Chhana'r polao-Tagore family recipe of rich paneer polao for Rabindranath's birthday

Chhana'r polao: A Tagore family recipe from the book Amish o Niramish Ahar by Pragyasundari Debi on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birthday on 9 May. This exquisite polao, prepared with freshly made chhana or paneer, is hands down one of the best polaos we have tasted. This vegetarian polao, laden with pistachio, almonds, raisins, ghee, spices, saffron and rose water, seems to be influenced by Persian cooking in not just the ingredients it uses, but also in the technique it follows in achieving the delicate balance between decadence and subtlety.
Every year we commemorate Rabindra Jayanti (birth anniversary of the Bengali poet laureate, Rabindranath Tagore) on our channel, by cooking one of the recipes from cookbooks authored by members of the illustrious Tagore family. In nineteenth and early-twentieth century Bengal, the Tagores held a prominent position in social, cultural and political life. Although Rabindra Jayanti is the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, well known for his contribution to Bengali poetry, music, education and publishing, we take this opportunity every year to celebrate the work of some of the women of this family, especially that related to the culture surrounding food. The Tagores were steadfastly modern in their outlook, and the recipes cooked in their household-some of them extremely quirky-reflect their sense of being part of a larger world beyond Bengal.
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হাতে হাত , ভালোবাসা থাকুক আর চোখের মনির মত বাঙালিয়ানা কে আগলে রাখুক দর্শক।

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Readers do note that bay leaves were used in cooking in ancient times to preserve the food (when refrigerators didn't exist). It helped food stay eatable with just reheating every 5-6 hrs.
Garam masala spoils food faster, but just bay leaf doesn't.
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Spices in general is used to preserve food items. Garam masala doesn't spoil food. Food is spoiled by bacteria. If you can pasteurize and kill all bacteria and hermetically seal it, food can also last very very long. Depends on bacteria, the composition of food and how much moisture is in that food. Dry items tend to last longer than gravy or curries in same environment due to low moisture.

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Wow
Awesome .....
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13 dislikes... what does this mean.... i pitty they are not foodies.
How can some one dislike a video of this sort where so much of research ... hardwork.. passion involved in cooking.

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Truly I appreciate this recipe this was beyond my thinking so perfect so authentic... can't say anything more it's a pure jewel recipe

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I have never seen such an elaborate pulao recipe or a prettier looking pulao for that matter. I wish we had smell-o-vision. 😝

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আর চমৎকার রান্না।❤️

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We decided to have something vegetarian and different this New Year and made the chanar polao. I doubled the quantity and it turned out to be amazing. Thank you So much guys for sharing this age old recipe!

[@riaghosh6458]

I am speechless! Awshadharon presentation. You guys, rock🙏

[@LoveMySonP]

Oh my goodness! All your videos are simply perfect. I watch each and every video you upload even though I don’t try all of them just because you present a recipe so elegantly. (And whenever I cooked following your videos I got better than the desired results) But I’m speechless after watching this one. This is The Best video. Kudos to you for the research and the level of perfection you achieved in this one. You are The Best Bong Eats! Thank you

[@liyanbhowmik3023]

Amazing recipe! My stomach is growling from hunger after watching this video! Your 'sadhu' Bangla instruction gave me goosebumps and felt very nostalgic about the good old days of my childhood ;) Please keep up your amazing work! 😊

[@janetgomes9451]

What did I just see! You guys are just out of this world! 😍

[@sagnickdey8256]

This is just phenomenal, especially the Bengali voiceover. Awesome.

[@radhachakraborty3548]

Whole video was compiled so well. Original article being read in Bengali language along with the recipe in English with ingredients measurements. Highly appreciate 🙏

[@shatodryumr9335]

The classiest bengali food channel... love you guys...

[@manjaridebnath2293]

I really appreciate that you read out the recipe written Pragyasundari Devi's book. And It feels extra authentic when watching the video .. Daroon laglo

[@thebongaesthetic]

This one is not just a recipe video. It's a satisfying video. Amar somehow আরাম lagchilo dekhte dekhte, ato beautifully described.

[@SritamaGangopadhyay1992]

Brilliant! It's taking bangali khabar to the next level. Wonderful concept too. I felt this is the best video ever. ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-du6zm9wp1n]

Rannar madhyome Rabindra Jayanti palon kora jay prothom dekhlam....darun laglo

[@nowshinjahan9531]

I m proud to be a Bengali , I love that way bong eats prepared and pragashundori debi's tips of recipes. More recipes of praggashundori debi plz.

[@sauradeepbhattacharyya4117]

Have never had this recipe...a very novel way to cook polau indeed...loved it,can't wait to try it..keep up the good work! U guys are amazing!

[@riyabanerjee6995]

Aaahhha...ki sundor poribeshon...

[@madhusmitadatta3067]

Didn’t know they used stock for making pulao in India. What an ingenious way to get rich flavors in a veg pulao by making a stock with cholar dal. Thanks for digging out this old recipe, it’s like finding the fried pieces of paneer in a heap of pulao rice. Like a delicious treasure :-)