As we know that Bihar has its special food. Accordingly the taste of a specific dish can be more refined if only we eat that dish in the state. If you are feeling very bored by eating the same food daily like Dal-Chawal, chapati, vegetables. Then you must try the traditional food of bihar and we can convince you that you will like it after eating the Bihari food. Today we are going to tell you about the historical food of Bihar and later eating this food you will surely say that this is the best and seasoned food. Bihar is also familiar for its sweetness in language as well as food.
Famous Food of Bihar:
1. Litti Choka:
Although the lip-smacking taste of Litti Chokha, enjoyed by one and all, needs no launch. It is your grand salute to the food of Bihar, in all its ghee-dripping fame. It is made up of wheat and sattu with spices, compressed into round sharp balls, dipped in ghee. The texture of Litti along with the crunchy crust makes it a foodie’s charm. Chokha is prepared by crushing cooked vegetables, fixing spices and toiled onion, garlic etc and served with Litti as a serving excellent.
2. Mutton Curry:
There are some dissimilar popular cooking methods to produce a mutton dish. These dishes differ in construction, use of spices, and time of cook. Whether you enjoy a snack that has cooked slowly for a fine taste, or if you enjoy a particular combination of spices, these different cooking methods may appeal to you.
3. Khadi Bari:
This ever best loved dish is one more staple fineness of Bihari food. The gravy (Kadhi)as well as the Badi are ready from besan. The gravy also is made up of yoghurt. Complimented with rice and/or puris.
4. Mutton Kebabs and Reshmi Kebabs:
Bihar is justly famous for its delicous non-vegetarian charms. Patna’s well known Mutton Kebabs have an justly rich and actual origin. The smell from a small store in Kadamkua entices you like a magnet and launches you to Mahgu; his Great Grandfather was a cook in the British bench. Mahgu’s Mutton Kebabs are lovely to your taste buds.
5. Puri Sabzi:
Bihari’s have learned the skill of creating a diversity of bread, thanks to the spirited variety we enlist into our cuisine. Hand them whole wheat flour or any other form of grain, and doubted they will give you lip-smacking platters of breads tagging with the choicest of dishes. The small round deep-fried bread called poori is seen in every household for breakfast. Poori is a very helpful bread, and poori varies with gratings and mashes into it which joints the lusciousness. Before it is more of a staple diet to the native.
Famous Street Food of Bihar:
1. Bhelpuri:
Bhelpuri has its origins in Mumbai, but there’s a specific mark for it in Bihar. It is justly a sort of chaat made of rice, mixed veggies, chutney, and more to which many persons enticed. There is an array of tastes and separate textures, counting rice pudding and fried sev. Bhelpuri is part of the cuisine on the streets of Bihar.
2. Batata Puri:
Batata puri is a beautiful devising, and it is an ideal snack in Indian cuisine. The puri is crispy, and all bites are an discharge of vibrant tastes. A blend of crunchy puri with the sev and mushy potatoes hands you a sharp, spicy taste. The sev and the potatoes served on top of the puri, glances beauty. It is one street food to explored in Bihar.
3. Lababdar Rolls:
Lababdar rolls are a popular street food. It is also common in Bihar, where the street food centres typically serve aloo or onion paratha with the rolls. In a spicy tomato sauce, onions and a blend of spices roasted with cream for a creamy texture. Then stuffed and rolled in rotis. Paneer is one of the best-known varieties of these rolls, with the right blend of flavours. The soft cheese is an excellent complement to the powerful spices.
4. Mutton Kebabs:
Bihar is renowned for its non-vegetarian foods, and mouth-watering kebabs lead the way in the region’s street food. A mutton kebab eaten on a grill with a selection of fried vegetables. The aroma of kebabs fills the air in the streets of Bihar.
5. Chana Gugni:
Chana Ghughni is a spicy-tangy evening snack item from the traditional food of Bihar. Extremely common yet equally delicious, this mouth-watering snack is prepared in almost every household of Bihar. Boiled chickpeas, fried with onion and spices along with “Chuda ka bhaji” makes it a perfect answer to satisfy your hunger! Flattened and dried gram used to make other salty snacks.
6. Khajuria/Thekua:
Khajuria is the most commonly prepared snack of Bihari food. The mixture of wheat flour and jaggery is deep fried and lo! This lip-smacking snack is ready to fulfil those hunger attacks! One can also use rice flour instead of wheat flour and sugar instead of jaggery to make different varieties.
Favorite Sweets of Bihar:
1. Chandrakala/Pedakiya:
Firstly very similar to Gujia, Chandrakala is another heavenly dessert for those with a sweet tooth. Stuffed with sweetened khoya, coconut, cardamom powder and dry fruits in a crispy covering and dipped in sugar-syrup, Chandrakala is a dish from the traditional food of Bihar that is enough to sweeten your senses!
2. Khaja:
Further equally tasty and scrumptious traditional food of Bihar snack, Khaja is a 2000-year-old preparation, very similar to the Baklava of Ottoman Empire. The crispy dessert from wheat flour, sugar, mawa; deep fried in oil. Hence this unique dessert from Bihar is wafer in texture and yet melts in the mouth. However another variant Belgrami from milk solids, sugar and ghee. It is less sweet and is a famous sweetmeat from Udwantnagar, which falls between Arrah and Buxar.
3. Kesar Peda:
Although partitioned, Bihar and Jharkhand are two states which breathe and preserve the same culture. Indeed Pedas from Devghar, which is now in Jharkhand, is an essential part of the food of Bihar. These states are home to people with one united thread of culture and belief. Every person from Bihar holds Devghar very close to his heart; the place holding deep religious affection. Situated outside the holy temple of Devghar, Gaurang Mishthan Bhandar is a 70-year-old destination for worshippers to complete their fast. “Kesar Pedas” are exclusive speciality of this place. Other delicacies of Devghar include Cham Cham and Lady Canning.
4. Lavang-Latika:
Laung-latika is a traditional dessert of the food of Bihar, prepared during festivals. Although similar to other stuffed delicacies, Laung lata’s Clove in the centre of the crisp crust makes it stand apart from the others. The pungent taste of the clove along with sweet stuffing dipped in sugar-syrup melts in the mouth; the complex amalgam of tastes altogether makes Laung Lata exclusive to Bihar. This delicacy is perfect for cold winters with famous shops located near the Patna Museum.
5. Dal Peetha:
Dal Peetha is the Bihari way to cook dumplings or momos. This quintessential food of Bihar with rice flour and stuffed with lentil paste, along with spices and pickle. The dumpling steamed or fried and makes for a very healthy breakfast. Another variant of this is when the lentil pastes mixed with spices and rolled into chapatis and Dal-Puri.
6. Malpua:
Malpua is another Bihari food delight that needs no introduction. Its batter is a mixture of flour, milk, mashed bananas and sugar which is deep fried in ghee and dipped in sugar syrup. The crispy crust and soft centre melts in mouth, making it all-time favourite delicacy of Bihar. Malpuas with thick Rabdi, only to add the yummy cherry on the cake!
7. Rasia/Kheer:
Last the special type of kheer is exclusive to the grand and traditional Chhath Puja and is an opulent affair of the food of Bihar. Rasia is famous for its festive touch and equally delicious taste. Another variant from popped fox nuts or makhana called makhana ki kheer and is only slightly sweet but quite rich.
