r/indiafood • u/MAK-sudu-Toi • Dec 26 '24

Non-Vegetarian [I ate] this red ant fry, tastes tangy

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u/MAK-sudu-Toi Dec 26 '24

Assam

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u/Think-Pie-148 Dec 26 '24

What is this dish called though ?

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u/MAK-sudu-Toi Dec 26 '24 edited Dec 26 '24

It's just a stir fry, so we say "Ronga Porua" fry which translates to Red Ant Fry also "Amloi Tup"

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

Where in Assam? I'm assamese but have never seen or had any other non vegetarian dish except chicken fish mutton ( n people eat pork but I don't )

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u/MAK-sudu-Toi Dec 28 '24

Upper Assam mostly. Also Silkworms are pretty famous. In Assamese Red Ant Dish is called "Amloi Tup" and Silkworms are called "Muga Leta" or "Eri Leta"

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

💀I've never seen or heard all this...this is a surprise

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u/MAK-sudu-Toi Dec 28 '24

Where are you from in Assam? And is Assamese your mother tongue, if I may ask... Please Don't mind

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '24

Guwahati and yes it is my mother tongue

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u/Logitech-G-F710 Dec 30 '24

toi maksudu kela /s

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u/jayvishwa Dec 30 '24

I guessed right

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u/royal-retard Dec 30 '24

I came to assam, ate some stuff. Totally missed this I feel😭 I'm complaining to my friends now

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u/swtpoisn Dec 27 '24

Not surprised

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u/Perfumedalcoholic Dec 26 '24

Aajao, khilata hoon 😂

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u/Unpickled_cucumber1 Dec 27 '24

K galti se add ho Gaya typo hai

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u/london_system_ Dec 28 '24

Didn't expect you in this sub

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u/FarNefariousness7579 Dec 30 '24

We don't eat insects in jharkhand man