Chirang Breakfast

Name: Chirang Breakfast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 150g sticky rice; 200g pork with mustard greens (lai xaak); 100g fiddlehead fern stir-fry

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 66. Chirang Breakfast recipe

⏱️15 minPrep

🔥25 minCook

🕒40 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

150g sticky rice
200g pork with mustard greens (lai xaak)
100g fiddlehead fern stir-fry

👩‍🍳 How to make Chirang Breakfast

Make pork with mustard greens (25 mins, medium heat): Brown pork in mustard oil with ginger and garlic. Add fresh mustard leaves, green chilli, turmeric, salt. Cover and cook until pork is tender and mustard greens are wilted (20 minutes).
Steam sticky rice (25 mins, high steam).
Stir-fry fiddlehead ferns (15 mins, high heat): As per recipe #23.

📖 Cultural notes

Chirang district in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) is a Bodo-majority region where pork with mustard greens is a signature preparation — this hearty breakfast sustains farmers through the demanding mornings of paddy cultivation. ---

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