Bihari cuisine

milk-solid-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent

food

Roti is a round flatbread originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is commonly consumed in many South Asian, Southeast Asian, Caribbean, East African, and Southeast African countries.

Kheer, khir, payesh, fenni or payasam is a pudding or porridge (specifically rice pudding) popular in the Indian subcontinent, usually made by boiling milk, sugar or jaggery, and rice. It can be additionally flavoured with dried fruits, nuts, cardamom and saffron. Instead of rice, it may contain cracked wheat, vermicelli (sevai), sago or tapioca (sabudana).

Laddu or laddoo is a spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent made of various ingredients and sugar syrup or jaggery. It has been described as "perhaps the most universal and ancient of Indian sweets."

In Indian cuisine, dal (also spelled daal or dhal pronunciation: ) are dried, split pulses (e.g., lentils, peas, and beans) that do not require soaking before cooking. India is the largest producer of pulses in the world. The term is also used for various soups prepared from these pulses. These pulses are among the leading staple foods in South Asian countries, and form an important part of the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent.

Paratha (, also known by other spellings) is a flatbread from the Indian subcontinent, consisting of a wheat dough, typically whole wheat, that is folded and rolled with ghee, forming multiple layers, and shallow fried. Paratha may be stuffed with various fillings, the most common being potato. Paratha is one of the most popular flatbreads in India. The folded, whole-wheat version is prevalent in the Northern Indian subcontinent, and is distinct from South Indian parotta, which uses refined flour. Variations also exist in the cuisines of Myanmar, Mauritius, Malaysia (where it is known as roti

Panipuri (also known by other names, including phuchka and golgappa) is a snack associated with the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent consisting of a deep-fried spherical puri shell, hollowed out for a filling and dipped in flavoured waters. Panipuri is primarily a street food and is part of the chaat category of light snacks. It is commonly filled with some combination of potatoes, chickpeas, spices, and chutney. The flavoured waters, or pani, are typically a spicy coriander leaf or mint chutney called and a sweet tamarind chutney called . A few centimetres in diameter, it is a finger food

Raita is a side dish and condiment in Indian cuisine made of dahi (yogurt or "curd") together with raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, or pulses. The yogurt may be seasoned with herbs and spices such as coriander, roasted cumin seeds, mint, and cayenne pepper.

Indian curry dish with cauliflower and potatoes

Indian snack

Chaat, or chāt (IAST: cāṭ) () is a family of fried dough snacks that originated in India, typically served as an hors d'oeuvre or at roadside tracks from stalls or food carts across South Asia. With its origins in Uttar Pradesh, chaat has become popular in the rest of South Asia.

Indian dessert

Saag, also spelled sag, saagh, saga, shaak or shak, is a leafy vegetable dish from the Indian subcontinent. It is eaten with bread, such as roti or naan, or in some regions with rice. Saag can be made from mustard greens, collard greens, basella or finely chopped broccoli along with added spices and sometimes other ingredients, such as chhena.

vegetarian dish from the Indian subcontinent

Sattu or Satui (Hindi: सत्तू ; Bhojpuri: सतुआ/सातु; Nepali: सातु) is a type of flour, mainly used in Nepal, India and Tibet. Satui is made up of dry-roasted and ground pulses and cereals. The dry powder is prepared in various ways as a principal or secondary ingredient of dishes. Satui is used in vegetarian cuisine as it can be a source of protein.

Khaja or khajuri () or pheni is an Indian deep-fried pastry, commonly filled with fruit or soaked with sugar syrup.

Types of flatbreads

Thekua, thokwa or thekariis, also known as khajuria, tikari and thokni, is an Indo-Nepalese sweet dish popular in Southern Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Thekua is a revered prasada, offering to god, during Chhath puja. It has been used as a sweet snack for centuries in these places.

South Asian dish, that originated in Punjab, bearing a resemblance to baba ghanoush

South Asian donuts

Anarsa or hilsa is a rice-based biscuit in Nepal and the Indian states of Bihar and Maharastra, especially in Gaya located in Bihar. It is commonly associated with the Hindu festival of Diwali (Tihar) in Nepal, Maharashtra and Bihar, along with other special occasions. Its ingredients include jaggery (unrefined cane sugar), rice, poppy seed and ghee (clarified butter).

Bhurta, vorta, bhorta, bharta or chokha is a lightly fried mixture of mashed vegetables in Desi cuisine.

Ghugni (Bengali: ঘুগনি, Bhojpuri: 𑂐𑂳𑂐𑂳𑂢𑂲) or Guguni (Odia: ଗୁଗୁନି) is a dish made of peas or chickpeas in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh in India. Different variations of the dish use different types of peas or chickpeas, such as black gram, green peas, or white peas. It is usually eaten for breakfast with toasted bread or puri, but can also be served as the main course for lunch or dinner. It can be made either with or without the use of onion and garlic.

Litti Chokha a complete meal originated from the Indian state of Bihar.

Tarkari is a name given to a wide range of side vegetable dishes found commonly in the Indian subcontinent, notably in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal. Preparation methods for tarkaris range from simple to complex. Some of these dishes are also sometimes called curries and are made from vegetables that are popular in large parts of the Indian subcontinent, Mauritius, Fiji, South Africa, and the Caribbean.

culinary tradition

fish curry in Bengali cuisine

Jhalmuri (, , , , ) is a popular street snack in the Bengali, Bihari, Bhojpuri, Odia, Assamese and Tripuri cuisine of the Indian subcontinent, made of puffed rice and an assortment of Indian spices, vegetables, Bombay mix (chanachur) and mustard oil. It is popular in Bangladesh and in the neighbouring Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, Tripura, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Odisha. It became popular in London when a British chef named Angus Denoon tried this snack in Kolkata and started selling it on the streets of London. The popularity of Jhalmuri has also reached other western cities like New Yo

crunchy savory snack eaten in the Indian subcontinent

rice-based fermented alcoholic beverage from India

madhubani cuisine

Tarua (also called Bajka, Bachka or Chakka) is a dish of thinly sliced vegetables coated with rice batter and deep fried. It originates from the Mithila and Bhojpur regions of India and Nepal. The dish is especially prominent in the Indian states of Bihar, eastern Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand, as well as in Nepalese provinces of Madhesh and eastern Lumbini, where it is believed that it is impossible to welcome a guest without serving Tarua.