8 Must Try Vegetarian Dishes From The Bihari Cuisine
By Niveditha Kalyanaraman
October 14th, 2023
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The historically rich land of Bihar is equally famous for the plethora of delicacies that feature its cuisine. The scrumptious and exotic Bihari dishes are highly capable of tingling the taste buds of every food connoisseur. Here are 8 must-try dishes from Bihari cuisine.
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Litti Chokha
Indulge in the finest dish of Bihar in all its ghee-dripping glory. It consists of wheat and sattu with spices, kneaded into round spicy balls, dipped in ghee.
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Chandrakala
Satiate your sweet tooth with this Bihari dessert that is stuffed with sweetened khoya, coconut, cardamom powder and dry fruits in a crispy covering and dipped in sugar-syrup.
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Khaja
Khaja is believed to be a 2000 year old preparation, very similar to the Baklava of Ottoman Empire. The crispy dessert is made from wheat flour, sugar, mawa; deep fried in oil. This unique dessert from Bihar is wafery in texture and yet melts in the mouth.
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Dal Peetha
Dal Peetha is the Bihari way to cook dumplings or momos. This quintessential food of Bihar is covered with rice flour and stuffed with lentil paste, along with spices and pickle.
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Kadhi Badi
The gravy (Kadhi)as well as the badi are prepared from besan (gram flour). The gravy also consists of yoghurt. It is usually complimented with rice and/or puris.
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Rasia
Rasia is famous for its festive touch and equally delicious taste. Another variant is made from popped fox nuts or makhana which is called makhane ki kheer and is only slightly sweet but quite rich.
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Anarsa
Rice flour and Jaggery come together to create this beautiful Bihari food dish that is found all year long. It is then coated in sesame seeds and fried over medium heat until it achieves the perfect shade of red.
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Tilkut
Tilkut is a healthy dessert prepared from punched sesame seeds. It is cooked with a sugar base rolled into a ball filled with copious amounts of crushed sesame seeds. The tilkut gets tastier, softer and nebulous with a luxurious input of sesame seeds.
