Jeera aloo Jeera aloo Jeera Aloo is a typical vegetarian Indian dish which is often served as a side dish and normally goes well with hot puris, chapatti, roti or dal. Its main ingredients are potatoes ("aloo"), cumin seeds ("jeera") and Indian spices. Other ingredients are red chili powder, ginger, coriander powder, curry leaves, vegetable oil and salt. In its traditional form the dish is not hot, but it could be spiced up by adding powdered cayenne pepper. Other variations of the dish make use of sweet potatoes instead of regular ones. Jeera aloo is popular as a bachelors’ dish because it
Indian cuisine generally common in Indian cooking, is absent in the cuisine of Assam. A traditional meal in Assam begins with a "khar", a class of dishes named after the main ingredient and ends with a "tenga", a sour dish. Homebrewed rice beer or rice wine is served before a meal. The food is usually served in bell metal utensils. "Paan", the practice of chewing betel nut, generally concludes a meal. Bihari cuisine is wholesome and simple. "Litti chokha", a baked salted wheat-flour cake filled with "sattu" (baked chickpea flour) and some special spices, is well known among the middle-class families served