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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

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Sinki Radish Soup

Fermented turnip radish soup — sharply sour, umami-rich and unique to mountain Arunachal

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Arunachal Pradesh Dinner

Pork with Mountain Chilli Bamboo

Pork belly slow-cooked with bamboo shoots and local mountain chillies — the definitive...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Kachri Sabzi

Wild bitter kachri cooked with mustard oil and spices — the distinctive wild vegetable...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

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

Arunachal Pradesh Dinner

Wild Mountain Mushroom Soup

Wild mushrooms in a clear ginger broth — the forest immunity soup of highland Arunachal

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Bihar Dinner

Bihari Bhuna Gosht

Dry-fried mutton with spices — the intense Bihari bhuna preparation

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 60 min cook

Hard

Arunachal Pradesh Lunch

Smoked Bamboo Rice

Rice cooked with smoked bamboo shoots — earthy, smoky and characteristic of Arunachali cooking

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Moong Dal Khichdi

Yellow moong and rice khichdi with ghee tempering — the sick-day healing food of Bihar

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Arunachal Pradesh Dinner

Rice Wine Chicken Arunachal

Chicken braised in local apong rice wine with ginger — the celebratory non-veg of Adi...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 45 min cook

Medium

Bihar Lunch

Bihari Sarson Ka Saag

Mustard greens cooked with ginger and garam masala — the Bihar winter saag

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium