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Teto - Utterly Bitterly Healthy by tradition

Starter in Bengali menu seems some dishes that tastes bitter at first, but like a tongue palate cleanser towards more flavors to excite the taste buds. In Bengali if someone needs to describe others facial expression or attitude as bleak or sullen and/or explain own gloomy mood or feeling, they relate to the facial expression that occurs while drinking quinine or chirata water. Any bitter relationship is explained in Bengali by "as bitter (সম্পর্কের তিক্ততা) as chirata."
Written by: Barnali Dutta Date published: 05/15/2013

Traditional Bengali Starter
Byanjon Podaboli - Traditional meal course
The principle behind the beginning of daytime meal with bitter things first as defined by Maharshi Charak, Maharshi Sushruta, Maharshi Dhanwantari, and Jeevaka in Ayurvedic Rasayanas, bengalees are following those ritually as "totka" (an empiric therapy) in every household. You can hear all the time "khete hoy ma or khete hoy baba" saying, "You should eat O my daughter/my son", which Ancient Indian Science of Ayurveda ascribed as a cooling agent that was socially acquired throughout the region of Anga, Banga, and Kalinga (now Bengal, Orissa, and Assam) to protect themselves from frequent changes in climatic conditions.



Ideal Bengali starter mainly is the mixed vegetables curry called Shukto , Neem Begun, Paat/Nalte pata, Palta pata, Helencha হেলঞ্চ শাক Hincha Shaak, and Sojne phul bhaja and paturi etc. Loading...

Written by: Barnali Dutta Published by: "Bangla Rannar Pala O Parbon&quo…

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