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 Here is a list of 25 spices (মচলা) with their English and Assamese names.  Assamese name = English name  Ada (আদা) = Ginger (Scientific name : Zingiber officinale)  Nohoru (নহৰু) = Garlic (Scientific name : Allium sativum)  Piyaj (পিয়াজ) = Onion ( Scientific name : Allium cepa)  Dhania (ধনিয়া) = Coriander ( Scientific name : Coriandrum sativum)  Jeera (জিৰা) = Cumin (Scientific name : Cuminum cyminum)  Ronga guri jolokia (ৰঙা গুৰি জলকীয়া) = Red chilli powder  Hukan jolokia (শুকান জলকীয়া) = Dry chilli  Kola nimokh (কলা নিমখ) = Black salt  Long (লং) = Clove ( Scientific name : Syzygium aromaticum)  Dalsini (দালচিনি) = Cinnamon  Elaichi (ইলাচী) = Cardamom  Kala jeera (ক'লা জিৰা) = Black cumin  Saunf (চ'ফ) = Fennel seeds ( Scientific name : Foeniculum vulgare)  Methi (মিথি) = Fenugreek ( Scientific name : Trigonella foenum-graecum ) Haldhi (হালধী) = Turmeric  Tejpat (তেজপাত) = Bay leaf  Jaluk (জালুক) ...

Aghun  is one of the most important month of Assamese culture. The golden paddy fields give immense pleasure and happiness to the farmers. The months of  hard work turns into reward in terms of good crops and thereafter the time for celebration comes.  In Assam, rice is considered as the principal crop and is also the main food.  During the Assamese aghun month which fall during November  and December of English calendar month, the ripen rice crops are harvested. During this harvesting season, the people of Assam, specially on rural areas prepare a feast from newly harvested rice crops. The people of a neighborhood gather in an open field or sometimes at the farmer's house and celebrate the feast which is an extensive meal prepared in traditional ways to celebrate the first  meal of the fresh new harvest. As the feast is about new harvest crops, it is therefore called the no-khuwa feast.    No-khuwa is combination of two Assamese words no and...

Baking powder and baking soda are both leavening agents. Both these two products are used in dough to make it rise. While both the products look similar, but there are some differences between baking powder and baking soda . What is Baking Powder?  Baking powder is a powdered chemical leavening agent that includes sodium bicarbonate and a weak acid(a dry acid like cream of tartar or cornstarch). Since baking powder already contains an acid, it only needs a liquid to become activated. Baking powder is used in dough to increase its volume and lightening the texture of baked items. Recipe that includes Baking powder :  Carrot Cake What is Baking Soda?  Baking soda is widely used in baking as a leavening agent as it causes dough to rise. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate or bicarbonate of soda which is a base. Therefore baking soda requires an acid and a liquid to become activated. Therefore recipes that includes baking soda also includes an acidic ingredient s...

15 Best Quotes on Food and Eating by Famous Persons 01.  "You don't need a silver fork to eat good food." - Paul Prudhomme 02.  "People who love to eat are always the best people."  - Julia Child 03.  "If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him...the people who give you their food give you their heart."  - Cesar Chavez 04.  "To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art."  - François de la Rochefoucauld 05.  "Laughter is brightest where food is best."  - Irish Proverb 06. "One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if not has not dined well.  - Virginia Woolf 07.  "Cooking is all about people. Food is maybe the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. No matter what culture, everywhere around the world, people eat together."  - Guy Fieri 08. "Age and glasses of wine sh...

Here is a list of fruits found in Assam with their English names.  Assamese Name = English Name  Kordoi (কৰদৈ) = Starfruit (Scientific name : Averrhoa carambola) Lichu (লিচু) = Litchi (Scientific name : Litchi chinensis) Matikothal (মাটিকঠাল) = Pineapple (Scientific name : Ananas comosus) Komola (কমলা) = Orange  Noga Tenga (নগা টেঙা) = Rhus srmialata Ahom Bogori = Peach (Scientific name : Prunus persica) Kothal (কঠাল) = Jackfruit (Scientific name : Artocarpus heterophyllus) Siral (চিৰাল) = Mouse Melon (Scientific name : Melothria scabra) Torbuj (তৰবুজ) = Watermelon (Scientific name : Citrullus lanatus) Bogori (বগৰী) = Jujube ( Scientific name :  Zizyphus jujuba) Modhuri (মধুৰী) = Guava  Jamuk (জামুক) = Malabar Plum, Java Plum or Black Plum (Scientific name : Syzygium cumini) Aam (আম) = Mango   Mouchumi (মৌচুমি) = Sweet Lime (Scientific name : Citrus limetta) Lataku (লেতেকু) = Baccurea (Scientific name : Baccurea sapida) Dalim ...

Test your knowledge on baking. Take the following 10 food quiz questions on baking.  1. What is baking soda ? A. sodium bicarbonate B. sodium chloride 2. What is muffin?  A. A form of bread B. Cupcake 3.  What is the purpose of baking powder in a recipe? A. Aids in browning B. Helps the dough or batter to rise 4. Batters have less liquid and more flour than doughs. A. True B. False 5. Another name for icing sugar is : A. baking sugar B. confectioner's sugar 6.Which of the following leavening agents needs an acid in order to activate? A. Baking powder B. Baking Soda 7. What is the most commonly used flour when baking? A. all-purpose B. whole wheat C. semolina 8. Butter paper is also known as : A. Milk paper B. Grease-proof paper 9. Brownie is : A.  A square or rectangle chocolate baked treat.  B. A cup cake without frosting  10. Which can be used as a leavening a...

Test your food knowledge. Test how big foodie you are. * Get the answers on the bottom of the post.  Assamese cuisine is the cuisine of Assam and its different multi ethnic  communities and tribes living in different parts of Assam. Presenting 15 multiple choice questions on Assamese cuisines and recipes.  Test your knowledge . 1. In Assamese cuisine, a traditional meal begin with a Khar Tenga Pitika Bor 2. Hurung is a kind of Flattened rice Puffed rice A variety of rice Aromatic rice 3. In  Patotdiya recipe which leaf is not used Banana leaf Turmeric leaf Plantain or tora leaf Lotus leaf 4. Khorisa is Fermented soya bean Fermented bamboo shoots Fermented fish Fermented cheese 5. English name of pirali palang    Water spinach  Spinach dock  Ceylon spinach  Buffalo spinach  6. Namsing  is Fermented fish  Fermented herbs  Fermented bamboo shoots  Ferm...

India has been on a complete lockdown since March 24 due to pandemic Covid 19. As people are refraining from going out to eat their favorite food in their favour restaurants,  they are trying different food trends at home and posting it on instagram and facebook. Among different food trends I have selected 6 best trends that people are trying to make at home. Dalgona Coffee  The word 'dalgona' is a Korean word which means 'honeycomb toffee'. Dalgona coffee is the most popular food trend in social media that people are following during the pandemic Covid19 lockdown period. It's a coffee recipe made by whipping equal amount of instant coffee powder, sugar and hot water until become creamy and then it is added to the hot or cold milk on its top.  Dalgona coffee doesnot contain dalgona but as it has a dalgona flavour and so the name dalgona coffee is. Dalgona coffee originally know as whipped coffee or beaten coffee. The drink itself has origins from In...