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               Meghalaya: the abode of clouds is a part of the northeastern states of India. Popularly known as the Scotland of the east, Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya is a high chosen travel destination by the tourist. Also known as the land of waterfalls, Meghalaya is the only northeastern state having a matriarchal society. Meghalaya is the home for mainly two tribal communities: Khasi and the Garos. People of the Khasi hills are better known as Khasi people whereas from Garo hills are known as Garo people.                Today I am going to prepare a delicious Chicken recipe used to cook by the Garo people called Do'o Kapa! In this recipe, chicken liver and gizzards are used to cook in alkali made from burning the dried banana cover, especially from the Musa species. No turmeric and garlic are used here as the rest of the chicken recipes. Due to the use of lots of green chilies, people who love to eat spicy food will simply love to Do'o Kapa.   Youtube Video Link of t

"হেঁপাহৰ হেঁচাত ধিমিধিমি জ্বলি থকা  মই এটি জোনাকী পৰুৱা, তমসাৰ পৰশত সাৰ পাই উঠা মই এটি জোনাকী পৰুৱা, হালধীয়া, সোনাৰুবুলীয়া ..."                ভাৰতবৰ্ষৰ সংবিধানৰ ৩৭৭ ধাৰাই সমকামিতাক সম্পূৰ্ণকৈ অপৰাধ বুলি ঘোষণা নকৰিলেও কিন্তু এতিয়াও গৰিষ্ঠসংখ্যক ভাৰতীয়ৰ বাবে ই এক দণ্ডনীয় অপৰাধ .. ই এক অপ্ৰাকৃতিক ক্ৰিয়া !  তেনে এটা খুব স্পৰ্শকাতৰ বিষয় লৈ নৱাগত পৰিচালক প্ৰকাশ ডেকাই আত্ম"প্ৰকাশ" কৰিছে তেওঁৰ নৱতম চিনেমা "ফায়াৰ ফ্লাইজ: জোনাকী পৰুৱা"ৰ যোগেদি ৷ পূৰ্ণদৈৰ্ঘ্যৰ চিনেমা হিচাপে প্ৰকাশ ডেকাৰ প্ৰথম ছবি  "ফায়াৰ ফ্লাইজ: জোনাকী পৰুৱা" হৈছে  সমকামিতাৰ ওপৰত নিৰ্মিত প্ৰথমখন অসমীয়া কথাছবি ৷ নিজৰ অস্তিত্বৰ সংকটত জোনাকী পৰুৱাৰ দৰে ধিমিধিমিকৈ জ্বলি থকা জাহ্নুৰ জীৱনৰ দস্তাবেজ হৈছে ফায়াৰ ফ্লাইজ: জোনাকী পৰুৱা...বা .. মৰম, ভালপোৱা, লজ্জা আৰু হতাশাৰ সমাহাৰ হৈছে "ফায়াৰ ফ্লাইজ: জোনাকী পৰুৱা" ৷ চিনেমাৰ কাহিনী আগবাঢ়ে নিজৰ অস্তিত্বৰ সংকটত ভোগা যুৱক জাহ্নুক লৈ ৷ জাহ্নু এজন সমকামী যুৱক, যাৰ লয়লাস খোজ কাটলৰ বাবে তেওঁ নিজৰ গাঁৱত বিখ্যাত (?) লেডিজ অথবা মাধুৰী দীক্ষিত হিচাপে ৷

          Northeast India, especially Assam is very rich in its cultural diversity. Though the Assamese language is spoken by most of the people still all the tribal communities have their own dialect. One such major communities of Assam is the Bodo community. They are the largest ethnolinguistic group of Assam . Bodo language is considered as one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of India  (Source) . Today I am going to prepare a very delicious, very healthy Chicken recipe of the Bodo community i.e. Onla Dau which means Chicken with rice powder.   (Watch the video in Youtube) Let's have a look at the ingredients : ❤ Chicken : 250 g ❤ Rice powder : 3-4 spoons ❤ Mustard Greens : 1 bunch ❤ Alkali : 2-3 spoons ❤ Potato : 1, cut into 4 equal pieces ❤ Onion : 2: Nicely chopped ❤ Ginger-Garlic-Chili mix : 2 spoons ❤ Thai Coriander : 4-5 leaves ❤ Salt and Turmeric to taste ❤ Chicken , Jeera , Black pepper , Garam masala and red chili powder , black pepper powder Procedure: ❤ In a

       Plants are one of the main sources from where lots of medicines can be prepared. Curry leaf ( Murraya koenigii ) is an important leafy vegetable used extensively in Indian cuisine as a taste enhancer. You will be glad to know that the curry plant is native to India and South Indian people use it in most of their foods  (Source) .       The use of curry leaves as a taste enhancer for vegetables is described long ago in Tamil literature during the 1st to 4th centuries AD. A few centuries later, the use of curry leaves was mentioned in Kannada literature. The word 'curry' originates from the Tamil word 'Kari' means spiced sauces. Curry leaf is also popularly known as Kari-Patta throughout India. Nowadays, the popularity of curry leaves spread to Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, the Pacific Islands and in Africa as a food flavoring agent  (Source) .      Apart from being the taste enhancer, curry leaf is also having enormous medicinal values. In this blog, I am