Holi is the festival of colours. It is celebrated all across the country in various forms but at the centre of it is the fact that everyone has another reason to come together and celebrate a festival. at the core, most of the Indian festivals are just like that - they give us a reason to meet and your and your ones and spend some quality time with them. And of course when we're talking about celebrations, Indians never forget their food. All our important discussions that are held during these festivities are over food and good drinks. Holi is famous for a lot of things, and good food is obviously one of them.
Bihar has a special way of celebrating holi. It is the biggest festival in the state and there are a lot of authentic Bihari dishes that are especially prepared during this time for the family members as well as for the guests visiting the house. As someone was born in holi, it is one festival that I used to wait for the entire year so that I could get the tastiest dahi vada and sweetest malpuas. Today,let us put together a bihari thali together if you want to celebrate holi in the authentic style.
Bachka
The Bihari khali is incomplete without bachka. These are fritters made from different kinds of vegetables especially eggplants, potato, onions and pumpkins. They act as the perfect starters and they're also eaten during playing with colours. Sometimes, they are also infused with bhaang.
Dahi Vada
One dish that can never be forgotten in a proper holy thali is the hibara. This dish made with curd, imli ki chutney and different spices is the perfect sweet salty and spicy combination that you need to eat. The vadas soaked in a sweet and spicy dahi gravy make for a heavenly combination.
Mutton Curry
A busy Holi afternoon after playing with colours and roaming around the entire colony with your friends is incomplete without having spicy mutton curry at every single household that you go. each one of the houses in the neighbourhood would have a different but very special mutton Curry that they would serve after you're done painting their entire house with your colors. police and community festival and eating mutton curry at different houses makes it a worthwhile experience.
Kathal
If you are a vegetarian, there is the perfect option of jackfruit or cattle for you. Known as vegetarian meat, kathal has the perfect consistency of mutton and the special dish made during Holi tastes like meat as well. Sometimes, after getting tired and playing Holi, there is hardly any difference between the delicious mutton curry and the kathal gravy.
Poori
There is quite nothing better than enjoying your mutton Curry with some hot round puris made right away. During holi festivities, there would be huge ‘chulhas’ to make piping hot puris. Every single thing tastes better with some puris.
Malpua
No Holi platter is ever complete without a rich serving of malpua and rubri. This desert is as popular in Bihar as it is in other Indian states like Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh or Uttar Pradesh, Just the method of making it changes at every place. The malpuas made in Bihar is extremely thick, loaded with dry fruits and engulfed in chashni.
Thandai
If there is one drink that signifies the festival of holy, then it is this one. Thandai Is a milk based drink that is extremely popular during Holi. It is sometimes laced with bhaang – which is the most fun part of it. But bhaang or not, having thandai while playing holi for hours quenches thirst and re-energizes people instantly.