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North East India

Eight states, hundreds of communities. Smoked pork in Nagaland, fermented bamboo shoots in Mizoram, Assam's khar and tenga, Manipuri eromba — a cuisine the rest of India is only beginning to learn.

Bamboo shootSmoked meatFermentedBhoot jolokia

Signature States

The cuisines that define North East India.

Assam

A river-valley cuisine of subtle flavours, fermented greens and indigenous techniques the rest of India barely knows.

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Nagaland

Smoke, fermentation and bhoot jolokia. Naga food is bold, clean and uncompromisingly its own.

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