Northeast Indian
Hah Manxo (Assamese Duck Curry)
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Hah Manxo (Assamese Duck Curry) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. 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
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Heat the mustard oil in a heavy pot and fry the sliced onions until deep golden, about 10 minutes.
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Stir in the ginger and garlic paste and cook a minute, then add the duck pieces and turmeric.
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Brown the duck well on all sides over medium-high heat, about 10 minutes, letting some of its fat render out.
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Pour in the water, add the slit green chilies and salt, bring to a simmer, then cover and cook low and slow until the duck is fork-tender, about 45 minutes.
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Add the cubed ash gourd for the last 15 minutes so it soaks up the gravy without falling apart.
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Skim any extra fat from the top and serve hot with rice; this is weekend or occasion food, not a weeknight dish.
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Serve it with
A Northeast Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Hah Manxo (Assamese Duck Curry), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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. Hah Manxo (Assamese Duck Curry) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| Soy | No |
| Fish | No |
| Sesame | No |
| 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
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 440 kcal
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 36 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 570 mg
- Saturated fat
- 11 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Hah Manxo (Assamese Duck Curry) takes about 75 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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