timesofbodoland

It is evident from early and medieval literatures that both vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets were prevalent in Assamese society in the past and rice was the staple food as today. The extensive cultivation of paddy of different varieties met the day-to-day requirements of rice . Rice and milk were used for preparation of different varieties of cakes and sweets. Medieval literatures mention various types of cake and sweet dish .. These include laddu, paramanna, pat~pitha, dahi, kshira, akhai, cira, khiricha, rice-cakes,pheni-pitha  etc. Besides, curries of lentil and green gram pulses, vegetables like brassica, mallow, spinach etc. were also used for preparation of various curries which were included in the two principal meals of rice. The breakfast ofbora chaul and komal chaul, the two varieties of soft rice, was very popular in Assamese society. The non-vegetarian menu included mutton, pork, meat of duck, pigeon, tortoise, deer and varieties of locally available fish, But t...