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Kolkata - The City 'At The Edge Of Forever'

"We are in the thick of the sprawling city of Calcutta,and I am one of around ten million people living in this city.This is a city which is loved and hated.Kipling called it 'the city of dreadful night'.Lord Clive, the founder of British India, called it 'the most wicked place in the universe'.Nehru called it 'the city of processions, of political manifestations',and Guenther Grass called it 'God's excrement';and you, Reinhard Hauff,you have probably survived the first shock and have started liking Calcutta."

- Filmmaker Mrinal Sen in conversation with his German collegue Reinard Hauff in the latter's film
"10 Days in Calcutta" (1987).

West Bengal is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse states of India. It can be considered as the gateway to the exotic East. Different ethnicities, languages and cultures add to the rich beauty of West Bengal. The Capital of West Bengal is Calcutta presently Kolkata.

Food is a very important aspect of the Bengalis. Fish, sweets and other foods are discussed and debated about passionately as Leftist ideologies and Tagore.
The cooks and the ladies spend a lot of time planning out the menus and preparing them.

I am a Bisudhdho Bangali by heart and I am dedicating this pageto the great food culture of my land, West Bengal.

This page is like a site map (not a proper one though).

About

In this section you will find little information on West Bengal, Bengali's eating habits and their usual menus. So its a good start if you really want to know about the Bengali's food Habits.

Bengali Vegetables and Spices

This section does just as its heading says....so you are only one click away from knowing about Bengali Veges and spices.

Recipes

I have put in some yummy recipes here. I have tried to classify them by Rice, Vegetarian, Non vegetarian, Sweets....

Articles

You get to read some pretty interesting articles here. One of them is an article on Rabindra Nathe Tagore's love for food. I had collected it from a news paper ages ago. The condition of the article is not at its best as it is quite old and has travelled a long way with me...so please try to understand.

Taste Of Bengal/ Madhur Jaffery
Food of Calcutta- Past & present/ Pratap Kumar Roy
The Subtle flavours of Bengali Cusine/ Chandrima Pal
Rabindra Nath Thakur-er Khaoa Daoa/Anonymous
Sweet Talk of Calcutta/ Ashoke Kumar Mukhopadhay
History of Rosogolla/ Rabindranatha Das
Interesting article about Bengali Bonti/ Chitrtita Banerji

|| Amsotto Dudhey Feli
Tahatey Kodoli Doli
Sandesh Makhia Diya Tatey
Hapus, Hupus Shobdo, Charidik Nistobdho
Pinpra Kandiya Jay Patey ||
-R.N.Tagore

Photo Gallery

Yes, there are some interesting photos here.

Links

Mmmmmmmm you will find some yummy links here....some real mouth watering ones.

My Guest Book

If you are willing to share your recipe please email it to me and I will put it on my Web Site. Thank you.

Me/ Ami

Yes, here you can get introduced with me.

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