Introduction

Predominantly, the food of Bihar is vegetarian. However, unlike Gujarat or some communities of south, non-vegetarian is food has been quite acceptable even in traditional homes of Bihar. Some sects of Brahmins like the Maithil Brahmins have traditionally eaten some varieties of fish. Mutton or Goat meat is even used as Prasad in some type of pujas, like devi puja. Oddly, many Kayastha families in Bihar, who are generally considered great lovers of non-vegetarian food, are vegetarian in Bihar. Bihar (बिहार in Devanagri) is a state situated in the eastern part of India. ... Pūjā (alternative transliteration pooja, Sanskrit: reverence or worship, loosely) is a religious ritual which most Hindus perform every morning after bathing and dressing but prior to taking any food or drink. ... Kayastha or Kayasth is a caste in South Asia, they are placed outside the four Varnas or main castes. ...

Traditional bihar society did not quite eat eggs and chicken, though other types of birds and fowls were highly acceptable. However, such distinctions are no longer current.

Staple Food

As stated earlier, much of the food consumed by people in Bihar is vegetarian. The staple food is “bhat, dal, roti, tarkari and achar”, prepared basically from rice, lentils, wheat flour, vegetables, and pickle. Traditionally, mustard oil has been the popular cooking medium. "Kichdi", the broth of rice and lentils, seasoned with spices, and served with several accompanying items like curd, chutney, pickles, papads, ghee (clarified butter) and chokha (boiled mashed potatoes, seasoned with finely cut onions, green chilies) constitutes the lunch for most people of Bihar on Saturdays.

Other dishes which are predominantly used in bihar is Sattu(flour of fried grams). There are many other dishes which is made with sattu like litti,Sattu ki Roti etc. In rural areas of bihar, doughed sattu is being consumed with some salt and pickels.

Sweet Delicacies

Motichoor ka Ladoo.

There is large variety of sweet delicacies. Unlike the Bengali sweets which are soaked in syrup of sugar and are therefore wet, sweets of Bihar are mostly dry. Some of them are Laktho, Khurma, Anarasa, Khaja, Motichoor ka Ladoo, Kala Jamun, Kesaria Peda, Parwal ka Mithai, Khubi ka Lai, Belgrami, Tilkut, Thekua and Chena Murki. Some of them owe their origin to towns in the vicinity of Patna: Khaja from Silao Nalanda, Ladoo from Maner, Kala Jamun from Vikram, Khubi ka Lai from Bakhtiarpur, Tilkut and Kesaria Peda from Gaya and Chena Murki from Koelwar. Descendants of the original family members of the cooks, called halwais in the local language, have migrated to urban Patna and authentic sweet delicacies are now available in the city itself. Image File history File links Motichoor_Ladoo. ... Motichoor Ka Ladoo is a sweet delicacy of the central Bihar made from grilled gram flour flakes which are sweetened, mixed with almonds and pressed into balls and fried in ghee. ... Khaja is a sweet delicacy usually from Kakinada,Andhra Pradesh,India. ... Motichoor Ka Ladoo is a sweet delicacy of the central Bihar made from grilled gram flour flakes which are sweetened, mixed with almonds and pressed into balls and fried in ghee. ... Parwal Ka Mitha is a sweet made of a green vegetable called Parwal. ... A sweet savoury made in the Indian state of Bihar. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Vikram in Anniyan 2005 Chiyaan Vikram (born April 17, 1960), is an Indian born actor who has starred in a number of top-grossing tamil films and is currently one of the reigning heroes of Tamil Film Industry (aka Kollywood). ... Gaya was a confederacy of chiefdoms that existed in in the Nakdong River valley of Korea during the the Three Kingdoms era. ...

Other Traditional snacks and savouries

There are several other traditional snacks and savouries:

• Pua, prepared from a mixture of powdered rice, milk, ghee (clarified butter), sugar and honey and its variant Malpua
• Pittha, steam cooked, mixture of powdered rice
• Chiwra, beaten rice, served with a coat of creamy curd and sugar or jaggery
• Makhana (a kind of water fruit) is prepared from lotus seeds and is taken puffed or as kheer, prepared with milk and sugar
• Sattu, powdered baked gram, is a high energy giving food. It is taken mixed with water or with milk. Sometimes, sattu mixed with spices are used to prepare stuffed 'chapattis', locally called as 'makuni roti'
• Litti/Choka, a fast food item that can be prepared with minimum of utensils by people who away on tour. It is prepared with Sattu and Wheat flour and taken with mashed potato and brinjals.
• Dhuska, a deep fried item prepared from a mixture of powdered rice and ghee but is salted

Non Vegetarian Food

The distinctive Bihari flavor of the non-vegetarian cooking finds mention in the memoirs of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad who found it quite tasteful. Forms of Kebabs, Mutton preparations and dishes prepared from the various fowls and birds have a very distinctive flavor. Roll Bihari is another typical Bihari non vegetarian dish. Some muslim families moved from Bihar to Karachi in Pakistan during partition in 1947, and then on to the US, taking with them their culture and cuisine. They sell various vegetarian and non vegetarian rolls and are rather popular by the generic name Roll Bihari in and around Lexington Avenue (South) in New York. ...