Bangladesh food recipes and traditional cuisine varies between very sweet and mild to extremely spicy. Because of that, even tourists from other South East Asian countries find the food spicy! It closely resembles north-east Indian and S.E. Asian food – more than any other part of the Subcontinent. This is most likely due to geographic and cultural proximity.
Bangladeshi meals almost always include plain white rice or bhat. Fried rice, in the forms of polao and biriyani, are mostly eaten on special occasions. The most important flavours in Bangladeshi cuisine are garlic, ginger, lime, coriander, cumin, turmeric and chili. In sweet dishes, cardamom and cinnamon are among the natural flavours.
Fresh sweet water fish is one of its most distinctive features; Bengal's countless rivers, ponds and lakes teem with innumerable varieties of fish such as rohu, hilsa, koi or pabda. Almost every village across Bengal has aquaculture ponds, and at least one meal a day will include a fish dish.
The variety of fruits and vegetables on offer is amazing. A plethora of gourds, roots & tubers, leafy greens, succulent stalks, lemons and limes, eggplants, onions, plantain, beans, okra, banana tree stems and flowers, jackfruit and pumpkins are available the produce markets.
Chicken & mutton are always the favorite meat items across Bangladesh food recipes. Beef is more popular now & often cooked in nawabi style, influenced by Awadhi cuisine. Pork is eaten mainly by anglo-Christian community & tribal people.
Bangladeshi desserts owe their origins to Western Bengali influences – and the sweets and confectionery of the eastern region of Bengali are among the most delicious across all Asia. The popularity of such desserts and sweet snacks (mishti) is widespread, and includes recipes such as rasgulla, sandesh and mishti doi… [toc title=”List of Bangladeshi Sweets … Read more Bangladesh Desserts Recipes
Chapati bread is the commonest, simplest, most popular bread in the sub-continent of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.). It is the perfect accompaniment for spicy dishes, seafood and eggs. Bits of torn off chapati can be used as scoops for any main dish. It is a flat, tortilla-like bread which is cooked on a … Read more Chapati Bread
Vegetarian recipes are popular in Bangladesh, and vegetarian dishes and vegetarian snacks are mouth watering delicacies indeed. Whilst greatly influenced by the largely vegetarian cuisine of West Bengal, there is perhaps a greater emphasis on meat in Bangladeshi cooking. [toc title=”Vegetarian Recipes List:” title_tag=”strong” list=”ul” depth=”1″] Masoor Daal (Lentil) Ingredients masoor daal (lentil) 1 cup … Read more Bangladesh Vegetarian Recipes
Rice is the main staple of the Bangladeshi people, served with an array superb curry recipes. Bangladeshi recipes and dishes exhibit strong aromatic flavours and frequently include eggs, potatoes, tomatoes and aubergines. A variety of spices and herbs, along with mustard oil and ghee, is used in authentic Bangladeshi cooking. The main breads are naan, … Read more Bangladesh Meat Recipes
Pineapple Chutney Tomato Chutney Cherry Chutney(1) Cherry Chutney(2) Kiwi Chutney Pineapple Chutney Courtesy: Sangeeta Ghosh Ingredients (for a serving size of 8 – cooking time : 45 mins) 2 medium pineapples 2 kashmire chilies 1 lime, juiced 1 ginger piece 2″ chopped 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp salt 100 gms dates or dried apricot finely … Read more Bangladesh Sauces Recipes
Bangladesh did not exist as a distinct geographic and ethnic unity until independence. The region had been a part of successive Indian empires, and during the British period it formed the eastern part of a hinterland of Bengal, which was dominated by the British rulers and Hindu professional, commercial, and landed elites. After the establishment … Read more Bangladesh Culture
Islam, the state religion, is the faith of 88 percent of the population, almost all of whom adhere to the Sunni branch. Hindus make up most of the remainder, and the country has small communities of Buddhists, Christians, and animists. Bangladesh is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. Most Bangladeshi Muslims are … Read more Bangladesh Religion
The People’s Republic of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan, is bounded to the west and northwest by West Bengal (India), to the north by Assam and Meghalaya (India), to the east by Assam and Tripura (India) and by Myanmar (Burma) to the southeast. Dhaka, the historic city and capital of Bangladesh, lies on the Buriganga River. … Read more Bangladesh Country Info
The Story of The Hilsa Shad Mizanur Rahman, Ph.D. Formerly of the Department of Fisheries and Marine Biology University of Bergen, Norway Hilsa shad, one of the most important tropical fish of the family clupeidae under the genus Tenualosa and species ilisha is anadromous in nature, not a common phenomenon in tropical water compared to … Read more Bangladesh Hilsa Chad Fish
Bangladesh has a rich tradition of Art. Specimens of ancient terracota and pottery show remarkable artistry. Modern painting was pioneered by artists like Zainul Ahedin, Qamrul Hasan. Anwarul Haque, Shafiuddin Ahnied, Shafiqul Amin, Rashid Chowdhury and S.M. Sultan. Zainul Ahedin earned worldwide fame by his stunning sketches of the Bengal Famine in 1943. Other famous … Read more Bangladesh Art