Tai-Phake Ethnic Food Tour in Namphake Village, Assam | Local Museum + Buddhist Monastery Visit

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In this episode we bring you the glorious and delightful world of the Tai Phake tribe from Assam. They are a small, lesser known tribe who are settled in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam. An offshoot of the great Tai race, the Tai Phakes reached Assam in the later part of the 18th century. In order to explore their culture and tradition, we reached the Namphake village in Dibrugarh district of Assam, which houses the largest Tai Phake population. It is a quaint village surrounded by a green cover.
On reaching there, we were impressed by the spick and span surroundings of the place. Here we met our host Nikya Kai who was a native of the village. He was a cheerful fellow who was going to take us on a tour of his village and acquaint us about his culture and tradition primarily through the lens of food.
First we met his genial family and then gathered some information about their ancestry and their traditions over a cup of tea that is their main beverage. We then went to the kitchen to see the preparation of the meal that the family had planned for us. There we saw the special technique of preparation of rice. Then we moved on to prepare another traditional Tai Phake delicacy called Paasa. Its is a fish stock prepared with grilled fish and some local herbs.
Till the meal got ready we went to Nikay’s brother in laws place to know more about the community. There we had a fun time with all the family members. Soon it was dinner time and we returned to Nikay’s place for lunch.
The meal comprised of steamed rice, Paasa, roasted pork, fried fish, pork salad, peanut chutney, banana flower soup and few other things. It was a wholesome and nutritious meal for there was no or very little use of oil and spices. The Tai Phake people mostly eat boiled stuff. Meat and fish are mostly roasted or stir fried. The food was very gratifying.
We are truly grateful to Nikay and his family for their warm hospitality.
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About the host - Anubhav Sapra:
Anubhav Sapra is an avid culinary explorer who loves to travel and explore different cuisine primarily the street food, not just for the sake of gustatory pleasure but also for quenching his deep thirst for nurturing new cultural connections through the kaleidoscopic canvas of food. He believes that the vibrant and delectable street food tradition across the globe has the power to bring communities together and foster harmonious human existence. To know more, visit www.anubhavsapra.com
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