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The history of Bihar cuisine can be traced to cultures that developed, flourished and diminished over the years here. Bihar is as old as the hills. It is an amalgamation of different races, religion and languages.
Mutli-cuisine specialty restaurant have an aesthetical ambience featuring Indian, Chinese, Continental, Japanese, Thai and Korean.
Bihar is a very special place as far as the cuisine is concerned. Bihar is known for many different dishes which are cooked here in the traditional style.
The most interesting fact about the cuisines is that every region in the world has its own cuisine. There are few typical and traditional food items which are cooked in different parts of the world. |
The cuisine in Bihar is as important and as pronounced as in the other parts of the world. Bihar is a nice place to visit and the cuisine of this place is very special. It is a very nice cuisine and is thus really popular. The visitors enjoy eating traditional Bihari food. The Bihari kebabs are especially very popular.
People mostly prefer vegetarian diet consisting of rice, dal (lentils), roti (wheat pancakes), vegetables and pickles to a non-vegetarian diet. Mustard oil and ghee (clarified butter) are used in cooking. Pickle is very popular among Biharis and a huge variety of pickles are prepared in very household throughout the year. Khichdi, raita, salad, prepared with beetroot, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumber, and carrot, radish is the staple food of people here.
Bihar cuisine is basically healthy, simple and wholesome. Vegetables are boiled mashed and seasoned with onion, chilies, tomatoes and mustard oil.
Sweets from Bihar are favored throughout the country. Motichur ladoos, kala jamun, Parwal mithai, kesaria peda, laktho originally belong to this region.
Malpua, chiwra, sooji halwa, kadhi Bari, sattu are some of the traditional savories and snacks of this region. Bihari non- vegetarian food has a distinctive aroma and piquancy. The yummy Bihari kebabs relished by many now found in food joints. These kebabs wrapped up with rotis, are a delight to the young and the old alike.
Shami kebabs, nargisi kofta, mutton biryani, kuleecha, naan rot are famous non-vegetarian food items.
This region being multi-linguistic, multi linguistic, multi-religious and multi-racial pampers out senses with the most appetizing and aromatic food. Bihari cuisine has numerous rice based dishes. The rice cultivated along the Gangetic plains is rare, unique and of excellent quality. The food is excellent here in Bihar. |
