Machh-bhaatमांसाहारीMain
Freshwater fish — rohu, katla, mangur or small pond fish — cooked in a thin mustard-and-turmeric gravy and eaten with rice. In a Maithil household this is a ritually appropriate food, not a departure from one.
इस क्षेत्र का अनुवाद अभी इस भाषा में नहीं हुआ है, इसलिए यह अंग्रेज़ी में दिखाया जा रहा है।
Mithilanchal · Middle & Lower Gangetic Plain
व्यंजन
Rice, fish and mustard oil, with a large repertoire of fried and steamed accompaniments and an unusually developed sweet tradition built on makhana and khoya. The everyday meal is bhaat, dal, tarkari, a fried item and pickle; the festival meal adds fish, pittha and a sweet made of what the ponds produce.
Makhana kheerशाकाहारीSweet
Popped foxnut simmered in reduced milk with cardamom until it swells and softens. The region's signature sweet and a fixture at weddings and fasts.
Dahi-chura with gurशाकाहारीBreakfast, and the Sankranti meal
Flattened rice with thick curd and jaggery, eaten in quantity at Makar Sankranti with a fried fish or a tilkut on the side. The most Maithil meal there is.
Tilkor ki sabziशाकाहारीMain
Ivy-gourd leaves fried in mustard oil until they crisp — a small dish that Maithils away from home ask for first.
Bagiya and pitthaशाकाहारी और मांसाहारीMain or snack
Rice-flour dumplings, steamed in leaf, filled with spiced chana dal, khoya or occasionally fish. Made in winter and at festivals.
Kadhi-bariशाकाहारीMain
Gram-flour dumplings in a sour curd gravy tempered with panch phoran — the standard festive vegetarian dish.
Aloo-bhanta chokha with sattuशाकाहारीEveryday
Mashed potato and roasted aubergine with raw mustard oil, green chilli and onion, eaten with rice or with a sattu-stuffed bread.
TaruaशाकाहारीAccompaniment
Sliced vegetables — brinjal, pumpkin, potato, colocasia leaf — dipped in gram-flour batter and shallow fried in mustard oil, served at every feast.
Maachh aur makhana ka jhorमांसाहारीMain
A thin fish curry with popped makhana added at the end so it absorbs the gravy — a Darbhanga speciality.
Thekua and khajurशाकाहारीSweet
Wheat and jaggery dough pressed in a carved mould and deep fried in ghee. The principal offering at Chhath, made in enormous quantity over two days.
Anarsa and khajaशाकाहारीSweet
Rice-flour and jaggery discs rolled in sesame, and layered fried pastry in syrup — festival sweets across the region.
Sattu ka sharbat and littiशाकाहारीSummer
Roasted gram flour drunk cold with salt, lemon and black salt, or packed into a baked wheat ball. Shared with Magadh and Bhojpur, and eaten here through the hot months.
Kheer-makhana at weddings, and the fish in the ritualशाकाहारी और मांसाहारीCeremonial
A Maithil wedding requires both — makhana in the sweet and fish in the ritual gifts exchanged between the two households. Neither is optional.
मुख्य आहार
Rice and churaArhar, masoor and khesari dalFreshwater fishPotato, brinjal, colocasia and gourdsMustard oil
मिठाइयाँ
Makhana kheerThekuaAnarsaKhajaBalushahiLaktho and til sweets in winter
स्ट्रीट फ़ूड
Litti-chokhaGhugni with churaSamosa and jalebiRoasted makhana with saltChana-bhuja in paper cones
पेय
Sattu sharbatChhachTadi — fermented palm sap, in seasonBel sharbat
Mithilanchal का खानपान — ख़ास व्यंजन, मुख्य आहार, मिठाइयाँ, स्ट्रीट फ़ूड और उन्हें कहाँ चखें। (13)