Street Foods you can enjoy Today!
Street foods are a common scenario now-a-day. Whether it be in the cities or suburb nodal points or even in village markets, many of us are now well convergent with street foods’ significance. It is something which has already become a part & parcel of our daily activities. Today’s human beings are very used to with different kinds of street foods all over the world and all year round.
Our city lives are very busy and we spend a very stressful lives
in cities. People become very cautious to his duties and daily activities for
their livelihood. Many times, we can’t even take the breakfasts in our home
before coming out for the designated job places or business places. We take our
breakfast from the street. Fast-food becomes a popular way for us for easy meet
up our needs.
Even at noon, when we remain at offices or business places,
we depend on numerous catering services that deliver our food. At afternoon or
in the evening when it’s time to leave the offices or business places, we often
have a walk on road to catch the vehicles for returning home. But this interval
up-to not getting into the public buses or vehicles, we like to spend our spare
time with our friends, colleagues or familiar persons having a gossip with a
cup of tea standing beside the busy road, nearby tea stall or in a crossroad or
lane. That’s the experiences where experience of street foods starts.
Today we will discuss the available street foods that we
regularly have tried across over our country- Bangladesh specially in Dhaka;
the capital city of the country. I invite all the tourists who intend to visit
this small piece of peaceful land Bangladesh to take the unforgettable
experiences of these street foods.
So, let’s get started to explore some listed items below
even though the quantity of street foods are not limited only among these: 😊
Malai Cha (Tea) :
This special type of tea is made with thickened cow's milk, giving it a rich and creamy flavor. It's readily available at tea stalls throughout the city, making it easily accessible to locals and visitors alike. Don’t miss this popular tea when you are on the Dhaka’s roads.
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| Malai Cha/ Malai Tea |
Dal Puri, Allu Puri:
Dal Puri is a commonly seen and
famous street food all over Bangladesh. This small flatbread is sometimes filled
with a spiced mixture of smashed daal or masoor daal which makes it “Daal Puri”
and if it fills with smashed boiled spicy potatoes then it becomes Allu potato.
The dough, made from flour, salt, and water, is rolled into small circles
before being stuffed and fried. Its popularity is huge in all classes of people
in cities.
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| Daal Puri |
Chot-poti:
Ahh! another spicy item commonly seen in
city roads in Dhaka. I like it but my wife does more than me! It is a very flavorful blend of chickpeas,
potatoes, and eggs topped with tamarind (tetul) sauce, green chilies, and a collection
of spices. Accompanied by crispy small puris this item creates a fulfilling and
satisfying snack experience. Try it today!
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| Chotpoti |
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Singara :
Another must-tasting item that has a great
impact not only to the city dwellers but also on villagers. Sinagra are made of
flour dough, full of prior fried & spicy potato pieces and nuts and then
fry combinedly in the boiling oil.
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| Singara |
Samucha:
Samucha is also well know all over in the
Indian sub-continent. It is prepared by wrapping a savory filling—such as
spiced potatoes, peas, or minced meat—in a thin, crispy, triangular dough
pastry and deep-frying it. This nice triangular shaped snack must be a
memorable item if you try it once. I guarantee for it!
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| Samucha |
Jhal Muri:
Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh are
seen with this very common street food. Even in india, its popularity is seen
remarkably. Jhalmuri is a favourite street item that lives up to its name,
combining spicy flavors with puffed-dried rice as the main ingredient. Food
vendors sell & serve Jhal Muri in a paper cone which is commonly be found
at various street across cities including Dhaka. It is made by mixing peanuts,
cucumbers, onions, chilies, tomatoes, rice puff, chanachur, and lemon in a
unique and rhythmic way. Let’s get started to taste it now.
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| Preparing Jhalmuri |
Shahi Haleem:
Haleem is available all over the cities
in Bangladesh. It is a slow-cooked stew made by simmering meat (mutton,
beef, or chicken) with various lentils, wheat, and barley until they form a
smooth, thick paste. It is then garnished with fried onions, coriander leaf,
ginger, and lemon.
