Bengali foods

INDIA

Influences to Indian cuisine1.BY NEIGHOURING COUNTRIES AND COLONIAL INFLUENENCE-• Afghanistan and middle east countries• Britain and Portugal• China, Thailand, Indonesia.2. By food availability-• For example people from north prefer to eat Breads ( Roti ) more

because of its availability due to which variety of bread preparation are popular.

• While people from east or south prefer more Rice to their Thali as its availability.

3.By religion-• Indian cuisine has clear influence of Religions like HINDU, MUSLIMS,

JAIN, BUDDHISM ,etc.

Features of Indian cuisine

• Every region has its own Regional cuisine.• Each regional cuisine has its own specialty in

term of spices, staple foods, Cooking equipment, Methods and common ingredients.

• Foods are eaten by hands

Regional cuisines• Kashmiri cuisine• Punjabi cuisine• Rajasthan cuisine• Awadhi cuisine• Bengali cuisine• Gujarati cuisine• Maharashtra cuisine• Goan cuisine• South Indian cuisine ( Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra cuisine, )• Hydrabadi cuisine • Cuisines like Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, UP, Bihar, MP, Northeast

cuisines are still to be explored more.• There are some community based cuisines such as: Chettinad, Mopla,

Bohri cuisines which are also partially discovered.

BENGALI CUISINE

BENGALI CUISINE

Introduction

• Bengal is situated in eastern part of India.• Capital- KOLKATA• One of the oldest city of India known as City of

joy.• Bengal was the center of political power from

colonial era.• Before 1911 ,Kolkata was the capital of India

Staple diet

• Rice, Bengali pulav.• Fish• Vegetables like- Jack fruit, Bitter gourd, Bottle gourd,

Potatoes, Brinjals, Lady finger, Cauli flower, Spinach and other leafy vegetables are widely used.

• Pulses like- Arahar, masoor, chana, moong .• Breads – Luchi, poori, paratha.• Sweets- Sandesh, Rosogullaha, Misthi doi, Cum chum, Long

latta, Raj bhog, Ras malai, Chennar payesh.

RiceBhaat

Khud bhaat

Bengali pulav Panta bhaat

RICE PREPARATIONS OF BENGAL

Khichdi

PATATHA, LUCHI,POORI

FISH DISHES OF BENGAL

Fish

ILISH BHAPA

Chingri Macchi Malai Curry

Doi maach

Chital Macher Muittha kofta

Ilish paturi

Kumro Chingri Boti – Shrimps in Mashed Pumpkin

Macher Matha Diye Mung Dal – Yellow Lentil with Fish Head

Macher jhol

Sorsi bata maach

VEGETABLE DISHES

VEGETABLE DISHES

ALOO POSTO

DUDHO SUKHTO

CHINCHIGRI TARKARI

ALOO DUM

DALNA

SUKHTO

TETAR DAAL

ALOO PATER TARKARI

BEGUN BHAJA

CHIKEN AND MUTTON DISHES

MURGIR JHOL

KOSHO MANSHO

JAMAI SASTHI MEAT BALLS

BENGALI SWEETS

ROSOGULLAHA

MISTHI DOI

CHUM CHUM

LONG LATTA ,,,, RAS-MALAI

SONDESH

RAJ-BHOG

COOKING EQUIPMENT

BENGALI THALI

THANXBY….

SHASHI KANT