“chhath puja”

Bihar Snack

Bihar Thekua Wheat Jaggery Festival Cookie Chhath Puja

Hard, pressed wheat and jaggery cookies made in a specific wooden mould — the sacred...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Jharkhand Dessert

Jharkhand Arsa Rice Jaggery Cake Fried Festival Sweet

Deep-fried rice and jaggery cakes with sesame seeds — a crunchy, sweet fried...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Bihar Dessert

Bihari Pittha Stuffed Steamed Rice Cake

Steamed rice flour dumplings stuffed with a sweet filling of chana dal and jaggery —...

⏱ 60 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Medium

Bihar Snack

Thekua

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

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy