Bhojpuri cuisine is a style of food preparation common amongst the Bhojpuri people living in Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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Bhojpuris are fond of spicy foods and their cuisines reflect this.

The food is tailor made for Bhojpuri lifestyle in which the rural

Rural

Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...

 folk

Folk

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 burn up a lot of calories in the fields.

Bhojpuri people take pride in celebrating various festivals and practices various religious rites, and as a result, their food resembles the delicacies offered to gods and goddesses.

Some dishes popular in Bhojpuri cuisine include:

• Channa (chickpeas)
• Rajma
  Rajma
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   (red kidney beans)
• Lobiya (black eyed bean)
• Dal makhani
  Dal makhani
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• Chokha
  Chokha
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   (roasted tomatoes, roasted aubergine roasted potatoes, roasted brinjals messd with garlic chilly and raw musterd oil)
• Roti
  Roti
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   (Paratha stuffed with cooked potatoes or yellow/green peas or sattu)
• Aloo matar
• Bihari kebab
• Gulab Jamun
  Gulab jamun
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• Dal Maharani
• Pooa
• Mardua and Thekua
• Anarsa
  Anarsa
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• Daal poori
• Bati-stffed with sattu
• Nimona (made of green peas
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• Ghugni
  Ghugni
  Ghugni is an evening snack in Eastern India . Black gram or dried yellow peas or dried white peas is cooked with gravy, in the traditional eastern Indian style...
  
   (Made with green peas or sprouted black gram)
• Dahi chiuda (Curd and chiuda)
• Daal pithouri
• Gojha (stuffed with Daal and cooked in steam)
• Gujhiya
• Mal Pua
• Padukiya
• Laktho
• bharwa