Northeast Indian
Chhangban (Steamed Sticky Rice Bread)
Chhangban (Steamed Sticky Rice Bread) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cup glutinous sticky rice
- 1/2 cup water, for grinding
- 2 tbsp jaggery, grated
- 1 piece banana leaf, for steaming
How to cook it
- The night before, rinse the sticky rice well and soak it fully submerged in water overnight.
- The next morning, drain the rice and grind it with the measured water into a thick, smooth paste.
- Stir the jaggery into the paste for a lightly sweet version, or leave it plain, which is how it is eaten most days.
- Line a steamer basket with the banana leaf and spoon the paste into small, flattened rounds.
- Steam over boiling water until the rounds turn firm, glossy, and slightly chewy, about 30 minutes.
- Let cool just enough to handle, then serve warm alongside black tea.
- This plain steamed cake is everyday Mizo breakfast food, not only a Chapchar Kut festival treat.
Serve it with
A Northeast Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chhangban (Steamed Sticky Rice Bread), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Chhangban (Steamed Sticky Rice Bread) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Chhangban (Steamed Sticky Rice Bread) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on rice.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from Northeast India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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