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Bihar Dinner

Bihari Mutton Curry

Slow-cooked bone-in mutton with mustard oil and whole spices — the prestige Sunday...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 70 min cook

Hard

Tamil Nadu Dinner

Nattukozhi Soup

Tamil Nadu dinner — Country chicken soup — healing, collagen-rich village soup.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Snack

Chicken Kola Urundai

Tamil Nadu snack — Chicken kola urundai — the Tamil Nadu non-veg croquette.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Snack

Kari Vadai

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

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dinner

Bihari Mutton Kofta

Spiced minced mutton balls in rich gravy — the festive celebration showpiece of Bihar

⏱ 30 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Hard

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Saag

Mustard greens slow-cooked with garlic and mustard oil — the winter staple of rural Bihar

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Dinner

Aattu Kaal Soup

Tamil Nadu dinner — Goat trotter soup — rich collagen broth eaten on cold winter mornings.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Dum Aloo

Whole baby potatoes slow-cooked in yogurt-spice dum — the Bihar Holi celebration potato dish

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dinner

Bihari Chicken Curry

Whole spice chicken curry with mustard oil — the everyday non-veg of Bihari households

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

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 Lunch

Bihari Palak Dal

Spinach cooked into toor dal with ghee tadka — the iron-protein combination of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Masoor Dal

Red lentil dal with a sharp ghee and garlic tempering — the quick weekday dal of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy