Traditional Bihari Food

Everyday dishes of Bihar’s home kitchens, from litti chokha and dal pitha to kadhi badi and the simple plate of bhaat, dal and chokha.

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Dal Pitha: Bihar’s Traditional Comfort Food

Soft rice-flour dumplings with a peppery lentil filling, steamed and eaten with chutney. How Bihari families make dal pitha and why they…

5 min readBhojpur

Traditional Bihari Food

Tangy curd and gram-flour curry with soft besan fritters, eaten with rice. The story of kadhi badi, from Sunday lunches to the…

5 min readBhojpur

Traditional Bihari Food

Black chickpeas cooked in mustard oil and spices, eaten with chura, puffed rice, dhuska or roti. Why ghugni is Bihar’s everyday favourite.

5 min readBhagalpur

Traditional Bihari Food

Rice, thin golden dal, smoky mashed chokha, bhujia and pickle. The everyday Bihari meal, its staples, seasons and techniques.

5 min readBhagalpur

Traditional Bihari Food

Smoky sattu-stuffed wheat balls, ghee and mashed chokha. What Bihar’s most famous plate reveals about the whole of Bihari cooking.

5 min readBhojpur