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Bihar Dessert

Makhana Kheer

Fox nuts slow-cooked in saffron-sweetened milk — Bihar's most celebrated and...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Chana Ghugni

Dried yellow peas with onion, tomato and tamarind — the legendary street food of Bihar...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dessert

Iyengar Kovil Prasadam Pongal

Tamil Brahmin / Iyengar recipe — The sacred temple pongal — rich with ghee, cashews,...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dinner

Madurai Mutton Curry

Tamil Nadu dinner — Bold Madurai mutton curry — heavy pepper and fennel base.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Dinner

Prawn Biryani Madurai

Tamil Nadu dinner — Madurai prawn biryani — bolder and spicier than Ambur style.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Snack

Anarsa Festival Sweet

Deep-fried fermented rice and jaggery discs coated in poppy seeds — the Bihari Diwali special

⏱ 4320 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Hard

Tamil Nadu Snack

Kari Vadai

Tamil Nadu snack — Meat-stuffed vada — Madurai street food specialty.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dessert

Gur Ka Kheer

Rice pudding sweetened with raw jaggery — the sacred and rustic kheer of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Easy

Bihar Dessert

Moong Dal Halwa Bihar

Split moong dal slow-roasted in ghee with sugar — the rich winter Bihari celebration dessert

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Hard

Bihar Snack

Makhana Raita

Roasted fox nuts in spiced yogurt — Bihar's most elegant cooling accompaniment

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Karnataka Dessert

Pancha Khajaya

Classic Karnataka sweet — pancha khajaya made with five grain sweet.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dessert

Bihari Suji Halwa

Semolina roasted in ghee with sugar and cardamom — the everyday and puja sweet of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy