The document presents a detailed overview of Bangladeshi cuisine, highlighting traditional dishes such as panta bhat with ilish and various vegetable and fish preparations. It emphasizes the significance of rice as a staple food and the variety of sweets, particularly those made during the winter pitha festival. Overall, it showcases the rich culinary heritage of Bangladesh, characterized by its diverse flavors and cultural practices surrounding food.

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3. BANGLADESHI CUISINE…

4. Panta bhat and ilish(hilsha) bhaja 

5. Panta ilish is a traditional platter
of Panta bhat. It is steamed rice
soaked in water and
served with fried hilsha slice,
often together with dried fish,
pickles, lentil soup, green
chilies and onion. It is a popular
dish on the Pohela Boishakh.

6. Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of
many spices. We have delicious
and appetizing food, snacks, and sweets.
Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of
vegetables, curry, lentil
soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein.
Fishes are now cultivated in
ponds. Also we have fresh-water fishes in the lakes and
rivers. More than 40 types of
fishes are common. Some of them are carp, rui, katla,
magur (catfish), chingri (prawn
or shrimp). Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsa is very
popular among the people
of Bangladesh.

7. FAMOUS FISHES………

8. Shorshe Ilish, a dish of smoked Ilish with mustard-seed
paste, has been an important part of both Bangladeshi
and Bengali cuisine.

9. Chingri(prawn) curry

10. Shutki

11. Rui mach

12. VEGETABLES……..

13. Labra : mixed vegetable curry

14. Bengalis are in love with vegetable
fries or fried vegetables (bhajas).
Potato fries and brinjal ...

15. Bengali Shukto

16. EGGS….

17. Dimer dalna is a special egg curry in which the hard-
boiled eggs are carefully slit lengthwise all around
the egg and then each egg is marinated with spices.

18. Koel pakhir dim

19. BENGALI SWEETS……..

20. Roshogolla
The people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets.
Almost all Bangladeshi women
prepare some traditional sweets. ‘Pitha’a type of
sweets made from rice flour, sugar
syrup molasses and sometimes milk, is a traditional
food loved by the entire
population. During winter Pitha Utsab, meaning
pitha festival is organized by
different groups of people.

21. Sweets are distributed among close relatives when
there is good news like births,
weddings, promotions etc.
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Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly milk based. The
common ones are roshgulla,
sandesh, rasamalai, gulap jamun, kal jamun and
chom-chom. There are hundreds of
different varieties of sweet preparations. Sweets are
therefore an important part of the
day-to-day life of Bangladeshi people.

22. Roshokodom Shondesh

23. Pantua

24. Jilapi in
Bangladesh,
generally
consumed as a
sweetmeat,
happens to be one
of the popular
starters in different
parties.

25. Chom Chom

26. Misti Doi

27. PITHAS…(SWEETS)

28. Bhapa Pitha

29. ‘Pitha’a type of sweets
made from rice flour,
sugar
syrup molasses and
sometimes milk, is a
traditional food loved by
the entire
population. During winter
Pitha Utsab, meaning
pitha festival is organized

30. Pati Sapta Pitha

31. Famous lassi

32. THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY…..

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