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Maithil cuisine, also known as Mithila cuisine, is a part of Indian and Nepalese cuisine.[1] It is the traditional cooking style of Maithils residing in the Mithila region of the subcontinent.[2]
Maithil cuisine comprises a broad repertoire of rice, wheat, fish and meat dishes and the use of various spices, herbs and natural edibles.[3] The cuisine is categorized by types of food for various events, from banquets, to weddings and parties, festival foods, and travel foods.[4][5]
The service style of the cuisine has little similarity with that of the French table d'hôte; all preparations are served together on a platter and consumed at once. The staple food is bhat (boiled rice), dal, roti, tarkari and achar, prepared from rice, lentils, wheat flour, vegetables, and pickles. The traditional cooking medium is mustard oil. Panchforan is a common blend of five spices: jeer, ajwain, mangrail, sounf and methi, and is akin to the panchforan of Bengal.
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- ^ "प्रधानमन्त्री ओलीलाई जनकपुरमा 'मिथिला भोजन'ले स्वागत गरिने" [Prime minister Oli will be welcomed in Janakpur by Mithila cuisine]. Nepal Samaya (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 2021-05-16. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
- ^ Jha, Shailendra Mohan, 1929- (1994). Hari Mohan Jha. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 18. ISBN 81-7201-652-2. OCLC 43122155. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
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- ^ "पर्वपिच्छे फरक स्वाद" [Different taste in different festivals]. ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2020-05-19.