meghalaya

The staple food in Meghalaya is rice with different variety of meats (of goat, pigs, chicken, ducks, cows, etc) and fish cooked in flavourful spices, and sometimes with a side of pickled bamboo shoots.

Some popular dishes from Meghalayan cuisine include:

• Nakham Bitchi – A soup made of dry fish and vegetables .
• Jadoh Rice – A spicy rice dish mixed with pork, vegetables and garnished with fried fish or eggs (belongs to the Khasi tribe) .
• Momos – Steamed dumplings filled with vegetables or some kind of meat, famous throughout North-east India.
• Pumaloi – A kind of powdered steamed rice, usually had with a side of some spicy vegetable, pickle or stew.