Food of Manipur

Food of Manipur

Manipur is a state of lively people who like to get indulged in food. They take pride in their traditional dishes which have the aroma and taste to instill you with enthrallment. Although, the Manipuri people like to keep their food simple excluding excess oil and spice in contrast to any other region in India, yet their dishes tastes marvelous and the fragrance of the food is simply spellbinding. The food they prepare is of the healthy type, the one for which many youngsters strive these days and doctors prefer.

Manipuri food has some dishes that completely take over your senses, heart and soul with their remarkable taste and smell. Some of these dishes being:

• Hawaizar curry (the fermented soyabean)
• Mangal (the white peas) Ooti
• Yongchak (Parkia Speciosa)
• Soibum Ironba (the fermented bamboo shoot)
• Thambu Singju
• Chak-hao Kher
• Mangal Kangou
• Bora
• Sana Thongba (the Paneer curry)

When all a selection of the above mentioned stuffs is made and is presented together then it is famously called as the Manipuri Chaluk or in local terms Manipuri Thali.

Besides, these super specialties of Manipur, oriental foods like the chowmin, Momos, thupka etc. can also be located in manuipur easily.