Famous food of Jharkhand: Jharkhand cuisine

Jharkhand's food mixes the dishes of Bihar with the forest foods of its tribal communities: rice, millets, leafy greens, mushrooms and bamboo shoot.

Favourite dishes

Litti chokha, wheat balls stuffed with roasted gram flour and eaten with mashed vegetables, is loved here as in Bihar. Dhuska, a deep-fried rice and lentil bread, is a breakfast favourite with potato curry, and chilka roti is a rice-flour pancake.

Forest foods

Rugra, a mushroom found in the sal forests in the monsoon, is cooked as a curry. Bamboo shoot (karil), marua (finger millet) roti and many kinds of saag (greens) are eaten in tribal homes.

Sweets and drinks

Thekua and pitha are made for festivals such as Chhath and Sohrai. Handia, a rice beer, is brewed for festivals in tribal villages, and mahua flowers are used for food and drink.

Sources

• Government of Jharkhand: official portal
• Incredible India: Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
• Indian Culture: the Ministry of Culture's portal on India's arts, crafts and heritage