Bangladeshi Vegetarian Cuisine

[Avicenna]

This has always been my downfall.

When I was a kid/teen my maternal grandmother would make these often.

I didn't prefer them warm.

Put them in the refrigerator or even freeze them, they were AWESOME!

Seems like yesterday.

 

[Cliftonite]

What is a speciality of Bengali or Bangladeshi cuisine? We have a Bengali para (quarter) here in Karachi. I tried a fish curry there, probably Maacher Jhol. I don't like fish so found it so-so. What are other things one should try in Bengali cuisine? Something different not cliched stuff like roshogullas.

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

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This has always been my downfall.

When I was a kid/teen my maternal grandmother would make these often.

I didn't prefer them warm.

Put them in the refrigerator or even freeze them, they were AWESOME!

Seems like yesterday.

It looks like dosa? What is it?

- PRTP GWD

What is a speciality of Bengali or Bangladeshi cuisine? We have a Bengali para (quarter) here in Karachi. I tried a fish curry there, probably Maacher Jhol. I don't like fish so found it so-so. What are other things one should try in Bengali cuisine? Something different not cliched stuff like roshogullas.

Off-topic. The thread is on only vegetarian food.

- PRTP GWD

 

[Avicenna]

It looks like dosa? What is it?

- PRTP GWD


Off-topic. The thread is on only vegetarian food.

- PRTP GWD

 

[vishwambhar]

Bangladesh vegetarian food is awesome... My brother has twice visited this beautiful country and both times he stayed there for 15 days... Now he has lots of BD friends and he has roamed total southern Bangladesh and seen most the of the coastal BD areas as they were doing a location recce for the shooting location.... He told me that BD veg food is as awesome as India's....

If next time he gets a chance to work for BD TV commercial then I am going to visit BD with him....

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Bangladesh vegetarian food is awesome... My brother has twice visited this beautiful country and both times he stayed there for 15 days... Now he has lots of BD friends and he has roamed total southern Bangladesh and seen most the of the coastal BD areas as they were doing a location recce for the shooting location.... He told me that BD veg food is as awesome as India's....

If next time he gets a chance to work for BD TV commercial then I am going to visit BD with him....

You're most welcome.

Just don't bring any RSS goons along. Our country is open to all peaceful tourists.

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

You're most welcome.

Just don't bring any RSS goons along. Our country is open to all peaceful tourists.

You are welcome too provided you bring a bevy of vegetarian cooks with you. There's a lot you can see in India.

- PRTP GWD

 

[Destranator]

What is a speciality of Bengali or Bangladeshi cuisine? We have a Bengali para (quarter) here in Karachi. I tried a fish curry there, probably Maacher Jhol. I don't like fish so found it so-so. What are other things one should try in Bengali cuisine? Something different not cliched stuff like roshogullas.

Below are just some of my favourites and absolute must-haves if you want to try our cuisine:

Vegetarian:
( @vishwambhar )
Boot er daal

See non-vegetarian, chicken variant in thumbnail below.


Bangladeshi "Chinese vegetable":

Non-vegetarian items:
See Hilsha Fry, Hilsha curry, Beef Kala Bhuna and Chicken Jhaal Fry in thumbnails below.
Note: Non veg Item are removed from view them click thumbnail below





Last but not the least, the king of Bangladeshi dishes revered worldwide - the Kachchi Biriyani - the flagship celebratory dish:

None of the fake Bangladeshis here have mentioned that they have a great array of veg options in the form of varta(pitika in my state). We too make mashed preparations out of almost everything, like the Bangladeshis. Curiously, that seems to be absent in the cuisine of WB in my limited experience.

Talk of Bangladeshi cuisine is incomplete without bhorta:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2453950764832454

@Joe Shearer @Bagheera

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

@Cliftonite Due to your prodding @Al-Ansar is now posting non-veg stuff in veg thread. @vishwambhar

- PRTP GWD

 

[Destranator]

@Cliftonite Due to your prodding @Al-Ansar is now posting non-veg stuff in veg thread. @vishwambhar

- PRTP GWD

It is difficult to provide a fuller picture of BD cuisine without dragging in meat dishes.
The above gives everyone something to like.

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

It is difficult to provide a fuller picture of BD cuisine without dragging in meat dishes.
The above gives everyone something to like.

There are other threads for that.

- PRTP GWD

 

[fallstuff]

Below are just some of my favourites and absolute must-haves if you want to try our cuisine:

Vegetarian:
( @vishwambhar )

This also comes in non-vegetarian forms with chicken/beef:
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Bangladeshi "Chinese vegetable":
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Meat dishes:
Hilsha - you have not experienced fish if you have not had Hilsha. Period.
Hilsha Fry:
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Hilsha Curry:
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Beef Kala Bhuna. This is standout magical beef experience:
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Chicken Jhaal Fry:
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Last but not the least, the king of Bangladeshi dishes revered worldwide - the Kachchi Biriyani - the flagship celebratory dish:
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Talk of Bangladeshi cuisine is incomplete without bhorta:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2453950764832454

@Joe Shearer @Bagheera

I ate at that Nirob restaurant more than 30 years ago. It is just a diner but for some reason it was very famoue and I guess it is still now.

 

[vishwambhar]

Below are just some of my favourites and absolute must-haves if you want to try our cuisine:

Vegetarian:
( @vishwambhar )
Boot er daal
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Boot er Daal looks delicious.....

 

[Bilal9]

What is a speciality of Bengali or Bangladeshi cuisine? We have a Bengali para (quarter) here in Karachi. I tried a fish curry there, probably Maacher Jhol. I don't like fish so found it so-so. What are other things one should try in Bengali cuisine? Something different not cliched stuff like roshogullas.

For starters, some items which may not be available in Pakistan, and are my favorites

Foochka w/tamarind sauce (snack)

Mishty Doi (Sweet Yogurt) - dessert

Rasmalai - dessert

Burhani- pre meal spicy yogurt drink similar to laban but with black pepper and slight garam masala added

Prawn (Chingri) malai curry

And the most understated two Bengali side dishes,

Potato and Egg Bhorta w/mustard oil: Mashed Dish

And Spiced Tomato Khatta

There are some recipes here in these pages,

https://www.noorieboorie.com/recipes/

 

[DalalErMaNodi]