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MIZORAM AND ITS FOOD JUST GOT A LITTLE CLOSER TO BANGALORE THANKS TO A FEAST ORGANISED BY THE ANTS CAFÉ -
IF YOU think there is more to the North East than just insurgencies and militancy, then head to the Ants Cafe for a completely different experience. Ants, a non profit initiative that runs a craft store and a cafe in Indiranagar, started in the year 2000 and aims to make Bangaloreans more aware of the North East and its culture and traditions. Calling this initiative as northeastizing the mainstream, Ants tries to bring elements of the North East into Bangalore. Through initiatives like storytelling, craft, book readings and of course food, Ants aims to bring a slice of the North East to our city. And what better way to do this than to organise a gastronomic feast all the way from Mizoram.
After the resounding success of the Naga Food Festival a couple of months back, the Ants Café returns with tastes and flavours from Mizoram. The grand feast will include 14 different dishes cooked by Lalrinpuii Khawlhring ( aka Rini), a local from Mizoram but now settled in Bangalore for the last ten years. The feast will begin with a traditional passion fruit drink and then will be followed up by goodies like chicken cooked with sticky rice, smoked pork flavoured with bamboo shoots, beef in a pumpkin gravy, pigs head cooked with sesame and fermented fat, fish cooked in soy bean, seasonal vegetablescooked in fermented soya beans and some special chutneys using a local Mizoram variety of mustard and Chingit (a local green found in the region) leaves.
To keep up the authenticity factor, the ingredients are being brought downall the way from Mizoram. The meal will end with a traditional cup of black tea sweetened with jaggery and Betel leaves or Paan prepared in the traditional style. Mizo food, according to Rini is not very fiery and does not use any spices really. The food is simple, mostly steamed, stewed and roasted; very little oil is used and is mostly spiced up with green or red chillies that are eaten raw along with the meal.
Sneak Peek: At a tasting session we were lucky enough to dig into some of the dishes planned for the buffet. Without giving away too much, we would recommend the smoked pork flavoured with caramelised onions and the vegetable stew flavoured with pungent fermented soya beans.
At Ants Café, 2023/ B 1st cross, 14 A main, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar On June 26, 7.00 to 9.30 pm Call 4171 5639
Price Rs 350 per plate Making reservations in advance is recommended
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Zephabonez,
Eng lam pang Mizo chaw nge ni le,Mizo hian chaw bik kan nei em ni le?
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Ka ei 2nd mai ang.
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Sunday zingah vawksa han hmeh ila,chaw eikhamah wills flake leh kuhva hring nen,upc ni lo bawk ila
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Mizo chaw sap deuhin an siam dawn a va ang ve Goldie?
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Mizo chawhmeh hi tui kalo ti ber awm e.
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
hei ka kal ve chak viau a mahse… World Cup en ka duh bawk sia. World CUp hi kum 4 danah vawi khat chiah a ni bawksia..
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Goldie & Ben, thlalak rawn ti ngei ngei ru.
‘Paan prepared in the traditional style.’ tih tak khi….kuhva hring chu khasi ho style a ni sia. Hmanlai a paper nen a an khawr thin zo-pan ang kha mawni dawn le.
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
A va to ve… chass te kan hruai ngam dawn maw ni le…
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
A va han nuam dawn ve le… funny min lo ei kep rawh auh…
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
A eng bera hi nge maw mizo chaw kan tih dawn ni? Bai hi a mizo ber hmel ka ti,mahse chaw ah kan chhiar awm si lo a te ka ti kual ve neih nuaih a
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Nghalim rep, kan LIM teuh chu a hmmm, ngaih a van tha vele
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
A va Mizo chaw chiah hmel loh ve; NE food chawh-chaw-rawi ang zawk mah ve aw. Vawksa leh mau tuai/raw tuai Mizovin kan siam pawlh ngai awm pawh ka hre lo ve.
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June 25th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Mizo chawhmeh Thingthupui, zawngtah etc ei tak maw.
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
pu shai ka kal hmel loh
ka chak ve viau mai kal chu, mahse ka taimakna hian a tlin ka ringlo, a hun lo thleng phawt se :lol: Ka room hi thil pawimawh, chawei tihvel ah lo hi chuan ka chhuahsan khat khawpmai.
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:17 pm
Nia,NE chaw hi a hang tui ngaih ngaih ber mai zawng a ni e…
Tunlai ka misual hman meuh lo a,min lo ngaidam teh uuuu :lol:
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:19 pm
ka kal dawn chiang.. Amosa ka hmuh vaih
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Eirukna leh thil diklo trawngkam leh private chuan duhlo vek.. mahse mizia leh nun zia ah chuan mi diklo te be thra leh zah huam vek.. hovin ei sela a tawk chiah..
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
Ka rawn hot link tawp image hi, Admin te khan min lo ngaidam mai ru, ka phone atang chuan siam that a har…
Link: Flavours of Mizoram at the Ants Café
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
tui hmel ser sawr khawp a lawm…
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June 25th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
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June 26th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Ka va tem ve chak ve!
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June 26th, 2010 at 12:24 am
A nawm hmel e..
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June 26th, 2010 at 1:08 am
Mizo cho ei na tui ber mai chu, zin kual vel a hotela (vairengte a Hotel te) cho sa vet vot han bar hmok2 hi. Chu lo pawh, ram vah a, thlam vel a cho ei hi tui duh khop mai, ho te pawh ni mahse…
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June 26th, 2010 at 2:06 am
FLAVOURS OF MIZORAM, traditional cuisine of the Mizos
TRADITIONAL tih lai tak khi han sawi fiah thei in awm em?
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June 26th, 2010 at 2:31 am
eh eh eeee… hman velah ka va kal ve ngei chu a ngai ang… !! ka ei khat khop mai Mizo Chaw hi !!
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June 26th, 2010 at 3:07 am
Hetianga kan hnam ei thrin pholan an ni hi a lawmawm ka ti khoops. chawhmeh hi siamdan CK zawk tui zawk display nalh zawk hrisel zawk hi hmeichhe ho hian an thiam belh zel an fakawm khoops
Blore ah han awm ve ila ka kal ngei hmel. Delhi lamah te leh khawpui dang dangah hetiang a hma la hi awm chho ve zel sela. Hetiang lam hi a tre a tre-nig pawh kan neih nual tawh hi a. Culinary art thiam hlawh sang deuh mai London ah pawh an awm an ti kan Mizo nu
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June 26th, 2010 at 7:57 am
dish khat Rs. 350 zel
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June 26th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Nu rini eirawn bawl chu ei ve a va chakom ve a
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June 26th, 2010 at 11:40 am
“Goldie & Ben, thlalak rawn ti ngei ngei ru.”
Kal dawn lo. 350 chuan to e. Goldmember te mahni in a rawngbawl ngailo, thiam lo bawk kal se a tawk
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June 26th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Ha…..huh..
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