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| Poila Boishakh theme cake |
Subho
nabobarsho 1425…..poila boisakh means Bengali new year started today. This day
obviously very special to all Bengali. Actually Bengalis are very fond of food and festival and we wait throughout the year for our famous Durgapuja. But we have
lots of occasions to celebrate with some sumptuous food and rituals. Poila boisakh
is just one of them. In Bengali we have a famous proverb “bangalir baro mas e
tero parbon”(in 12 months Bengalis have 13 festivals) and Poila Boisakh is the
first festival of the year. How we celebrate this day…..generally in Bengal in
this day maximum shops start their new account with some puja, which is called
khata puja and that khata (book of account) is very special, that comes with
red cover and knot with a thread, called ‘kheror khata’. Now a days so many people stay out of Bengal for their jobs. So they always try to make a gathering
with their Bong friends with some cultural programmes.
For the last
10 years I am also out of Bengal, even out of India. So we also celebrate our
Poila Boisakh with some bong friends with some mouthwatering dishes. And this
time I made a cake on Poila Boisakh theme, where I tried to present few stuffs related
to the occasion. As the gathering was arranged with the famous pot-luck
concept, along with my cake, there were many mouthwatering traditional Bengali
dishes brought by my friends. The menu includes dimer devil, Bengali pulao,
chicken curry, mutton curry, bhapa ilish, amer chatni. The food was well
accompanied by famous Bong adda with card games (taser adda). Overall, it was
a fantastic day spent with some adorable friends. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
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| Poila Boishakh menu; PC: KInjal Mandal |
One of the pic in this post is taken by my
friend Kinjal.
Subho Naboborsho!!
Tagged: bake, Baking, Bengali dessert, cake, Dessert, Eggless dessert, Hilsa, Non veg, nonveg, Traditional Bengali Recipe, Veg
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