Assamese people Assam" by Europeans till 1821, when the Ahom kingdom became part of the Burmese Empire. After Assam became part of British India, the newly constituted province came to be known by its new anglicised name Assam after its largest constituent, and the name "Assamese / Asamiya" came to be associated with the Assamese language which was erstwhile known as Kamrupi. According to Yasmin Saikia, "the group that now identifies as Tai–Ahom were historically seen as the Assamese people. However, the term ethnic Assamese is now associated by the Indian government at Delhi with the Assamese speaking Indo–Aryan, Tibeto-Burman and Austric
Assamese cuisine pounded in a mortar to make a coarse paste and served with rice. Fish eggs and innards are also cooked and consumed. The Assamese meat and fish dishes are characterized by low amount of spices and oil, higher quantity of ginger, noroxinghow paat (curry leaves), Khorisa (fermented bamboo shoot) and lemon juice, and differ completely in taste from the dishes of neighbouring Bengal. Local Chicken, Venison, Squab, Mutton, Duck and Pork is very popular among the indigenous ethnic tribal Assamese communities like Sonowals, Bodo, Rabha, etc. Upper caste Assamese Hindus, such as Assamese Brahmins(including Ganaks) and Kayasthas of Assam, Kalitas