Bengal’s Animal Resource Dept comes up with a new gift for food lovers

There is good news for all the foodies who savour meat like nothing else in the world. Now, in Kolkata, you can get six chicken cutlets for just Rs 120.

The West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited, a Bengal government undertaking, has recently started selling chicken cutlets that come six in number, in a 300 gram packet.

People have already loved this product, after Minister of State, Animal Resource Development (ARD) flagged off the sale at recently concluded Poultry Fair in Kolkata.

The Livestock Development Corporation is mulling to launch the second variety – a 500 gram packet which would contain 10 such pieces of cutlet costing Rs 210.

 

ভোজন রসিকদের জন্য সুখবর নিয়ে এল রাজ্য সরকার

ভোজন রসিক বাঙালির জন্য সুখবর। রাজ্য প্রাণী সম্পদ উন্নয়ন দপ্তরের উদ্যোগে এবার থেকে ৬টি চিকেন কাটলেট পাওয়া যাবে মাত্র ১২০ টাকায়।

রাজ্য সরকারের অধীনে থাকা West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation Limited এবার থেকে বিক্রি করবে চিকেন কাটলেট। ৩০০ গ্রামের প্যাকেটে ৬টি করে চিকেন কাটলেট থাকবে। কলকাতায় পোলট্রি মেলায় এর বিক্রয় শুরু হয়।

ভবিষ্যতে ৫০০ গ্রামের প্যাকেটে ১০ টি কাটলেট বিক্রি করার পরিকল্পনা রয়েছে রাজ্য প্রাণী সম্পদ উন্নয়ন দপ্তরের। এই প্যাকেট গুলির দাম হবে ২১০ টাকা।

 

Foodies’ delight as Ahare Bangla Food Festivals kicks off in Kolkata

The West Bengal Government is organizing a Food Festival at the Milan Mela Ground from October 30 to November 2.

An array of dishes, including forgotten ones, fusion food and new-age food, apart from shows by celebrity chefs, seminars on food and songs and dance will be part of the four-day `Ahare Bengla’ to be organized by the State.

In what promises to be a foodie’s delight, the carnival will not only have run-of-the-mill Bengali food, such as prawn malaikari and kosha mangsho, but also exotic dishes of quail, turkey , emu and lamb. Even new and hard-to-get varieties, such as pangash, vennami, basa and vietnami koi, will be part of the mouth-watering spread. Visitors will get to taste culinary delights from across the border with the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission will put up a stall selling mutton kachi biryani and bhuna khichdi.

The Animal Resources department, along with food processing, information and culture, fisheries, agriculture marketing and micro, small and medium enterprises departments, is organizing the festival that will also have stalls of livestock Development Corporation-selling processed meat–Benfish and the state fisheries development corporation.

The primary objective is to promote healthy meat, such as that of quail, emu, turkey and black Bengal goat, which is the best quality mutton, and pork products that are usually not found in restaurants. The department is also showcasing the multiple use of different kinds of rice, such as tulai panji, gobindobhog and black rice, which are rich in protein and healthy. The aim is also to help entrepreneurs who have emu and turkey farms. The festival will have a business-to-business platform to facilitate tie-ups between suppliers and bulk purchasers.

The event also aimed at reviving lost menus of Bengal, among other things. A book on “lost” Bengali recipes will be unveiled, giving instructions on chingri maachher chachchari, galdar kebab, mangser bhaja puli, dimer barfi and several vegetarian items, among 107 recipes.

Stalls will be set up to sell black aromatic rice, known as kala bhat, short-grained aromatic rice, called kalo nunia, gobinda bhog, tulai panji, katari bhog, along with pulses, such as sona mug and bhaja kalai dal.