooked to your choice.

Serve hot with sticky rice.

TIP: This goes best with Duck, Chicken or any other bird meat. I do not like goat cooked in this way.