Food Culture & Ingredients
Saag, Seasonal Vegetables and the Flavours of a Bihari Kitchen
Chana saag with bathua, nenua with chana dal, arikanchan and pumpkin for Chhath. The seasonal vegetable cooking of Bihari homes.
Home cooking
Food Culture & Ingredients
Forgotten Recipes of Bihar: Dishes Our Grandparents Still Remember
Dahirvari, chautha, girvanchh, arikanchan, ammath, perukia and the Sattuani thali. Traditional Bihari recipes that are slipping out of everyday kitchens.
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Traditional Bihari Food
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…
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Traditional Bihari Food
Bihari Kadhi Badi: A Taste of Home
Tangy curd and gram-flour curry with soft besan fritters, eaten with rice. The story of kadhi badi, from Sunday lunches to the…
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Traditional Bihari Food
Bhaat, Dal and Chokha: The Simplicity of a Bihari Meal
Rice, thin golden dal, smoky mashed chokha, bhujia and pickle. The everyday Bihari meal, its staples, seasons and techniques.
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Food & Recipes
Dal Pitha: The Traditional Comfort Food of Bihar
Rice flour dumplings filled with spiced lentils and steamed. How dal pitha is made, where it comes from and why Biharis call…
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