Famous food of Arunachal Pradesh: Arunachal Pradesh cuisine

Arunachal Pradesh's food is simple and fresh: rice, greens from the forest, bamboo shoot, smoked meat and fish, cooked with little oil and plenty of chillies.

Everyday food

Rice is eaten with most meals, often steamed in leaves or bamboo tubes. Bamboo shoot, fresh or fermented, flavours many dishes, and meat and fish are smoked over the kitchen fire to keep them. Lukter, a chutney of dried meat and chilli, and pika pila, the Apatani pickle of bamboo shoot and pork fat, are local favourites.

Monpa food

In Tawang and West Kameng, the Monpas eat thukpa (noodle soup), momos and zan, a thick millet porridge, with butter tea.

Drinks

Apong, a rice beer, is brewed in homes and served at every festival and welcome.

Sources

• Arunachal Pradesh Tourism: Department of Tourism, Government of Arunachal Pradesh
• Incredible India: Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
• Indian Culture: the Ministry of Culture's portal on India's arts, crafts and heritage