Bengalees are very well known for their love for foods. You can recognize Bengalees not only in India but in all corners of the world by their food habits and food culture. Bengalees do not need special occasions to have a delicious lunch or dinner; they are always ready for it. To them, having food with friends and family members itself is a big occasion. And when special occasions really come, Bengalees’ appetite knows no bound. Held in autumn, Durga Puja is the biggest festival for Bengalees not only in Kolkata and other parts of India but also in Bangladesh and is the time when they break all routines, ignore health problems and disobey doctor’s advices to satisfy their taste buds and fill up their stomach, what they call as pet puja (worshipping the pet (stomach)).
Indeed, the stomachs of Bengalese get a four-day long puja along with Goddess Durga, especially in Bengal and Kolkata. Kitchen in all Bengalee houses remain crowded with women, who put their best effort to prepare delicious dishes for their family members. Unlike normal days, they do it very happily as the festive fever firms its grip on their mood. As bengalees are more fond of fish than meats, a wide variety of fish items are cooked in all houses among which the most popular are vapa ilish (steamed hilsa with mustard paste and spices), rui machher kalia ( rohu fish cooked with spices, onion, garlic and ginger), chingri maachher malaikari (lobster cokked with coconut milk and variety of spices) and chital machher muithha (balls made with boiled and smashed chital fish). As sacrificing goats is an age-old tradition of Durga Puja that some bengalee families still follow, varieties of mutton dishes are also prepared in those houses.
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