Jolpan

Jolpan (Assamese: জলপান), or snacks, are often served at breakfast in the cuisine of Assam, although they may also be served at Bihu festivals or weddings.^[1] The word jolpan includes all the preparations namely jolpan, pitha, laru and tea. Other common items served for breakfast may include roti, luchi, ghugni and sometimes paratha etc. Jolpan are also found in Bengal. The word literally derives from "water and betel leaf" but can mean any snack.^[2]

^ Joe Bindloss Northeast India - Page 66 2009 "The Assamese are fond of chira – unhusked rice, beaten flat and softened with yoghurt and jaggery (palm sugar) for breakfast. This is just one of dozens of jolpan.. ."
^ Raoul Reminiscences of twenty years' pigsticking in Bengal 1893 "Jol-pan literally translated means water and betel leaf ; but the real meaning of it is a slight meal or refreshment, ... It does not cost much to give your beaters and followers a feed of jol-pan : five rupees worth is generally enough .."

[1] Joe Bindloss Northeast India - Page 66 2009 "The Assamese are fond of chira – unhusked rice, beaten flat and softened with yoghurt and jaggery (palm sugar) for breakfast. This is just one of dozens of jolpan.. ."

[2] Raoul Reminiscences of twenty years' pigsticking in Bengal 1893 "Jol-pan literally translated means water and betel leaf ; but the real meaning of it is a slight meal or refreshment, ... It does not cost much to give your beaters and followers a feed of jol-pan : five rupees worth is generally enough .."

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