bengali food

August 26, 2021

“ILISH MANGAL” And Swami Vivekananda

Food • Folklore • Bengal Ilish Mangal When Bengal’s silver fish became poetry, ritual and a tender memory from the life of Swami Vivekananda. The story of Ilish is larger than a recipe. It

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FoodJuly 23, 2021

An Ode To Khichuri

Picture this – it’s a cloudy afternoon, lightning and thunder accompany an intermittent rain – which at times, lashes, and at others, heavily drizzles. The wind sways the raindrops – angling

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FoodJuly 12, 2021

The Rise of Vegetarianism in Bengal-Shukto

There is an urban legend among a lot of Bengali families that in the early 1500s, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu came across a rather stubborn fisherman who wouldn’t budge an inch from his staunch

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