The Tai Thali : Delectable delights: Taste of Khampti

Enjoy Tai Khampti Delicacy at your doorstep. Tai people of the Namsai district (earlier Lohit dist) have the reputation of relishing disparate and rare royal recipes of yore or it can be said that they are the only tribe of Arunachal Pradesh that can claim such incredible variety of gastronomy.
Starting with KHAULAM RICE which is steamed in bamboo tubes, followed by KHAU-HO (steamed rice served in leaf indigenously known as Tong), TONGTEP (steamed pancake wrapped in leaf), KHAUTEK (roasted sticky rice mixed with molasses and made into balls, KHAUPUK (steamed sticky rice pounded with sesame and fried in oil, KHAUTOUM (sticky rice roll), KHAUMOUNING (steamed rice cookie), PAA-PING (smoked fish), PAA-LAAM (fish cooked in bamboo with traditional spices, PAA-CHAW (fermented fish fried in mustard oil), PAA-SAA (raw fish soup), PAA-PHO (fish blended with traditional spices wrapped in a leaf and roasted), THONEEN (boiled lentils), MUNKALA-SEN (dry fried baby potatoes), MANKALA -PHUN (mashed potato), MUOKHUO- PHUNN (mashed eggplants (brinjal), MUOKHUO TOUM (boiled eggplant soup), PHAK-KHO (mixed green leafy vegetable) etc.