Bashpata Catering

Here’s a comprehensive list of popular Bangladeshi dishes that could be included in a catering service menu, featuring a variety of flavors and options:

Appetizers:

1. Shingara – Fried pastry filled with spiced potatoes, peas, and peanuts.
2. Samosa – Triangular pastry stuffed with spicy minced meat or vegetables.
3. Beguni – Fried eggplant slices dipped in a gram flour batter.
4. Piyaju – Lentil fritters made from red lentils and onions.
5. Chotpoti – Spicy street food with chickpeas, potatoes, tamarind sauce, and boiled eggs.
6. Fuchka (Pani Puri) – Crispy shells filled with spicy tamarind water, chickpeas, and potatoes.

Main Courses:

Rice Dishes:

1. Bhuna Khichuri – A flavorful rice and lentil dish cooked with spices, ghee, and sometimes meat or vegetables.
2. Tehari – Aromatic rice cooked with beef and fragrant spices.
3. Morog Polao – Fragrant rice cooked with chicken, yogurt, and spices.
4. Plain Steamed Rice – Traditional white rice, often served with curries and bhartas.

Meat Dishes:

• Beef Bhuna – Slow-cooked beef in a spicy, rich gravy.
• Kacchi Biryani – Classic Bangladeshi biryani with marinated mutton, potatoes, and fragrant rice.
• Chicken Roast – Marinated chicken slow-cooked in a rich, spicy sauce.
• Mutton Rezala – Tender mutton cooked in a yogurt-based, mildly spicy gravy.
• Beef Curry – Spicy beef curry cooked with potatoes.
• Chicken Korma – Creamy chicken curry cooked with yogurt and mild spices.

Fish Dishes:

1. Ilish Bhapa – Hilsa fish steamed with mustard paste and green chilies.
2. Rui Maacher Kalia – Rohu fish curry cooked with tomatoes, onions, and spices.
3. Pabda Maach – Fried Pabda fish cooked in a mustard-based curry.

Vegetarian Dishes:

1. Shorshe Begun – Eggplant cooked in mustard sauce.
2. Cholar Dal – Split Bengal gram lentil stew with coconut and spices.
3. Aloo Bharta – Mashed potatoes with mustard oil, green chilies, and onions.
4. Begun Bharta – Roasted and mashed eggplant with spices and mustard oil.
5. Palong Shaak Bhaji – Stir-fried spinach with garlic and green chilies.

Sides:

1. Panta Bhaat – Fermented rice, often served with fried hilsa and condiments.
2. Chutneys (Aam, Tamarind) – Various chutneys made from green mango, tamarind, and other fruits.

Breads:

1. Luchi – Deep-fried puffed bread, typically served with bhuna or dal.
2. Paratha – Layered flatbread, crispy and soft, ideal with meat or vegetable curries.
3. Roti – Flatbread served with a variety of curries.

Desserts:

1. Mishti Doi – Sweetened, caramelized yogurt.
2. Rasgulla – Soft and spongy cheese balls soaked in sugar syrup.
3. Cham Cham – Cylindrical-shaped sweets soaked in sugar syrup, sometimes coated with cream.
4. Pithas – Traditional sweet cakes made from rice flour, often filled with coconut or date molasses.
5. Kheer – Rice pudding made with condensed milk, sugar, and cardamom.

Drinks:

1. Borhani – A spiced yogurt drink, often served with biryani.
2. Lassi – Refreshing yogurt-based drink, either salty or sweet.
3. Lemon Sharbat – Chilled lemon drink with mint, sugar, and black salt.

This list offers a wide variety of Bangladeshi flavors suitable for large gatherings, providing options for all dietary preferences.