Pakistani cuisine without meat, combined with local vegetables, such as bitter gourd, cauliflower, eggplant, okra, cabbage, potatoes, rutabaga, saag, and chili peppers are most common and cooked for everyday consumption. A typical example is "aloo gosht" (literally "potatoes and meat"), a homestyle recipe consisting of a spiced meat and potato stew, and is ubiquitously prepared in many households. Korma is a classic dish of Mughlai origin made of either chicken or mutton, typically eaten with naan or other bread, and is very popular in Pakistan. Vegetable and legume dishes are very popular in Pakistan. Dishes such as Baingan bartha and Sarson da
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