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Abstract Assam is the most notable state in north east India for a large number of tribal people. Food is an important component of human civilization. It is related to meeting the basic needs of human life. Rice is a staple food of the every Mising people. The Misings, one of the major tribe and second largest scheduled tribe (S/T) of Assam in the Brahmaputra Valley. They have been maintaining some of their traditional customs and practices. They belongs to Tibeto-Burman family of the great Mongoloid race. They have been maintaining some of their traditional customs and practices. Agriculture is their main livelihood. They have been gradually assimilating themselves with other indigenous people of the plains of Assam and their culture. They having their own rich traditions and the food habit is one of those distinctive features. Food is one of the fundamental needs of the human being. The food habit, a distinct element of culture refers to the food items, system of preparation and traditional taboo on food of a particular community. The Misings, an ethnic origin of Assam in India are rich in their beautiful cultural identity. They are also having unexplored and unexposed traditional system of food habits in their own. In addition to rice as their staple food, they substitute different kinds of vegetables and non-vegetable items. They are dweller of remote village areas; collect their food items from the nature. The most of the vegetable items that they prefer are those having medicinal plants.