Manipuri Cuisine

Healthy yet spicy. Manipuri cuisine is famous for two reasons, its wholesome quality of good health, and its rich immersing taste, which makes almost any dish in this category irresistible.

The following is a set of easy to read instructions, which will help you create the delicacy you want for you and your loved ones, over this weekend.

1. Aloo Kangmet

This dish is easy to make and requires minimal ingredients. Aloo Kangmet serves well as a side dish. To make this recipe you will need to have two potatoes, few red chillies, a chopped onion, oil, salt, and Coriander leaves.

Initially, boil them potatoes and mash those potatoes after peeling off the skin. Fry the red chilies in oil, and crush them well. Fry the onions next, slowly adding them mashed potatoes. Add all the ingredients and fry on simmer for a couple of minutes. Before serving the dish, sprinkle coriander leaves on top to garnish the dish well.

2. Mairen Saag (kumro tarkari)

This is a dish made out of pumpkin, that will tingle your taste buds; wherein no saag is involved in it. You need a cubed pumpkin, sliced onion, salt and mustard oil to make this dish. Spices required are nigella, coriander, turmeric powder, and dry red chili.

Primarily, fry them nigella seeds in hot oil placed on a frying pan. Next, add chili and onions. Saute fry the mixture for a while and then add coriander powder along with some turmeric powder. Next, add them cubed pumpkin pieces to the mixture. Add salt and keep cooking till the pumpkin is soft. Before serving the dish, sprinkle coriander leaves over the dish.

3. Khamen Asinba Thongba

Ingredients required to make this dish are twelve small size tomatoes, one tablespoon Ghee, one teaspoon Kalonji seeds, one cup sugar (or accordingly), salt must be added as per the given specifications, and one small piece of lemon for added flavor.

Heat the ghee and roast kalonji seeds and tomatoes in it, till the tomato peel starts to wear off from its surface. Remove the peel and keep the mixture aside.

Boil the water; henceforward add sugar, salt, lemon peel and roasted tomatoes. Cook until a uniform syrup is achieved. Khamen Asinba Thongba is ready to serve.

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Manipur Handicrafts

Manipur is a place laden with natural beauty, situated in the north east, its geography is full of glamor and grace. Widely recognized for its rich heritage and traditional culture, famous for its stone carving, loin cloth weaving, and fauna craft. Manipur has gained a widespread acclaim for its arts and crafts.

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 1. Loin Cloth Weaving

The ancient lion loom is mostly located around Manipur. Breast cloth for them Tripura girls, phenek belts, longhands of the Naga and Vaishnava ladies, and them dance dresses of Ukhrum Naga girls, are viable enough to the large variety of fabrics that can be manufactured on this loom.

These age-old looms are simple to construct and have an easy operation. They are cheap. They neither have permanent fixtures nor do they have thick frames; henceforward they are easily portable. Otherwise, the greatest advantage of these looms is that they offer an infinite potential for designing. It is also called the Back strap loom.

Loin Loom weaving is confined to the women of Manipur. Primarily, the raw material used was a cotton yarn, for the woolen yarn was unknown to the Manipuris before World War 2. This craft is known by the name of Laichamphi, which means cotton cloth in Manipuri. Presently the designs have been commercialized on fly-shuttle looms; However, loin loom weaving caters to the local demands and requirements only.

2. Kauna Craft

Kauna is a distinct category of reed mostly cultivated in them wetlands and marshy regions. Two types of the Kauna are famous in Manipur. Kauna is often used to manufacture mats and cushions.

More than one thousand craftsmen are engaged in the Imphal valley of Manipur. Kauna has a very high demand for products in them local markets of Manipur and northeast India.

The reed is identified by its yellowish hue, where stems rich in desired qualities are used for making Kauna reed handicrafts. The artisans cut a plant once it is matured enough to harvest. After cutting, they dry the flora, where a set of cut and dried stems are stitched onto the bamboo base. These artisans use unique techniques involving multiple motifs to make amazingly beautiful handicrafts.

3. Stone Carving

Stone carving is an age old tradition, mostly followed in the hilly areas of Manipur. When a person is dead, a memorial stone is usually erected somewhere near the village, which also facilitates a resting-place for long-distance travelers before they could reach the village in a fresh mood. Through the engravings etched on stone, resting travelers can gain valuable information about the achievements of them deceased souls.

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