Join me as I explore the northeastern states of India, focusing on Guwahati, Assam. In this video, I visit the Navagraha ...

Saikia shares that every Assamese meal must begin with Khar - a dish made with an alkaline liquid prepared from dried vegetable peels. "In Assam, we believe in zero-wastage.

Of the 13 dishes that he served, khar cooked with raw papaya was one of them. A lavish feast from across India demands a palate cleanser. Also read | Why Assam's small forest patches are worth saving ...

Explore the vibrant food culture of Assam with these 10 (out of many) ... Their traditional meal made of khar (banana peel’s ash extract), dishes with elephant apples and fiddlehead fern, ...

Even outside Assam, it is gaining attention over time. Bottled kolakhar is now available online, and some restaurants in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru have started including khar-based dishes in their ...

Khar is from the ashes of sun-dried banana peel or stem of the banana tree cooked with raw papaya, lentils and other vegetables. Khar is so important in Assamese cuisine that many people used to call ...

They are descendants of ethnic Tai people. So, there is a great influence of South Asian flavour in the dishes. Like every cuisine in the world, food habits are a confluence of many factors, but ...