The Best Bangladeshi Dishes to Savour During Your Visit – Tantalizing Treats for the Visitor

An excellent choice with which to commence your sampling of Bangladeshi foods would be the simple and much-loved paratha, a popular breakfast food in the country. Paratha happens to be an unleavened flatbread prepared by baking and then frying flour dough. You will readily find paratha in Bangladeshi restaurants where it is often served with bhaji or mixed vegetables and lentils, accompanied by fried eggs. Another popular dish commonly eaten with paratha would be nehari or slowly stewed beef shank in plenty of gravy.

The important ingredients in bhuna khichuri would be meat, rice, lentils and a selection of spices. You will find that this culinary creation is cooked slowly so that the rich flavours of the spices would be infused into the dish. Several varieties of meat could be used to prepare bhuna khichuri, such as goat, beef and chicken, with prawns or eggs also sometimes added. A choice of accommodation to consider where you could also enjoy bhuna khichuri at a Dhaka restaurant would be the pleasingly located Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka.

Your experience of Bangladeshi foods wouldn't be complete without trying out the delectable kachchi biryani which is often prepared for occasions like social gatherings, weddings and other celebrations. In this flavourful dish, layers of rice, meat and potatoes would be seasoned with a blend of tantalizing spices. Interestingly, to make this dish, all the various ingredients would be cooked together from raw form, rather than cooking the rice and meat separately.

The well-known morag polao or chicken pilaf would be a rich and irresistible dish which would be prepared by cooking rice and chicken with yoghurt, spices and ghee (clarified butter). You will find that it is not very spicy, with the chicken which is included in large portions having a light subtle flavour. Morag polao would typically be offered on celebratory occasions, often being served with the rich yoghurt drink called borhani.

Another not-to-be-missed Bangladeshi speciality would be the hearty haleem, which is basically a spiced lentil soup that enjoys great popularity in the country. To prepare haleem, the ingredients used would include barley, wheat, meat (typically minced mutton or beef), different kinds of lentils and spices, with rice sometimes also being added. This dish would be cooked slowly for several hours so that a smooth consistency is achieved, and the flavours of the meat, wheat, barley and spices are blended together.

You will find that Bangladeshi cuisine also features its share of desserts, with the distinctive misti doi being a popular choice. As this dessert would be low in fat, it would also be a healthy choice. To make this special dessert, milk would be boiled to create a thicker texture, after which it would be sweetened with jaggery or sugar and allowed to ferment for several hours. Earthenware would be considered the container of choice for preparing misti doi which is sold at local restaurants and sweet shops.