Eromba: A Manipuri Delight

Instructions

1. 01

   Boil the vegetables

   Boil the potatoes and seasonal vegetables in lightly salted water until completely tender. Reserve a little cooking liquid.

2. 02

   Cook the fermented fish

   In a small covered pan, simmer the ngari and dried chillies with ½ cup water for 8–10 minutes.

3. 03

   Make the chilli-fish paste

   Remove any firm bones, then mash the softened chillies and ngari into a coarse paste.

4. 04

   Mash together

   Roughly mash the warm vegetables and fold in the chilli-fish paste. Add reserved cooking liquid until moist but not soupy.

5. 05

   Finish fresh

   Taste for salt and fold in sliced onion and chopped herbs just before serving.