RCI: North-East Indian Cuisine Roundup

In case Google experiences a second quarter revenue increase, it is the food bloggers who need to be thanked for the same. Google being the only source available for this RCI edition, I am sure the otherwise unknown or lesser visited sites must have been elated with the number of hits.

Don't know why the great Indian cooks have completely neglected the North-east region of India in their multi book shelves worth of cookbooks. Anyways, with all the research and cooking we guys did, we have got a book's worth of recipes down here. The food bloggers have done a wonderful job in researching and cooking the unknown recipe of this still a mysterious part of India.

I decided to do the round-up based on the states, but not very sure if this is the best way of presenting the recipes.


Recipes which are common through the seven sisters





Chatkhor Swati sends delicious appetizing Momos
which makes her full even before she goes on to the main course.

These stir fried eggplants are from Linda's garden. She prefer's to classify it as an 'Amalgamation of the seven sisters'.



Shubha sends these lovely Momos along with her chutki bhar pyar.







Desperately in search of a vegeterian recipe from the North-East, she finally thanks God for giving her the steaming Momos . (kidding)

Recipes from the state of Tripura


Meera of Enjoy Indian Food, has done it all. She has posted a recipe for all the seven states. Kudos to Meera. Her entry for the state of Tripura,
Poora Machh , grilled fish.




Recipes from the state of Sikkim




Ragaa, our singing chef, wanted to taste us something from the stalls of Delhi Haat. Instead she decided to add a twist to match her palate with
Kodo Ki Roti





DK seeks a heart-warming soup from Sikkim to console her travel worn heart, Thupka-egg noodle soup






Meera comes with a delicious looking Chambray , a rice preparation from Sikkim.




Ain't she all one's favorite, makes ma a
hot bowl of soup and a tea(TS-Ja) that tastes nothing like but all salt and butter, mind ya, its yak milk in there....





Cham of Spice-club pleases her taste-buds with the savory pan-cake,
Kodo ki roti




JZ, impresses by her adorable picture of the
Thupka bowl , this time it is real meat.




The Mela Queen, Valli, impresses one and all with her,
Sikkim Thalli , man can anyone ask for more.




Ranji amidst all the other things in her life, still found of time to make a delicious Chambray topped with til ko aloo .






Uma makes a
Tomato Achaar from what she calls the Land of Splendor- Sikkim. Well she did it all in a micorwave, Valli are you listening.





Sikkim seems to be a favorite state among the food bloggers, as it has got the maximum number of entries. Probably it the with the most vegetarian state...:). My entry, Til Ko Aloo.



Recipes from the state of Nagaland




Meera comes again with a Kholari Chutney from Nagaland.





Siri wakes up from her dream to make an amazing breakfast recipe from Nagaland, Egg Shoap .

Mesmerized by the beauty of the state, Anu comes up with a delicious looking Tomato Ombal . She recommends, to try this with the Egg Shoap above.





Recipes from the state of Mizoram





After the hot momos, Shubha sends the sweet and savory
koat pitha .






Hmarcha Rawt , a chili chutney comes again from Meera.






The grilled shrimps, Misa Maach Poora from yours truly.







Recipes from the state of Meghalaya



Meera celebrates Meghalaya with the
Red rice recipe from there.



Recipes from the state of Manipur


Priya, cooks up a peas stew from Manipur in her crockpot,
Manipuri Ooti .




Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen, indulges herself in the beautiful Manipur with Manipuri Khichadi and Ooti .




Priya, the Cook again puts her crockpot to use for making
Manipuri Khicadi , rice pudding in her words.






Meera sends in a wonderful Manipuri Ooti from Anthony's blog.

Recipes from the state of Arunachal Pradesh:



The bouncer from Meera for the state of Arunachal Pradesh. She cooks up a tempting fish,
Pa Chao .





All said and done, I had a wonderful time hosting the RCI and also doing the Round-up. Thanks to Laxmi of Veggie Cuisine for giving me this opportunity. Also a special thanks to Deepa of Recipes and More, who exchanged the month for hosting RCI with me.

Thanks to all of you for making this a worthwhile event, without you cooking and sending the entries it aint have been no fun.