Onla
Onla (Bodo word) is one of the bodo cuisines made from rice flour, khardwi (alkali) and spices. Chicken or pork is sometimes added. Some of the famous onla dish are Aouwa Mewa onla (bamboo shoot with rice flour), sojona bilai onla( drumstick leaves with rice flour), sobai onla(black lentils with rice flour), mwithru bibar onla ( papaya flower with rice flour), mwithru onla( papaya fruits with rice flour), thaigir onla( elephant apple with rice flour) Onla can sometimes be made by just adding chicken, pork or fish without adding any herbs or vegetables. References Assamese cuisine Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

Khardwi
Khardwi is an alkaline liquid used in the cuisine of the Bodo people. It is produced as the filtrate of ash powder formed through burning dried banana stems, bamboo, coconut coirs or even potato plants. It tastes like strong soda and used in small quantities as an ingredient in gravy. Khardwi is a common favorite drink in Bodoland, Assam especially among the Bodos. Khardwi is one of the important part of the Bodo cuisines. It is use in making Bodo curries like lafa (local name for green vegetables) kharwi, mwitha bangal (local name for green leaf vegetables) kharwi, sojona bilai (local name for green leaf vegetables) kharwi and many other green leaf kharwi. It is also used to make some curry like onla Onla (Bodo word) is one of the bodo cuisines made from rice flour, khardwi (alkali) and spices. Chicken or pork is sometimes added. Some of the famous onla dish are Aouwa Mewa onla (bamboo shoot with rice flour), sojona bilai onla( drumstick leaves ..., sobai kharwi, etc. Refere ...
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Bodo Language
Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boro people of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is an official language of the Indian state of Assam, predominantly spoken in the Bodoland Territorial Region. It is also one of the twenty-two languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Since 1975 the language has been written using the Devanagari script. It was formerly written using Latin and Eastern-Nagari scripts. Some scholars have suggested that the language used to have its own now lost script known as Deodhai. History As result of socio-political awakenings and movements launched by different Boro organisations since 1913, the language was introduced in 1963 as a medium of instruction in the primary schools in Boro dominated areas. Boros are officially identified as "Boro, Borokachari" scheduled tribe under the constitution of India. Today, the Boro language serves as a medium of instruction ...
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Assamese Cuisine
Assamese cuisine is the cuisine of the Indian state of Assam. It is a style of cooking that is a confluence of cooking habits of the hills that favour fermentation and drying as forms of preservation and those from the plains that provide extremely wide variety of fresh vegetables and greens, and an abundance of fish and meat. Both are centred on the main ingredient — rice. It is a mixture of different indigenous styles with considerable regional variations and some external influences. The traditional way of cooking and the cuisine of Assam is very similar to South-East Asian countries such as Thailand, Burma (Myanmar) and others. The cuisine is characterized by very little use of spices, little cooking over fire, and strong flavours due mainly to the use of endemic exotic fruits and vegetables that are either fresh, dried or fermented. Fish is widely used, and birds like duck, pigeon, squab, etc. are very popular, which are often paired with a main vegetable or ingredient; ...
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