Onla Wngkhri
The ethnic dish of the Boro community
Equipment
- Kadai
- Mortar and pestle
- Spatula
- Knife
- Bowl
- Traditional mud chulha
- Traditional rice pounder (Dheki) for rice flour
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice powder
- 1 cup Kalkhar
- 5 gm Turmeric powder
- Salt To taste
- 5 gm Chilli paste
- 5 gm Garlic
- 10 gm Ginger
- 1 cup Onion
- 250 gm Local chicken
- 10 ml Mustard oil
- 5 gm Cumin seeds
Instructions
- To make onla, first heat the kadai and add mustard oil. Let it warm up.10 ml Mustard oil
- Add onion to the heated oil after cumin seeds have been added and have started to spark.5 gm Cumin seeds, 1 cup Onion
- When the onion begins to turn golden brown, add the chicken, stir everything together, and cook it.250 gm Local chicken
- After the chicken has been thoroughly combined with all of the ingredients add turmeric powder, ginger, garlic, chili paste, and salt.5 gm Turmeric powder, 5 gm Chilli paste, 5 gm Garlic, 10 gm Ginger, Salt
- The chicken is allowed to cook for 15 minutes after adding water.
- After adding a little more water in between, the chicken is left to cook for a while.
- Then add khar to the chicken curry and let it cook for a while, rice powder is gradually added to the curry.1 cup Kalkhar, 2 cups Rice powder
- Once the onla is ready add chopped coriander leaves to the curry.
- Serve this delicious onla with steamed rice.
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