22^nd October:  Calcutta Food Festival 

Presented by Chitra Ghose

Starters

Chingri Butterfly Cutlet (Bawarchikhana)
Mixed Vegetable Cutlet   (Bangla Ranna)
Mushroom Pantharas      (Bawarchikhana)

Non Vegetarian

Mutton Rezala (Dastar Khwan)
Asto Bhekti Dum (Bangla Ranna)
Chicken Jal Frezi (Bawarchikhana)

Vegetarian

Channar Pasanda (Dastar Khwan)
Doi Begun (Bangla Ranna)
Alu Peanj Chhoka (Bangla Ranna)
Chholar  Dal  (Bangla Ranna)
Dhakai Porota (Dastar Khwan)
Akhmir Polao (vegetarian biryani-Dastar Khwan)
Plain Rice
Tomato-Khajur-Amshotto chutney (Bangla Ranna)

Desserts 

Mishthi Doi (Bangla Ranna)
Natun Gurer Rajbhog (Bangla Ranna)
Trifle Pudding (Bawarchikhana) 

Rs.425/- + 10 % Service Charge + 12.5 % VAT

 Calcutta Food is a cosmopolitan jigsaw puzzle, where various cuisines fit together in a harmonious whole.  It is impossible to present its splendor and variety, influences both indigenous and foreign, in one evening and cuisines such as Marwari food and the famous Chinese food of Tangra are not represented.  We have taken a selection of dishes from three cuisines: Bangla Ranna, the traditional and authentic food of the Bengalis; Dastarkhan, the Muslim food of Chitpur, home of the Calcutta Nawabs; and Bawarchikhana, the cuisine of British India or “Raj cuisine”. 

Chitra Ghose’s passion is good food and her catering service, Chitra’s Kitchen, is very well known.  Chitra was consultant to ITC Welcomgroup and was in charge of setting up its kitchens at the Hotel Sonar Bangla Sheraton and Towers, Kolkata.  She is still closely associated with ITC and teaches at their Training Institute.