BENGALI MONSOON DISH (TRADITIONAL MONSOON THALI)

 

We, Bengalis are fond of different foods from all over India. But we have lots of traditional recipes,

 various sweet dishes and so many others in our food basket. We have normal thali which means full 

meal in different seasons .Today I am telling about Bengali Special Monsoon Thali . It is undoubtedly a

 mouth watering full meal with full of nutritions, majority of Bengalis used to have it in this season.

 This thali consists of Khichdi  , fried papad , fried brinjal (we call it ‘Begun Bhaja’) and for extra touch

in meal an omelette or a piece of fried Hilsha . This is altogether a sumptuous meal.

Khichdi is a mixed boiled recipe of moong dal and rice.

It is tempered with whole garam masala , bay leaf , whole cumin seeds in hot oil. For a good aroma we 

use Deshi ghee and powdered garam masala also.

We fry brinjal in mustard oil .I cut brinjal in length wise but many among us cut these in round shapes.

First we add salt and turmeric powder in brinjal pieces then fry in mustard oil. It turns into a soft 

tender fried  brinjal  or our “begun bhaja”.

Fried Hilsa adds an extra touch in our monsoon meal. Before frying Hilsa pieces we mix little bit salt 

and turmeric powder.We call these illish mach bhaja . It is so delicious.and turmeric powder.We call 

these illish mach bhaja . It is so delicious.

Mango chutney is must with khichdi

So khichdi , papar bhaja , begun bhaja , omlette and illish mach bhaja make our monsoon meal a 

palatable one .And also with mango chutney aka "ammer chutney". In any rainy day we can’t resist 

ourselves from this monsoon meal . Majority of our Bengali family have their feast with this monsoon

 meal in rainy day.

I will discuss about the recipe of khichdi and mango chutney in another blog.

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