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| Shahi Haleem |
Fuchka:
Take the take of Fuchka. Fuchka is crispy small
puri filled with a zesty mix of tamarind water, spiced mashed potato paste, and
chickpeas, It offers an explosion of flavors that keeps both locals and
visitors coming back for more to take it. Wait for some time while it is being
prepared and then taste it to your fullest capacity!
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| A fuchka cart |
Bakorkhani:
Bakorkhani, with a rich traditional history
of the Mughal dynasty, is another favorite street item for it unique delicacy. Specially
in the old-Dhaka’s residents, it’s acceptancy is awesome. It is used often in
as breakfast or evening snacks. Its unique preparation method - instead of
being oven-baked sets it apart from other snacks. It is proportionately and
expertly made of some specially made flour, sugar, and other ingredients and baked
over fire which gives an unforgettable taste from the Mughal period of the history.
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| Bakorkhani |
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Tikka Boti kabab, Sheek Kabab:
Items made of sizable round
and spicy beef and fried it in fire are call kabab. Sometimes a spoke like
holder is inserted within several pieces of mutton or chicken meat which named
as Sheek Kabab. It is also popular with
flour made roti as an evening food.
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| Sheek Kabab |
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| Tikka Kabab |
Lebu Sorbot:
During the scorching heat of the sun in
Summer, how will you find it when a cool glass of sweet lemonade water is
served to you? That’s the lebu sorbot which makes you cool in summer. The
vendors make it a little bit tastier when they add some bit-salt to be zesty.
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| Lebu Shorbot preparation |
Akh er rosh:
Means
juice of sugarcane. It is available in different Crosspoint, nodes, or
specific spots of a locality. It gives you taste of fresh raw sugarcane juice
full of energy and thirst-fulfilling taste. Though it is categorically not
under any food but it’s a drinkable juice you easily will get at your hand.
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| Akh er rosh: Let's drink a glass now! |
Pan-Supari:
Paan supari is another popular item which
is used as mouth freshener, digestive aid, and even mild stimulant. As a
dessert alternative it can be used after taking meal or even any junk food items.
A sizable leaf is used and with it, various masala, supari and other
ingredients are used to make a Paan.
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| Paan Supari |
Daab er Rosh:
Most popular all around the year. This
is actually the green coconut juice. Its health benefits beggar description. It
enormously becomes costly every year for its high market demand.
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| Daab er rosh |
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Chal er pitha, Chitoi pitha, Vapa pitha:
Apart from
seasonal demand specially in winter, this street food’d demand remains
throughout the whole year. The pitha (cake) is specially made of boiled rice
flour and water. Vapa pitha is made as of steaming process containing some thin
slice sheet of coconut and solid date palm jaggery/ molasses and whenever it is
winter the demand rise in peak in the market. So, invitation is there for you
to enjoy this invaluable delicious item.
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| Preparing Cahaal er pitha |
Kot-koti, khurma, nimki:
All these are flour made
sweet items. Crispy, chewable and amazing tastes are there waiting for you.
Some are made of sugar and some are of molasses. But the taste is ground
breaking! Enjoy with no delay.
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| Khurma |
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| Nimki |
Jilapi and Piyaju:
Jilapi is a sweetmeat. Flour made
spring like shapes are made during pouring into the boiling oil and after it
sickened into the sugar syrup that are made beforehand. Piyaju is an item made from anchor daal or
other daal paste and other ingredients like: green pepper, various spices,
onion, etc. These street foods and widely used during the month of Ramadan as
Iftar item also.
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| Preparing Jilapi |
Finally, to sum up, though I can't include all the available items of street foods here because of the article getting too long, yet I must say; from rich to poor, from
middle to upper-middle or lower class, all groups are familiar with these
street foods to some extent in any point of their lives. These items are
actually a binding media within people of all sectors. The foods, though seem
very cheap, easily gettable beside streets and generally sold by low-income
generating vendors, yet those play a strong, incredible and intangible role for
tying up the people and gather them to their selling-carts to taste them at a
time. So, this is very fine medium to come to close to each other. On the other
hand, Street food’s popularity is steep up by the time beings. So, I invite you
whenever you get some time, take these diversified and boundless tastes without
showing any negligence.
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