Tea Garden Breakfast Thali

Name: Tea Garden Breakfast Thali
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 100g chira (flattened rice), rinsed; 100g bora saul (sticky rice), steamed; 150g aloo pitika (recipe #12); 150g fresh curd; 30g Assamese gur (jaggery); 1 cup Assam CTC tea with milk; 2 ripe bananas

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 40. Tea Garden Breakfast Thali recipe

⏱️20 minPrep

🔥30 minCook

🕒50 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Tea Garden Breakfast Thali

Prepare components (30 mins): Steam bora saul (25 mins). Make aloo pitika (15 mins). Rinse and drain chira (2 mins). Brew strong CTC tea (8 mins).
Plate thali (5 mins, no heat): On a large plate or banana leaf, arrange sticky rice, chira, aloo pitika, fresh curd with jaggery, sliced banana. Serve alongside a cup of tea.

📖 Cultural notes

The tea garden thali is the functional breakfast of the lakhs of workers who tend Assam's sprawling tea estates — designed for high energy and ease, it sustained generations of garden labourers through long, physical mornings. ---

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