Mizo cuisine

Mizo cuisine is the traditional cuisine of the Mizo people. Mizo are traditionally rice eaters.

Overview

The cuisine of Mizoram shares characteristics to other regions of Northeast India and North India. Rice is the staple food of Mizoram, while Mizos love to add non-vegetarian ingredients in every dish. Fish, chicken, pork and beef are popular meats among Mizos. Dishes are served on fresh banana leaves. Most of the dishes are cooked in mustard oil. Meals tend to be blander with less oil and more vegetables. Mizos love eating boiled vegetables along with rice. A popular dish is bai, made from boiling vegetables (spinach, eggplant, beans, and other leafy vegetables) with bekang fermented soya beans or Sa-um, a fermented pork and served with rice. Sawhchiar is another common dish, made of rice and cooked with beef,pork or chicken.[1][2]

Dishes

The staple food of most of the Mizo people is rice, with meat and vegetables served on the side, ranging from the homely bai, a simple vegetable stew, non veg stew with sesame, garlic, onion and herbs.[3]

Side dishes

Typical Mizo food including stable rice, bai, meat and hmarcha rawt
  • Bai – combination of several herbs cooked with string beans and edible ferns.[4]
  • Rep – smoked meat (fish, chicken, pork or beef) mixed with flavors of chilies, local herbs and fresh leafy greens
  • Chhum han – mixed steamed vegetables.[5]
  • Hmarcha rawt - tangy and spicy chilli chutney
  • Dal
  • Bekang - fermented soya beans

Lunch

Typical Mizo lunch including chhangban, alu chop, atta and tea

A typical Mizo lunch consists of a few chosen from the items listed below. Usually it consists of bread, chhangban, sawhchhiar or noodles accompanied with tea.

  • Sanpiau – Rice porridge mixed with meat, sauce and Mizo spices.[6]
  • Chhangban – Sticky local rice bread.[7]
  • Artui chhipchhuan chow – Sunny-side-up fried egg with noodles
  • Alu chop
  • Sawhchiar

References

  1. "Mizo Cuisine in India". India9.com. 7 June 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. "Food in Mizoram". Mapsofindia.com. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. Mizar, Shilpa. "Mizo by nature". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. "Where the Clouds Roll Along". Rediff. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. Ghosh, Arnab. "5 Tasty Recipes from Mizoram". Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  6. Choudhery, Chandrakala. "Mizo cuisine: A hit among food lovers". Outlook India. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. "Mizo cuisine: A hit among food lovers". Catch news. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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