Perfected Foods from the Hinterlands
My work has always taken me to the hinterlands. One question that is almost always asked to me is how I manage with the food. With scarcely found good restaurants and compromised hygiene many of the times, it is really difficult to manage. It is especially painful when you like to savour your food as much as possible. Fortunately I have never been picky and choosy about taste of food and my acceptance of the unknown things has given me chance to taste some local gems. Here is a pick of five such foods that I have liked and have been perfected by the generations of locals from various hinterlands. 1. Manipuri Thali –At a town called Kakching in Manipur, we had visited a small eatery run by local women. The thali they served had diverse dishes. The locally grown bold sticky rice had its own pleasant taste. The dal, vegetables and chicken all had their unique blend of local herbs and vegetables. I remember use of really fragrant chives and local variety of mustard leaves. It also had i...