The book The Seven Sisters — Kitchen Tales from the North East was born when the authors, Purabi Shridhar and Sanghita Singh, were at an event in Delhi, where European cuisine was served. The manager claimed that India didn’t have ‘such wholesome, tasty and healthy cuisine’. Spurred by that incident and with an intent to dispel misconceptions about North Eastern food, Shridhar and Singh (both journalists) decided to write a book that would transport readers to the North Eastern kitchen via recipes from locals, anecdotes and socio-cultural facts.

Loktak Lake, Moriang, Manipur. pic courtesy/ The Seven Sisters — Kitchen Tales from the North East