Sonowal Kachari Breakfast

Name: Sonowal Kachari Breakfast
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 150g bora saul, steamed; 200g duck curry with ginger and bamboo shoot; 100g dhekia xaak; 1 cup black tea

🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 65. Sonowal Kachari Breakfast recipe

⏱️15 minPrep

🔥30 minCook

🕒45 minTotal

🍽️3Serves

🧺 Ingredients

150g bora saul, steamed
200g duck curry with ginger and bamboo shoot
100g dhekia xaak
1 cup black tea

👩‍🍳 How to make Sonowal Kachari Breakfast

Make duck curry (30 mins, medium heat): Brown duck pieces in mustard oil. Add ginger, garlic, green chilli, turmeric, salt. Add fermented bamboo shoot and water. Simmer 25 minutes until duck is very tender.
Steam rice and cook dhekia: As per standard methods.
Serve: Duck curry, rice, and dhekia on banana leaf.

📖 Cultural notes

The Sonowal Kachari, originally gold-washers (sonowal = gold washer) of the Brahmaputra sandbanks, have a distinctive food culture centred on river fish and duck — both are abundant in the low-lying floodplains where they historically lived. ---

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