Popular sticky rice dishes of Northeast

Dec10,2023

Like its sister states, sticky rice finds an inseparable position in Naga cuisine

Naga indigenous sticky rice cake

Pitha in Assam is a popular snack enjoyed for breakfast and prepared with love, dedication and of course sticky rice as its main ingredient

Pitha in Assam

The Ao tribe call sticky rice Mabuk chang. The grain is sometimes cooked or steamed like any normal rice and eaten with ghee.

Mabuk Chang in Nagaland

Putharo, a special kind of snack, is also made from sticky rice flour, the Khasis and Jaintias of Meghalaya have this with tea

Putharo

Khaw Mon Tong Tep is made from pounded rice powder to which cashew nuts, coconut or jaggeryare added to make dough. A special kind of leave, specific to the area is used to wrap the dough and the steamed and cut into pieces.

Khaw Mon Tong Tep

The red or black version of sticky rice is commonly found all over Northeast India; 

Red sticky rice in Nagaland

Sticky rice roti is a popular afternoon tea-time snack. Some make them crispy,while others make them soft and chewy

Sticky rice roti in Nagaland