Cachar Breakfast

Name: Cachar Breakfast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 150g rice, cooked; 150g hilsa fish with mustard (shorshe ilish — Barak Valley style); 100g aloo bhaji; 1 cup strong CTC tea

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 78. Cachar Breakfast recipe

⏱️15 minPrep

🔥25 minCook

🕒40 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

150g rice, cooked
150g hilsa fish with mustard (shorshe ilish — Barak Valley style)
100g aloo bhaji
1 cup strong CTC tea

👩‍🍳 How to make Cachar Breakfast

Make shorshe ilish (20 mins, medium heat): Marinate hilsa in mustard paste, green chilli, turmeric, salt. Cook in mustard oil in a covered pan on low heat for 15 minutes — the mustard steam-cooks the fish without drying it out.
Aloo bhaji: Thinly sliced potato stir-fried with turmeric and mustard seeds in mustard oil (10 minutes).
Serve: Rice with mustard hilsa and potato bhaji.

📖 Cultural notes

Cachar district in the Barak Valley has a strongly Bengali-influenced food culture — shorshe ilish (hilsa in mustard) is the defining preparation of this region, bringing the Bengali love of hilsa into an Assamese context. ---

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