BENGALI SWEETS
Bengal has always played the pioneering role in the field of sweets .A true Bengali will consider a meal incomplete without sweets. Bengali sweets like Rassogolla, Sandesh and others are a delight and are termed as 'Jewels in the Crown' of Bengali food. Any Bengali will confess that he has a great weakness for sweets. This is because millions of sweets are consumed hourly in Bengal. These sweets are generally made of sweetened cottage cheese (chhenna) and Khoa (reduced solidified milk). The most famous of all the sweets is the 'Rosogulla'. This Bengali invention has become a worldwide symbol of uniqueness for them.
History of the invention of sweets in Bengal:
Lacerated milk was considered unhygienic and inconsumable in the other parts of India. But Bengal utilized lacerated milk to produce delicacies to avoid wastage. This rational usage of lacerated milk gave rise to a number of sweet preparations which are unique and genuinely tasty. Thus, Bengali sweets although born out of exasperation have become one of the most loved delicacies all over the world.
This documentary aims to throw light on this fascinating food aspect of the Bengalis. This is to show how dire circumstances led to the search for creative solutions. In course of time, the search for solutions mingled with skill, knowledge and experimentation to give birth to a number of sweet preparations. This went on to immortalize Bengal and create a niche in the connoisseurs of food all over the world.
Bengal has always played the pioneering role in the field of sweets .A true Bengali will consider a meal incomplete without sweets. Bengali sweets like Rassogolla, Sandesh and others are a delight and are termed as 'Jewels in the Crown' of Bengali food. Any Bengali will confess that he has a great weakness for sweets. This is because millions of sweets are consumed hourly in Bengal. These sweets are generally made of sweetened cottage cheese (chhenna) and Khoa (reduced solidified milk). The most famous of all the sweets is the 'Rosogulla'. This Bengali invention has become a worldwide symbol of uniqueness for them.
History of the invention of sweets in Bengal:
Lacerated milk was considered unhygienic and inconsumable in the other parts of India. But Bengal utilized lacerated milk to produce delicacies to avoid wastage. This rational usage of lacerated milk gave rise to a number of sweet preparations which are unique and genuinely tasty. Thus, Bengali sweets although born out of exasperation have become one of the most loved delicacies all over the world.
This documentary aims to throw light on this fascinating food aspect of the Bengalis. This is to show how dire circumstances led to the search for creative solutions. In course of time, the search for solutions mingled with skill, knowledge and experimentation to give birth to a number of sweet preparations. This went on to immortalize Bengal and create a niche in the connoisseurs of food all over the world.
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