Sivasagar Breakfast

Name: Sivasagar Breakfast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 150g poita bhat (fermented rice); 1 duck egg, scrambled in mustard oil; 100g aloo pitika; 100g baigan pitika; 1 cup jaggery tea

🍗 Non-veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 48. Sivasagar Breakfast recipe

⏱️15 minPrep

🔥25 minCook

🕒40 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Sivasagar Breakfast

Prepare poita bhat (overnight): As per recipe #1.
Scramble duck egg (8 mins, medium heat): As per recipe #18.
Make pitikas (20 mins): Boil potatoes and char brinjal as per recipes #12 and #13.
Serve (5 mins): The full Sivasagar breakfast includes fermented rice with dual pitikas and a duck egg — the most regal morning meal in Upper Assam.

📖 Cultural notes

Sivasagar (Sibsagar) was the seat of Ahom power for 600 years — duck eggs and poita bhat were staple breakfast components in the royal courts, and the tradition persists as a point of historical pride among local families. ---

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