“festive”

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

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 Snack

Dahi Vada Bihar

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

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dessert

Bihari Rice Kheer

Fragrant saffron rice pudding — the festive puja offering and celebration dessert of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 40 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

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 Dinner

Pork with Rice Beer Adi Tribe

Pork braised in apong rice wine — the festive cooking method of the Adi tribe of Arunachal

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Medium

Arunachal Pradesh Dinner

Smoked Duck Curry Arunachal

Smoked duck with bamboo shoots and ginger — festive and deeply flavoured Arunachali special

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Dinner

Mountain Venison Stew Arunachal

Wild venison slow-cooked with bamboo and Himalayan herbs — festive seasonal dish of...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 90 min cook

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Dinner

Arunachal Stewed Goat

Goat slow-cooked with mountain herbs and bamboo shoots — the festive meat of...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 90 min cook

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Dessert

Tribal Rice Pudding Arunachal

Glutinous rice slow-cooked in coconut milk with jaggery — the festive dessert of...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 40 min cook

Easy

Assam Dinner

Duck Curry Assam

Mustard oil duck curry with ash gourd — the most prestigious Assamese celebratory non-veg

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Medium