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| Corn n Rice with Greens cooked North East Indian Style~Indian State Meghalaya |
At Meghalaya today! So what are you going to eat for....
The people of Meghalaya, like the other indigenous communities, have their typical cooking pattern, according to the availability of food stuffs in Meghalaya. Moreover, the Meghalaya cuisine can be divided into three distinctive styles: Garo, Khasi and Jaintia.
However
inspite of their differences in the cooking styles of the tribes the main Meghalaya food comprises of rice along
with fish or meat preparations. The food crops of Meghalaya are rice and maize,
rice being the staple food.
Fruits like oranges, guava,
pineapples, bananas, lemon, etc form an important part of the food in Meghalaya
and are grown here.
The people of Meghalaya have a varied diet from rice and maize,
millet, tapioca, etc. Besides, the people of Meghalaya rear goats, pig, ducks,
and fowls and consume their meat they also eat the meat of bison, deer, wild
pigs, etc. Fish, crabs, eels, prawns, dry fishes also form a major part of
the food in Meghalaya.
The people of Meghalaya practice 'jhum' cultivation; and the yields are a part of diet.
Don’t be surprised if you see the people of Meghalaya are chewing Betel leaf and unripe betel nut. Like in the mainland people prefer having betel leaf, along with dried tobacco and lime.
In Meghalaya, a special kind of beer is prepared from fermented rice. The rice beer is prepared by fermenting the rice, and then distilling it. The use of rice-beer is most prevalent during the various religious ceremonies.
Thus, it is evident that the Meghalayan food is a typical Meghalaya cuisine with its own innovations and delicacies.
The people of Meghalaya practice 'jhum' cultivation; and the yields are a part of diet.
Don’t be surprised if you see the people of Meghalaya are chewing Betel leaf and unripe betel nut. Like in the mainland people prefer having betel leaf, along with dried tobacco and lime.
In Meghalaya, a special kind of beer is prepared from fermented rice. The rice beer is prepared by fermenting the rice, and then distilling it. The use of rice-beer is most prevalent during the various religious ceremonies.
Thus, it is evident that the Meghalayan food is a typical Meghalaya cuisine with its own innovations and delicacies.
Coing down to my experiences cooking for Meghalaya...
