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Kerala Lunch

Cluster Beans Thoran

Kerala-style thoran — dry stir-fry of cluster beans (kothavarangai) with fresh coconut...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Kerala Lunch

Snake Gourd Thoran

Kerala-style thoran — dry stir-fry of snake gourd (padavalanga) with fresh coconut in...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Kerala Lunch

Banana Flower Thoran

Kerala-style thoran — dry stir-fry of banana flower (vazha poo) with fresh coconut in...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Kerala Lunch

Ivy Gourd Thoran

Kerala-style thoran — dry stir-fry of ivy gourd (kovakka) with fresh coconut in coconut oil.

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Lemon Rice

Rice tossed with lemon and panch phoron — the refreshing summer rice of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Ngatok Fish Curry

Fermented fish curry of Arunachal river communities — pungent, layered and deeply flavoured

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Arunachal Pradesh Breakfast

Zan Millet Porridge

Stiff millet or maize porridge — the cornerstone carbohydrate of several Arunachali tribes

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Bihar Snack

Bihari Mango Pickle

Raw mango pickled in mustard oil with fenugreek — the essential Bihari summer preserve

⏱ 20 min prep

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Fiddlehead Fern Stir Fry

Young fiddlehead ferns stir-fried with garlic and mustard oil — the spring forest food...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Egg Curry

Hard-boiled eggs in mustard oil-based onion-tomato masala — the quick Bihari non-veg

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Parwal Sabzi

Pointed gourd in mustard-spice gravy — the everyday Bihari vegetable

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Aloo Tamatar

Potato in spiced tomato gravy — the default weekday Bihari sabzi

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy