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The glutinous rice cultural sphere is the region spanning East Asia to Southeast Asia where the cultivation of glutinous rice variety and consumption of its food products is prominent. This area has long had a preference for sticky food products, and is known for the diverse ways glutinous rice grains are processed. However, a preference for glutinous rice products is not observed west of the glutinous rice cultural sphere, the region of South Asia from the Himalayas to the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Thus, it can be said that there is a discontinuity in food culture between these two regions. Northeast India is located in the nexus of this discontinuity. The region is the only part of South Asia to which the Southeast Asia-centric glutinous rice cultural sphere has extended. Thus, the case of Northeast India holds special significance in studying the characteristics of the glutinous rice cultural sphere in Monsoon Asia. In this chapter, diverse food products made from glutinous rice in Assam, a major state in Northeast India, are introduced to compare the characteristics of glutinous rice used in this region with those of other regions.
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Asada, H. (2020). Cultivation of Glutinous Rice in Northeast India, and Its Food Products. In: Yokoyama, S., Matsumoto, J., Araki, H. (eds) Nature, Culture, and Food in Monsoon Asia. International Perspectives in Geography, vol 10. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2113-3_3
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