Aakhol Ghor, the Assamese Cuisines and Foods from Assam

Its all about Food and Food Habits from the land of blue hills and red river, Assam.

Aakhol Ghor means Kitchen in Assamese. Assamese traditional Kitchens normally has two parts. First the dining area plus a small cooking space for tea etc. And the next bigger and more functional room is the actual kitchen with at least two earthen fire places (chowka).If you are a food lover you can hope to see a lot of authentic Assamese Recipes in this place......

DISCLAIMER

Some famous Chef of India once said, " India is so unique, one can find three different recipes for the same chicken curry in the three houses lined in the same row. Every kitchen and every cook in India has it's own cook book, unlike rest of the world."
I personally feel it is so well said. Even in my case, you might find small to big differences in your known method of cooking and the ones posted here. I call them true Assamese for two main reasons, one: because of the spices used, and two: my granny knew nothing beyond her village ( she did not believe that cauliflower can be green, which is Broccoli). So whatever she cooked was passed on over generation. And my Mom finds it hard to believe anything can be cooked beyond her traditional methods( she is best at it, though she makes excellent Indo - Chinese things, invented). So please feel free to put in your comments / correction. One thing I can assure is I have cooked all these ( everything) myself with my own hands at least once. So whatever is here is tried and tested. You are always welcome to do your bit of experiment !!!!!

Glossary To Aakhol Ghor

It might be the case that sometimes you do not understand an ingredient. This is my humble effort towards making Assamese Cooking a little bit more simple.

THE LINK    http://aakholglossary.blogspot.in/


Came across this page in Wikipedia. This article lists most of the vegetables which are frequently used in Assamese cooking. This includes leafy, non-leafy and other herbs which are very much common and essential in Assamese kitchen.

This article lists all the vegetables in their Assamese, English and Scientific names along with helpful pictures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vegetables_in_Assam

Our blog also features many recipes with vegetables mentioned in this article. Hope you find this article helpful and we would also like to express our gratitude to the contributors of the Wiki article here for their tremendous effort.
Happy reading.

RICE & LENTILS

Rice & Lentils

SOME VEGETABLES

Some Vegetables

XAAK OR GREEN VEGETABLE

Xaak or Green Vegetable

SPICES

Spices 

MEAT & FISH

Meat & Fish 

FRUITS

Fruits

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