Bihu Festival Breakfast

Name: Bihu Festival Breakfast
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian (Assam)
Ingredients: 200g bora saul, steamed; 200g komal saul (ready-to-eat); 200g chira, rinsed; 300g thick curd; 100g Assamese gur; 50g fresh coconut, grated; 4 Til Pitha; 4 Ghila Pitha; 12 Narikol Ladoo

🟢 Veg🌾 Gluten-free📊 Medium

Traditional 51. Bihu Festival Breakfast recipe

⏱️60 minPrep

🔥60 minCook

🕒120 minTotal

🍽️6Serves

🧺 Ingredients

👩‍🍳 How to make Bihu Festival Breakfast

Assemble Bihu Jolpan (30 mins): Steam bora saul. Rinse chira. Prepare komal saul.
Make pithas (60 mins): Til pitha and ghila pitha simultaneously.
Make ladoos (15 mins): Narikol ladoo as per recipe #27.
Serve on banana leaves (10 mins): Lay out the complete festival breakfast across banana leaves for the whole family.

📖 Cultural notes

The Bihu breakfast is the most elaborate and joyful meal in the Assamese calendar — families spend the night before cooking pithas and larus, and the morning breakfast is shared before the Bihu dance begins in the fields. ---

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