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Manipur · Lunch

Basket Thongba

Traditional 21. Basket Thongba recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Mixed vegetables (snake gourd, bitter gourd, bottle gourd - diced): 400g
• Onion (coarsely chopped): 55g
• Ginger (grated): 6g
• Green chilli (sliced): 4
• Fermented fish (ngari - optional): 8g
• Water: 450ml
• Salt: 3g
• Oil: 8ml
• Fresh coriander (chopped): 12g

👩‍🍳 How to make Basket Thongba

1. Dice all vegetables uniformly (2 min)
2. Heat oil lightly in pot (1 min)
3. Add grated ginger, cook 1 minute
4. Add coarsely chopped onion, cook 2 minutes
5. Add sliced green chilli
6. Add diced vegetables, stir gently (1 min)
7. Pour water, add salt
8. Bring to boil (5 min)
9. Reduce heat to medium-low
10. Simmer 12-15 minutes until vegetables are very tender
11. If using ngari, crumble and add during last 2 minutes
12. Stir occasionally
13. Serve hot in bowls
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