Assamese cuisine The 'poitabhat' preparation is sometimes made alcoholic according to preference. Side dishes called "pitika - পিটিকা" (mashes) is a signature characteristic of this cuisine. The most popular is "aloo pitika - আলু পিটিকা" (mashed potatoes) garnished with raw onions, mustard oil, green chillies and sometimes boiled eggs. "Khorisa tenga" is mashed fermented bamboo shoot, sometimes pickled in mustard oil and spices. "Kharoli" is fermented mashed mustard ("Brassica campestris" var. toria) seed to which a "khar" has been added, and "kahudi" to which an acidic agent (lemon juice, dried mangosteen) has been added. "Pitika"s are also made from roasted or steamed
Cuisine of Pará Cuisine of Pará Pará Cuisine presents as its greatest influence the Indian culture and a bit of African and Portuguese cultures as well. The basic ingredients are from the exuberant nature of the Amazon, such as shrimp, crab, seafood, fish, poultry, bush meat, duck, all cooked with leaves (boiled leaves called maniva, chicory, coriander), peppers and herbs. They are all cooked in clay pots or barbecues in moquéns (wrapped in leaves and roasted) and soaked of tucupi. Served in bowls, in cocoons of banana leaves in containers of clay and even in urupemas (vegetable fiber sifter) which gives a pleasant