Holi was originally a festival to celebrate good harvests and fertility of the land, but is now a symbolic commemoration of a legend from Hindu Mythology.
Capricorn Poush Sankranti or Sankranthi festival is a special day of Bengali culture.
Krishna Janmashtami is an annual commemoration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu.
Poila Boishakh occurring on 14th April, is the first day of the Bengali calendar, celebrated in both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
Deepavali, also known as the "festival of lights" is a five-day Hindu festival which starts on Dhanteras, celebrated on the thirteenth lunar day of Krishna paksha .
Eid-ul-Fitar is one of the two major festivals in the Islamic calendar. Ramadan is the ninth month of the lunar year.
Jamai Shasti is dedicated to the son-in-law and is observed mainly in West Bengal, India.
Ratha Jatra, also known as Car Festival is a huge Hindu festival associated with Lord Jagannath held at Puri.
Raksha Bandhan is an Indian festival, which is being celebrated between Brothers & Sisters.
Durga Puja , also referred to as Durgotsava or Sharadotsav is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga.
Vijayadashmi is celebrated on the tenth day of the month of Ashwin according to the Hindu lunisolar calendar which corresponds to September or October of the Gregorian calendar.
The Christmas season, also called the holiday season, the festive season, or simply the holidays, is an annually-recurring period recognized in Western culture and Western-influenced cultures.
<b>Malpua or Malpoa</b> is one of the easy to make pithas(Bengali sweet dish).Usually <b>Malpoa or Malpua</b> is a North & East Indian delicacy, in UP, Bihar, Odisa West Bengal these <b>Malpoa or Malpua</b> is pretty famous as festival sweet. It is almost like making pan cakes only deep fried.
In Bengali culture, people says,Payesh is the best sweet item to celebrate any good news. Such as birthdays, anniversary, rice ceremony, marriages or even for the baby showers. And for the worship to the God, Payesh is the must Bhog item to be offered.
Take a microwave safe square glass/aluminum pan, add ricotta cheese, condensed milk, crushed cardamom seeds and mix with a hand manual beater. Mix well and make sure there
Aloor dom or Dum aloo is a delicious dish, where baby potatoes are slow cooked (which is called Dum or Dom) in thick creamy gravy. In Bengali cuisine, there are many versions of Aloor dom. This is no onion garlic version.
Aminia is a branded chain of restaurants with twelve locations in West Bengal, India, which specializes in traditional Mughlai cuisine of Eastern India. The restaurant is most noted for its special Biryani and Aminia Special.It was opened in 1929, and is a growing chain of restaurants in W Bengal
"Rosogolla", this name does not need any introduction. Every Indian well known about this soft, melt in mouth sweet.
"Kucho Nimki" Or "Namak Para" is a very popular Bengali snacks for tea. "Kucho Nimki" is a diamond shaped pastry seasoned with salt and kalonji.
In every Bengali have this "Mutton Curry" on the last day of "Durga Puja", that is called "Bijoya Dashami". Because most of the Bengali do not eat non-veg during the 4 days of "Durga Puja". So we break our vegetarian meal tradition on the last day of the "Durga Puja". This is my mom's recipe, and she only cooked today's "Mutton Curry".
This is the sweet version of our regular Singara or Samosa, stuffed with khoya mixture and deep fried and dunked into thick sugar syrup.
Jalebi or Jeelipi is a very popular Indian sweet. It can be served cold or hot. It is made by deep frying a batter in pretzel or circular shape and soaked into sugar syrup.
This sweet actually looks like drops Or Boond in Hindi. That is why it is called Boondi. Boondi is made with Bengali gram batter or Chikpea batter. Bengali occasional breakfast is incomplete without "Bonde & Luchi"/"Boondi & Puri".
<b>Aam Panna</b> is a great summer cooler from Bengal and with it's wonderful taste gives much needed coolness to your body.
Ilish Macher Paturi is a typical Bengali dish. In this recipe Hilsa/Ilish fish steaks are marinated with ground spices and then wrapped in oily Kumro/Pumpkin or Banana leaf, and then roasted in nonstick pan or may be deep fried.
The meat/fish itself is cooked with spices - onion, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, coriander (cilantro), green chillies, lemon and salt. This is then dipped in an egg mix and then in breadcrumbs, and fried in ghee or vegetable oil.
This recipe is a very popular Bengali "Koi Fish" recipe in a rich, thick, spicy only Mustard Oil based recipe, which should be served with Plain Steamed Rice as Lunch. This recipe does not come in a regular lunch menu, but for the guests, this is a very good item for lunch.
Lobongo Lotika is a traditional Bengali Sweet. This sweet can be stored for a long time.
This recipe is a very popular Bengali "Koi Fish" recipe in a rich, thick, spicy only Mustard Oil based recipe, which should be served with Plain Steamed Rice as Lunch. This recipe does not come in a regular lunch menu, but for the guests, this is a very good item for lunch.
Lobongo Lotika is a traditional Bengali Sweet. This sweet can be stored for a long time.
Jalbhora Taalsans sandesh is a famous variety of Bengali sandesh, where liquid jaggery is hidden inside the taalsans shaped sandesh.
Kalo jaam or kala jamun is a popular cheese-based dessert, similar to a dumpling, popular in countries of the Indian Subcontinent such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh.