“festival”

Bihar Snack

Thekua

Deep-fried sweet wheat and jaggery cookies — the sacred Chhath Puja offering of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Dessert

Pua Sweet Pancake

Fluffy fried wheat and fennel pancakes — the festive Bihari sweet pancake for Holi and Chhath

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Andhra Pradesh Breakfast

Ugadi Pachadi

Classic Andhra dish — ugadi pachadi made with new year chutney mix.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

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

Bihar Snack

Dahi Vada Bihar

Soft urad dal fritters soaked in spiced yogurt — the Bihar festive snack

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Snack

Thavuttu Murukku

Flat disc-shaped murukku made by pressing dough with a thavuttu wooden press — thicker...

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dessert

Besan Ladoo Bihar

Roasted gram flour balls with ghee and sugar — the festival sweet of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Arunachal Pradesh Dessert

Sunga Pitha Bamboo Sweet

Sweet sticky rice cake cooked inside bamboo — the festive dessert of Arunachali plains...

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Hard

Bihar Lunch

Dal Baati Bihar

Hard-baked wheat balls with rich five-lentil dal — the Bihari festival combination

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard

Bihar Dessert

Bihari Maida Laddoo

Roasted all-purpose flour balls with ghee and sugar — a simple Bihar festival sweet

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Chana Masala

Kabuli chana in a thick onion-tomato gravy — the protein festive dish of Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Arunachal Pradesh Dessert

Millet Sweet Balls Arunachal

Finger millet rolled with jaggery and ghee into nutritious sweet balls — the festival...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy