Bihari Chaulai Saag
Red amaranth greens stir-fried with garlic and cumin — the iron-rich Bihari summer saag
Bihar Recipes
110 delicious recipes
Bihari Baigan Bharta
Roasted eggplant mash cooked with onion and tomato — the Bihari masala bharta
Bihari Rajma Curry
Red kidney beans in a rich Bihari onion-tomato gravy — the Sunday protein lunch
Bihari Pittha Stuffed Steamed Rice Cake
Steamed rice flour dumplings stuffed with a sweet filling of chana dal and jaggery —...
Bihari Mutton Yakhni Pulao
Basmati rice cooked in a fragrant mutton bone stock (yakhni) with whole spices — a...
Bihari Chana Dal Pithi Stuffed Flatbread
Wheat flour flatbread stuffed with a thick, dry-cooked chana dal and spice filling — a...
Bihari Laai Puffed Rice Jaggery Bar
Puffed rice cooked in a hot jaggery syrup and pressed into flat sheets then cut into...
Bihar Thekua Wheat Jaggery Festival Cookie Chhath Puja
Hard, pressed wheat and jaggery cookies made in a specific wooden mould — the sacred...
Bihar Makhana Kheer Fox Nut Milk Pudding Vrat Fasting
Puffed lotus seeds slow-cooked in full-fat milk with sugar and cardamom — the elegant...
Bihar Litti Chokha Sattu Wheat Ball Coal Classic Bihar
Wheat dough balls stuffed with spiced sattu baked over coal or in an oven, dunked in...
Bihar Chura Dahi Flattened Rice Yogurt Makar Sankranti
Thick beaten rice soaked in thick sweetened yogurt and eaten with jaggery — the sacred...
Bihar Sattu Paratha Roasted Gram Stuffed Bihar Classic
Whole wheat paratha stuffed with a mustard oil-dressed sattu filling — the...