Chicken Chaap

This royal dish is very popular accompanied by Biriyani in some iconic restaurants in Kolkata. During my growing up years I never got to go to those restaurants as we were living in the suburb. Chicken Chaap only reminds me some people's wedding ceremony and still remembering that amazing taste of the royal specialty served with special paratha(flat bread).

Ilish Polao

Hilsha fish is most Bengali's favorite fish  that doesn't require lots of spices. Hilsha's own aroma makes mouthwatering dishes that Bengalis love to savor again and again despite its thousands of tiny bones. Hilsha is easily available in West Bengal and Bangladesh during monsoon season. So we grew up having Hilsha frequently at that time, from thin soupy type stew to rich gravy dishes. All of them were amazingly delicious. But we never had Ilish Polao back home then.