Bihari cuisine

Bihari cuisine (Hindi: बिहारी खाना, Urdu: بِہاری کھانا‎) is eaten mainly in Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mauritius, South Africa, Fiji, some cities of Pakistan, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Jamaica, and the Caribbean, as these are the places where Bihari people are present. Bihari cuisine is a combination of Bhojpuri cuisine, Maithil cuisine and Magahi cuisine. It is predominantly vegetarian because traditional Bihar society, influenced by Hindu and Buddhist values of non-violence. However, there is also a tradition of meat-eating, and fish dishes are especially common in the Mithila region due to the number of rivers, such as the Sone, Gandak and Ganges and Koshi. There are also numerous Bihari meat dishes, with chicken and mutton being the most common.