What Are the Top 5 Bihari Foods You Should Eat Before You Die?

Bihari cuisine extends beyond Ahuna mutton and Litti-Chokha. The food of the multi-cultural cuisine is made with wholesome ingredients, in season, and with little to no spice.

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Bihari food uses spices beautifully and methodically, and not every dish has the ubiquitous onion-tomato gravy found in many other cuisines. These are a few very nourishing dishes that are commonly eaten in Bihari homes. a stroke.

Bihar's food is essentially comparable to both East and North Indian cuisines. It is very seasonal, with the majority of consumption occurring in the summer months for watery foods like watermelon and sharbat (made from the pulp of the wood-apple fruit), and the winter months for dry foods like sesame and poppy seed preparations.

Cuisines of Bihar

Bihari food includes baingan bharta, a dish made of roasted eggplant (brinjal) and tomatoes, and litti chokha, a baked salted wheat flour cake filled with sattu (baked chickpea flour) and a few special spices. Dairy products, such as ghee, lassi, butter, spiced buttermilk (called mattha), and yogurt, are widely consumed all year long.

Bihari meat dishes come in a variety of forms, the most popular being chicken and mutton. Due to the abundance of rivers, including the Sone, Gandak, Ganges, and Koshi, fish dishes are particularly popular in the Mithila region of North Bihar.

Meat saalan, a popular dish consisting of mutton or goat curry with cubed potatoes in garam masala, is one of the meat dishes. Another well-liked meal in Bihar is daalpuri. It is a bread made of salted wheat flour that is packed with fried, crushed, and boiled gram pulses.

Traditional Dishes of Bihar

1. khajuri/Thekua

One of the most popular snacks made in Bihari cuisine is khajuria/Thekua. When jaggery and wheat flour are combined and deep-fried. This delicious snack is prepared to satisfy your cravings. To create various kinds, rice flour can be substituted for wheat flour and sugar for jaggery.

Thekua is also a traditional prasad of Chhath Puja.

2. Malpua 

Another delicious Bihari dish that requires no introduction is malpua. Its batter, which is made up of flour, milk, sugar, and mashed bananas, is deep-fried in ghee and then coated in sugar syrup.

This Bihari delicacy is a beloved classic due to its crispy crust and soft center that melts in your mouth. Thick Rabdi is a great complement to malpuas, and it's the perfect finishing touch.

3. Litti Chokha

Everyone loves Litti Chokha, and its mouthwatering flavor requires no introduction. Greetings and salutations to the cuisine of Bihar, in all its ghee-laden splendor. It is made of spiced wheat and sattu that are formed into spherical, spicy balls and then dipped in ghee. Litti's texture and crispy crust make it a foodie's dream come true.

Chokha is made by mashing cooked vegetables (mostly potatoes, brinjal, and tomatoes), adding chopped onion, garlic, and other seasonings, and serving it with litti as a complimentary snack.

Fried gram flour, or "sattu," is a staple of Bihari food and cooking. To make sattu, the sattu is combined with spices, stuffed into balls of wheat dough, rolled, and cooked on a hot plate with ghee.

4. Khaja 

Similar to the Baklava of the Ottoman Empire, Khaja is thought to be a 2000-year-old preparation and is another delicious and delightful snack from Bihar. Made with wheat flour, sugar, and mawa, the crispy dessert is deep-fried in oil. This unusual Bihari dessert melts on the tongue despite having a wafer-like texture. 

Another variation is called Belgrami, and it is made with ghee, sugar, and milk solids, which is a type of cheese. This well-known sweat meat from Udwantnagar, which is situated between Arrah and Buxar, is less sweet.

5. Anarsa 

This lovely Bihari dish is available year-round and is made with rice flour and jaggery. After that, it is fried over medium heat with sesame seeds until it turns the ideal shade of red. Enjoy the sweet treat that's waiting for you when you bite into an anarsa.

6. Chicken/Mutton Kebab

Lamb chops without bones, marinated in a mixture of spices and raw papaya paste and cooked over charcoal with ghee splattered on top. After tasting the kabab, the word that comes to mind is succulent.

In addition to the Bihari kabab, two other kababs in the state have gained a lot of popularity. Two popular kebabs in Patna are Richie Rich's reshmi kebab in Rajendra Nagar and Mughu's mutton kebab in Kadamkuan.

7. Chana Ghughni

The evening snack known as chana ghughni is a spicy-tangy dish from Bihar cuisine. This is an incredibly popular but delicious snack that is made in almost every Bihari home.

It is the ideal way to sate your hunger when served with "Chuda ka bhuja," or flattened rice, and boiled chickpeas that have been fried with onion and spices. Another use for dried and flattened gram is to make salty snacks.

8. Balushahi 

The Bihari meal, known as Balushahi, is a sweet, porous flour cup with a plethora of flavors contained within the Khoya. You taste more than just a sweet every time you bite into one. The cuisine of Bihar is the love of wonder that you taste.

The treat is packed with spices like cardamom and cinnamon, as well as gently sweetened khoya. Occasionally, the luxurious saffron is added for flavor and aroma. Subsequently, the flour bowl is sealed and cooked to an impeccable texture. 

9. Laung Lata

Bihar's traditional dessert, laung-latika, is made during celebrations. While Laung lata is similar to other stuffed treats, it is distinguished from the others by the clove located in the center of the crispy crust.

Laung Lata is unique to Bihar because of the complex combination of flavors that melt in the mouth when combined with the strong clove flavor and the sweet filling dipped in sugar syrup. This treat, which can be found in renowned stores close to the Patna Meusum, is ideal for chilly winter months.

10. Daal Pittha

 This is a typical Bihari dish that is filled with lentil paste, spices, and pickles and coated with rice flour. Once cooked, the dumpling becomes crispy and nutritious breakfast food. The lentil paste can also be made into Dal-Puri, which is another variation of this dish that is made by rolling the paste with spices.

Conclusion

The cuisines of Bihar are worldwide famous and liked by the non-Biharis as well. It is very obvious to find such dishes in the cities of India. Most of the population of Delhi are Biharis and the foods of Bihar are available on every street in Delhi. 

There are various cuisines other than those mentioned in the article and one should try all the mouthwatering cuisines of Bihar. These are made traditionally by following the ancestor’s recipe. 

The abundance of delicacies found in Bihar's cuisine has made the historically wealthy region famous. Every food enthusiast's taste buds can be tantalized by the delicious and unique Bihari dishes.

Written By- Archi Goldi

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