Cuisine & Must Try Dishes

Key Features of Bihari Cooking

• Minimal oil, slow cooking for deeper flavors.
• Use of mustard oil and panch phoran (five-spice mix: mustard, fenugreek, nigella, cumin, fennel).
• Roasting and smoking to impart earthy aroma (e.g., chokha in litti chokha).
• Fermented foods like dhokha and pitha for variety.
• Sattu-based dishes for nutrition and cooling effect in summers.