Cuisine & Must Try Dishes

Tripura’s Cuisine and Must-Try Dishes

Tripura’s food is deeply rooted in its tribal heritage, with influences from Bengali, Manipuri, and Southeast Asian cooking. The cuisine focuses on fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced ingredients — rice, bamboo shoots, fresh fish, green leafy vegetables, and herbs — with a special emphasis on fermentation and smoking for preservation and flavor.

Unlike much of North India, Tripuri food is less oily and less spicy in terms of chili heat, but rich in aroma thanks to fermented fish (berma), roasted spices, and herbal greens.