Tengamora Xaak

Name: Tengamora Xaak
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 200g tengamora xaak (roselle leaves), cleaned; 1 tbsp mustard oil; 4 cloves garlic, sliced; 2 dried red chillies; ½ tsp salt; 1 small onion (40g), sliced

🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 55. Tengamora Xaak recipe

⏱️10 minPrep

🔥15 minCook

🕒25 minTotal

🍽️2Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Tengamora Xaak

Stir-fry (15 mins, medium-high heat): Heat mustard oil until smoking. Add garlic and dried chillies — fry 1 minute until garlic is just golden. Add sliced onion — cook 3 minutes. Add roselle leaves and salt — stir-fry until leaves are wilted and tender (8 minutes). The natural sourness of the roselle will season the dish.

📖 Cultural notes

Tengamora Xaak (roselle) is one of Assam's most revered leafy greens — its natural acidity makes it both a food ingredient and a souring agent, and rural Assamese households grow it in their kitchen gardens as a year-round necessity. ---

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