01Makar Sankranti
Kasar for Makar Sankranti
A grain-and-sweetener preparation made and shared for Makar Sankranti in Bihari households, with ingredients and names varying by region.
KasarRice or grain baseJaggery or sugar
Food, faith & memory
Prepared with devotion.
Bihar has a rich culture of preparing distinctive prasad during festivals and pujas. These foods carry rules, seasons, vessels, family knowledge and the memory of sharing.
9 traditions and growing
Prasad is not simply a recipe category. The same ingredient can mean something different when it is prepared for an observance, offered, and distributed within a community.
This is a selective beginning—not a claim to catalogue every tradition in Bihar.
Published references
Offerings with
living context.
These traditions are supported by published starting references and enriched by regional and household knowledge.
02Chhath — Kharna
Kharna kheer and roti
On the second day of Chhath, the Kharna offering centres on a carefully prepared kheer and roti before the longer fast begins.
KheerRotiBanana and accompanying offerings
03Satyanarayan Bhagwan Puja
Satyanarayan Puja prasad
A soft offering built around roasted flour, banana, milk, ghee and a sweetener, prepared and shared after the puja and katha.
Wheat flourRipe bananaMilkGheeSugar or jaggery
04Chhath — Sandhya and Usha Arghya
The Chhath daura and soop
The Chhath offering basket gathers Thekua with fruits, produce and sweets before the family carries it for the evening and morning arghya.
ThekuaGagar nimbuSugarcaneBatasheOranges and seasonal fruitsCoconutKhaja
05Chhath
Thekua for Chhath
Thekua is the defining prepared sweet of Chhath, made with wheat flour and a sweetener before being arranged for the evening and morning arghya.
ThekuaWheat flourJaggery or sugarGhee
Regional & household traditions
Knowledge carried
through practice.
These traditions are recorded from lived Bihar experience. Their ingredients, names and rituals can vary between districts, shrines and families without making one version less valid.
Ber, kesaur and buniya
A Saraswati Puja offering of seasonal ber, kesaur and sweet buniya prepared in Bihari household traditions.
BerKesaurBuniya
Regional and household traditionChura and safed buniya
A carried-home prasad remembered by some families as chura mixed with safed buniya—also called sugar buniya—after Kanwar journeys and visits to religious sites.
ChuraSafed buniya (sugar boondi)
Regional and household traditionEarthen-pot kheer for Bhuiya Baba
A household tradition connecting kheer cooked in an earthen pot with Bhuiya Baba worship.
KheerEarthen-pot cookingHousehold method
Regional and household traditionMurhi and batashe after Diwali Puja
A simple Diwali prasad of crisp murhi and batashe, offered during puja and shared or carried home in many Bihari households.
MurhiBatashe
Regional and household traditionHow this collection will grow
Name the observance
Record the festival, puja, vow or community occasion—not only the food.
Respect local variation
Document names, ingredients, vessels and methods without declaring one universal version.
Credit the knowledge holder
Place cooks, families, priests, growers and community custodians at the centre of the account.