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A recipe in this blog?? Like really? This is what I am thinking right now. This blog is definitely not meant for recipes. Then what is a common Assamese pork recipe right from our local Assamese kitchen doing here? The following explanation is quite satisfactory for me. Recently, I have posted a photo of Sunga Pork or Pork in Bamboo Pipe on a facebook group. Some people who are yet to taste the delicacy of Assamese cuisine asked me about the procedure of cooking pork in a bamboo pipe. I can think of no better option than putting the whole procedure of this mouth-watering Assamese pork recipe in my blog itself for any future reference. So, here it is.

Pork in Bamboo Pipe (চুঙাত দিয়া গাহৰি)

Ingredients:

Pork ½ kg cut into small pieces

Ginger 2 inches finely crushed

Garlic 10-12 cloves roughly crushed

1 Medium sized Onion finely chopped

2-3 Crushed Red chili

Salt

Mustard Oil 3 tsp

Water ½ cup

Optional ingredients:

Bamboo shoot ½ tsp

Bhoot Jolokia

Tools:

1 or 2 Bamboo pipes

Banana leaves to seal

A traditional Chulha (wood fire stove) with a burning flame.

Procedure:

1. In a bowl make a fine mixture of all the ingredients except water.

When done the bamboo pipe would look like this.

2. Put the mixture carefully inside the bamboo pipe. Do remember that 1/4^th of the hollow space is needed to be left empty.

3. Pour water in the bamboo pipe and seal it tight with banana leaves.

4. Place the upper side of the bamboo pipe in the flame first in 45° angles. Rotate the sides of the pipe occasionally so that every side gets evenly cooked. The surface of the bamboo will slowly start catching fire. This indicates that the pork in the upper part is properly cooked.

5. Follow the same procedure for the middle and the lower part until it is done.

 6. Now your pork in bamboo pipe is ready. Remove the bamboo from the chulha and open the seal after a few minutes to serve the delicious pork hot.

So what are you waiting for? Just grab the tools and ingredients and try this authenti চুঙাত দিয়া গাহৰি  (sungat diya gahori) at your home.