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Gajar ka halwa recipe
Bengali Cuisine, Food & Travel in Bengal

Gajorer Halua (Gajar Ka Halwa) Recipe – Mughal Influence in the Bengali Kitchen

Gajorer Halua also known in the North India as Gajar ka halwa, is not an authentic Bengali dish. Though the dessert is hugely popular in Bengal but it originated in Arab and travelled to India with the traders earlier and later with the Mughal rulers. The word ‘Halwa’ or ‘Halua’ is the Arabic word for sweet. It was apparently the Mughal era when diligent documenting … Continue reading Gajorer Halua (Gajar Ka Halwa) Recipe – Mughal Influence in the Bengali Kitchen

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Chicken keema recipe
Bengali Cuisine, Food & Travel in Bengal

Chicken Keema Recipe- Mughlai savoury dish prepared in Bengali style

In our previous post on Gajorer Halua, we had already shared about how Mughlai cuisine influenced the cooking styles in the ‘Kayastha’ (the employees who worked as scribes in the Mughal Darbar) households. The chicken keema recipe also comes from the Mughlai kitchen, which found wide acceptance among the Bengali scribe class or the Bengali Kayasthas. History says that the Mughlai Chicken Keema was first … Continue reading Chicken Keema Recipe- Mughlai savoury dish prepared in Bengali style

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