Art and Colour continuation....refreshes me our Arunachal Pradesh Trip...

Cooking rice in the bamboo casing

Kamlang forest
 

hero of the region
 

Rice cooked in bamboo casing
 



Boiled chicken in fermented bamboo shoots

Today received the draft of my new book on cookery by email. Because of a gap of almost four years some changes happened and need to correct in the introduction and about the author. In my book introduction is the high light.
By God's Grace our family had grown in these years which gives us love, happiness, strength and contentment. Also need to add more trips and activities done during these years. Even though I need to cut short some activities from my prefixed schedule for the day, it was so interesting to go through the pictures of our trip in Arunachal Pradesh and recollect the memories on our stay at a tribal home. Enjoyed the authentic dishes of the State which was our very first experience. Love to share some of the dishes we enjoyed.


At Parashuram kund
 

green tea
 

Tribal house
 






They use teakwood twigs as  firewood. The aroma of the fire is so nice. They are non vegetarians. The best tonic of the locals are the special green tea prepared by them at home. The tender tea clippings are pushed into a bamboo casing, pressing down and wait to fill it. The will place above the fire place in a net. The case will be there for 3 or 4 months until the colour of the case turn black due to the fumes of their cooking. Then they take out the main case and the tea rod will be safe inside the thinner case. They will broke it to prepare the tea. 24 hours a day the flame will be on with the kettle of tea over the stove.
Special ingredients in boiled chicken and fish   are fermented tender bamboo shoots and crushed bird's chilli. The home we stayed was environment friendly with natural breeze. The bath in the nearby river was so nice.
Visit to Parashuram Kund 13 miles from Tezu, District HQ of Lohit District is famous for it's scenic beauty. this pilgrimage centre is situated on the Brahmaputra plateau in the lower part of Lohit river within the Kamlang forest reserve area. Trekking to Parashuramkund is exciting and scenic. The kund  is surrounded by dense forest of Ruddraksha trees. Parashurama Maharishi (Sage) washed away his sins of matricide in the Lohit river at Brahmakund. Each year thousands of pilgrims from all over the country visit this place to have the holy dip on Makar Sankrathi to wash away their sins.