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Manipur · Snack

Usi (Rice Flour Cake - Fermented Fish Version)

Traditional 10. Usi recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Rice flour: 180g
• Fermented fish (ngari - finely pounded): 20g
• Onion (finely diced): 50g
• Green chilli (minced): 5g
• Turmeric powder: 2g
• Salt: 3g
• Water: 120ml
• Oil: 25ml

👩‍🍳 How to make Usi

1. Pound fermented fish to fine powder (1 min)
2. Mix rice flour with turmeric and salt (1 min)
3. Add pounded fish, diced onion, minced chilli (1 min)
4. Gradually add water (1 min)
5. Heat tawa to medium, oil surface
6. Drop 2 tbsp batter portions, flatten to 1cm thick
7. Cook 4-5 min until pale brown and edges firm
8. Flip carefully
9. Cook 3-4 min on reverse side
10. Transfer to plate
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