Hampai Stoneware Black Pottery

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Hampai pots and pans can be used for direct cooking over gas stoves or firewood, and are microwave-safe. These pots are good for simmering and slow cooking, homogenising and condensing meat and lentils. The contents of the pot continue to sizzle after it is taken off the heat, ensuring food to remain hot. The raw materials used in the pottery are completely natural and are chemical free. If locals have to be believed, food cooked in the Hampai pottery tastes better due to its properties.
Hampai pottery popularly known as Longpi pottery is made from the weathered rock and serpentine rock with a special brown clay, which according to locals, are available at certain villages in the Ukhrul hills. The pots are manually shaped, polished with smooth pod or a stone and sun-dried, fired in a bonfire. The pottery is taken out when still hot and scrubbed with a local leaf known as the machee, giving it a smooth finish.