Northeast Indian
Tohdoh (Boiled Arum with Sesame and Salt)
Tohdoh (Boiled Arum with Sesame and Salt) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 3 cup arum (taro), peeled and cubed
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cup water
How to cook it
- Peel the arum and cut it into even cubes so it cooks through at the same rate.
- Put it in a pot with the water and bring to a boil.
- Cook uncovered until a fork slides through easily, about 15 minutes, skimming off any froth that rises.
- Drain well and tip the arum into a bowl.
- Toast the sesame seeds briefly in a dry pan until fragrant, then crush lightly and scatter them over the arum with the salt.
- Toss gently and serve warm; this plain boiled plate, called tohdoh, is genuinely everyday Nocte breakfast, nothing more than water, sesame, and salt.
Serve it with
A Northeast Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Tohdoh (Boiled Arum with Sesame and Salt), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Tohdoh (Boiled Arum with Sesame and Salt) carries sesame. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens) |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Light
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Tohdoh (Boiled Arum with Sesame and Salt) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on arum and sesame.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from Northeast India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.