6 TRADITIONAL SWEETS OF BIHAR

By Nikita Toppo

Move beyond litti-chokha, here are six traditional sweets that can make you fall in love with Bihari cuisine.

THEKUA

Prepared with the mixture of wheat flour and jaggery, this lip-smacking sweet is specially made during the festival of Chhath.

GUJIYA

Stuffed with sweetened khoya, coconut, and dry fruits in a crispy covering and dipped in sugar syrup is enough to sweeten your heart.

TILKUT

Being a mandatory dish during Makar Sankranti, tilkut is very healthy as well as delicious as it made of sesame seeds.

MALPUA

The crispy dessert made with a mixture of flour, milk, bananas and sugar can melt your heart.

ANARSA

The combination of rice flour and jaggery is coated with sesame seeds and fried over medium heat to create this delicious dessert.

PARWAL MITHAI

This unique dish is made from a vegetable called parwal, where the inner pulp of the vegetable is scooped out and filled with sweet khoya.