[Assam] Enterprise suggestions

[Ram Sarangapani]

On our last visit to Guwahati, we came across a number of 'take-home,
ready-to-serve' varieties of pithas aachars. They tasted great. But I wasn't
impressed by the packaging (true of most Indian packaging). Don't know if
they use preservatives either (required for exports.)



On 10/18/06, Mohan R. Palleti <mrpallet at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>
> Ram:
> That could be an idea:
> ready to eat:
>    Dhekia haak bhaaji
>    lai haak bhaaji
>    tenga aanja maas
>    Ou tenga daali.....any other suggestions??
>
> If you see some of the food stuffs in the Korean stores...
> like sour bamboo shoots etc...
> Somebody could sel sliced ou tenga in polethene vacuum packs,
> or khorisa tenga in vacuum packs. Apart from Assamese folks there is a big
> Bangladeshi markets that I am sure will pounce on them.
>
> I get my supply of khorisa from Dimapur from some Lotha friends. The
> Lotha's sour bamboo shoots are much richer than other places. No dearth of
> supply in Nagaland. I am sure some enterprising folks can market these
> stuffs.
>
> Korea and Thailand supply their Leechie's and so many of their indigenious
> fruits. We can have our leteku, kordoi, Jolphai....etc in the market too.
>
>
> Mohan R. Palleti
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > These are realy good suggestions
> > Global market:
> >>Packed Dhekia haag
> >>Packed  Ou tenga
> >>Packed Khorisa tenga
> >
> > Are we talking about packed lunches ( microwave lunches). Nowadays we
> see
> > a
> > number of Indian lunches available (like saag paneer/w rice) in many
> > supermarkets and see a lot of interest (from non-Indians)
> >
> > Sometimes it might be better if some enterprise in Assam can team up
> with
> > the Mumbai co. that is exporting these.
> >
> > --Ram
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/18/06, Mohan R. Palleti <mrpallet at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> What are the possible enterprises that can be spawned in Assam and that
> >> may have a global market/local market for enterprising people? any
> >> suggestions?
> >>
> >> Local market:
> >> Cheap floating fisheries along our riverline, run by local village
> >> cooperatives. Make a large rectangular bamboo cage draped by a plastic
> >> net
> >> where fingerlings can be raised for a month or two and then remove the
> >> smaller plastic net and drape it with a net that would let the natural
> >> food from the river water enter the cage and yet keep the fish from
> >> going
> >> out of the cage. Make a bamboo raft and attach the fish cage to its
> >> underbelly that would help keep the cage from sinking to the river bed,
> >> and moore it to the shore that will keep it from floating away.
> >>
> >> We wight be able to have a workable floating fishery for 10 months in a
> >> year.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Global market:
> >> Packed Dhekia haag
> >> Packed  Ou tenga
> >> Packed Khorisa tenga
> >>
> >>
> >> I beleive that this has a big market that can feed the South East
> >> market.
> >>
> >> Mohan R. Palleti
> >>
> >>
> >>
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