Ou Tenga Maas Breakfast

Name: Ou Tenga Maas Breakfast
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 400g rohu fish, cut into pieces; 2 segments ou tenga (elephant apple), sliced thin; 2 tbsp mustard oil; ½ tsp turmeric; ½ tsp salt; 2 green chillies, slit; 1 tsp ginger, grated; 400ml water

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 54. Ou Tenga Maas Breakfast recipe

⏱️10 minPrep

🔥25 minCook

🕒35 minTotal

🍽️3Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Ou Tenga Maas Breakfast

Fry fish (8 mins, high heat): Rub fish with turmeric and salt. Fry in smoking hot mustard oil until golden and crisp on both sides. Remove.
Make sour broth (17 mins, medium heat): In the same pan, add ginger and chillies. Cook 1 minute. Add ou tenga slices — they will release a naturally fruity, intense sourness. Add 400ml water. Boil 5 minutes. Return fish and simmer 10 minutes. The broth should be fruity-sour and pale golden.

📖 Cultural notes

Ou Tenga (elephant apple, Dillenia indica) is one of Assam's most distinctive souring agents — the waxy, segmented fruit grows wild along riverbanks and provides a uniquely floral-sour flavour that is impossible to replicate with other ingredients. ---

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