Assam

Boror tenga

Name: Boror tenga
Prep time: 4 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 4 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Assamese
Ingredients: 1/2 cup soaked 4 hours urad dal (split black gram); 1 inch ginger; 2 green chilli; Salt, to taste; 3 tbsp for frying and tempering mustard oil; 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds; 1/2 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); 4 medium chopped tomato; 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 cups water; a handful coriander leaves (cilantro)

Lentil fritters in a sour tomato curry. Assam's vegetarian answer to fish tenga.

45 minTime

7 gProtein each

mildSpice

4hPlan ahead. Soak for 4 hours first; the 45 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayLentil bora, tomato, lemon. Light and sour.

The original

204kcalsame

7 gproteinsame

6 gfibresame

45minutessame

Boror tenga as Assam makes it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Urad dal (split black gram)½ cup, soaked 4 hours

Ginger2.5 cm

Green chilli2

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3 tbsp, for frying and tempering

Fenugreek seeds¼ tsp

Turmeric (ground turmeric)½ tsp

Tomato4 medium, chopped

Lemon juice1½ tbsp

Water2 cups

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Method

4 steps

1Grind the soaked urad dal with ginger, one chilli and salt into a thick, fluffy batter.
2Fry small spoonfuls in hot mustard oil until golden. Drain.
3In a tablespoon of the oil, add fenugreek seeds, then tomato, turmeric and salt. Cook until the tomatoes collapse.
4Add water and simmer 5 minutes. Add the bora and lemon juice and simmer 2 minutes. Finish with coriander.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

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Boror tenga

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