BAI (MIZO STEW)

Description: This is Mizo favourite.

Serves: 4-5 people

Ingredients :

• Samtawk - 250 grams
• Brinjal - 250 grams
• Beans - 10-15 nos.
• Potatoes - 3 medium seized
• Cabbage - 1 small
• Tomatoes - 3 small
• Green chillies - 5 nos. (slit vertically)
• Soda a pinch
• Saum to taste (fermented pork fat)
• Bekang - 1 tbsp (fermented Soya bean)
• Lengser - 3 sticks
• Salt to taste

Procedure: (15-20 minutes)

• Boil samtawk, brinjal, green chillies, a few beans, potatoes, cabbage and tomatoes (together) till done.
• Then add a pinch of soda, sa um and bekang for flavour. Then put lengser.
• Add salt, cook this for about 5-8 minutes and the dish is ready.

Source : Ashish Chopra (Culinary Historian, Travel Writer, Author, Columnist, Passionate Gourmet, Television Host)