• Dr. Monoj Gogoi

This paper studies the traditional food system of the Boro Kachari tribe of Kamrup and Goalpara district of Assam, India. Agriculture is the primary occupation of the Boro Kachari tribe. In addition to the paddy cultivation, they also cultivate other food items that include varieties of pulses, vegetables, fruits, roots and tubers, both for consumption and business. The meal pattern of the Boro Kachari tribe is three meals a day i,e. breakfast, lunch and dinner. Like other tribes of Assam, Rice is their staple food and is usually savoured by a non-vegetarian dish like fish or pork. The Boro women folk prepare a number of traditional mouth watering delicious cuisines. A total of more than 82 leafy green vegetables, vegetables and root & tubers have been found in the study that are consumed by Boro Kachari tribe round the year. The tribe also consumed 11 species of edible insects or their products. Degradation of the environment, lack of traditional knowledge among the young generation, increased availability of conventional foodstuffs, rapid population growth have collectively affect diversity, abundance and use of traditional food items. Through this paper, a small effort has been made in providing written record about the traditional foods and diet intake pattern of the Boro Kachari tribe.

Traditional food system, diet intake pattern, leafy vegetables, roots and tubers, edible insects

"Traditional Food System and Diet Intake Pattern of the Boro Kachari Tribe of Assam, India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.1164-1171, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901C62.pdf

"Traditional Food System and Diet Intake Pattern of the Boro Kachari Tribe of Assam, India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp1164-1171, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901C62.pdf