BAI

This popular Mizo dish is made of steamed vegetables along with pork, spinach and bamboo shoot, and spiced with local herbs. Though it’s mostly prepared with pork sauce (made out of pork and mustard), it can be made with butter as well to make a vegetarian dish. Bai is one of the most easily available dishes in the capital of Mizoram- Aizawl.

 The key factor of this dish is that it is prepared using lots of locally available herbs and spices. The main ingredients include pork, bamboo shoots and steamed vegetables. Wherever you go within Mizoram, Bai is one dish that you will find very easily! Some even consume this as a soup, before starting off with their main course.