Karbi Community Breakfast

Name: Karbi Community Breakfast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 23 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 150g sticky rice, steamed; 200g country chicken curry (Karbi style — minimal spice, ginger, garlic, bamboo shoot); 100g boiled seasonal greens (kolmou xaak — water spinach); 1 cup herbal tea

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 62. Karbi Community Breakfast recipe

⏱️15 minPrep

🔥8 minCook

🕒23 minTotal

🍽️3Serves

🧺 Ingredients

150g sticky rice, steamed
200g country chicken curry (Karbi style — minimal spice, ginger, garlic, bamboo shoot)
100g boiled seasonal greens (kolmou xaak — water spinach)
1 cup herbal tea

👩‍🍳 How to make Karbi Community Breakfast

Make Karbi chicken curry (30 mins, medium heat): Cut country chicken small. Brown in mustard oil with ginger and garlic. Add green chilli, turmeric, salt. Add bamboo shoot and water. Simmer until chicken is completely tender (25 minutes). Very little spice — let the chicken flavour dominate.
Serve (5 mins): Sticky rice with chicken curry and greens.

📖 Cultural notes

The Karbi people of the Karbi Anglong hills (Assam's largest hill district) have a breakfast tradition centered on country chicken and indigenous greens — their cooking uses minimal spicing and focuses on the natural flavours of the ingredients. ---

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