curry cooked along with gram flour. Fritters called Badi are added to it. It is eaten with rice. Dahi Chura: Yoghurt is mixed with flattened rice and eaten along with some jaggery or fruits. It is specially prepared for Makar Sankranti festival or as breakfast option. Dahi Phulvari (Dahi Bada): lentil flour fritters called phulvaris are prepared and soaked in flavoured yoghurt. It is specially cooked during marriages and Pitri Paksha. Dahi Phulki ( Dahi Puri): Miniature crisp puris/phulkis are soaked in flavoured yoghurt. The round & puffy puri shell is first broken on top and partially filled with the stuffing of mashed potatoes or chickpeas. A small amount of haldi powder or chilli powder, or both, may be added for taste, as well as a pinch of salt. Sweet tamarind chutney and spicy green chutney are then poured into the shell, on top of the stuffing. Finally, sweetened beaten yoghurt is generously poured over the shell, and the finished product is garnished with sprinklings of crushed sev, moong dal, pomegranate and finely chopped coriander leaves. Raitas: These are prepared using adding vegetable crush with flavoured yoghurt. Some vegetables used for making Raita are: Lauki, Kakkdi, Onion and Bathua. Often Boondis (Rain drop size fried gram flour balls) are also added to make Boondi Raita. Sometimes sweet raita is also prepared using bananas. Staple diet Wheat (Ganhum गँहूम्) and Rice (Chaaur चाउर) are the staple cereal of most of the people. Maize (Makai मकई), Barley (Jau जौ) and Pearl Millet (Bajra बाजड़ा) are also often consumed in Bhojpuri cuisine. Lentils (daal दाल), beans (lobiya लोबिया, rajma राजमा), meat (sikaar सिकार) (mutton, lamb and chicken; beef and pork are avoided), green vegetables (Tarkari तरकारी), leafy vegetables (saag साग), paneer (पनीर), and fish (machhari मछरी) are major constituents of the regular diet of the people. Breakfast A heavy breakfast or a brunch is traditionally called Kalewa while a light breakfast is called Jalpaan. Breakfast in the region is roti based and includes a variety of breads made up of whole wheat or refined wheat flour which includes roti, puri, parathas, especially Sattu Paranthas, Chhena Paranthas and Vegetable-stuffed parathas which are served with Saag-Bhaaji, dahi (yoghurt), or raita. Breakfast is often accompanied with yoghurt based drinks like Mattha, Chhachh and Banarasi Lassi. Makuni or Berahi : This is a sattu stuffed wheat bread somewhat between Kachori and Litti. It is typically eaten in