food

Bakarkhani is the most famous and common ruti in old Dhaka. As it is so dry local people called it ‘Sukha Ruti’. It tastes salty. Generally it is eaten with tea and sweets. This ruti is generally made of white flour, mawa, dalda, salt, soyabin oil, ghee, milk etc. First Bakarkhaniwala (Bread-maker) mixed all the ingredients, then they give the shape of Bakarkhani ruti and take this to the Tandoor(Oven) to bake it. There are different flavored Bakarkhani in old Dhaka. They are Cheese Bakarkhani, Ghee Bakarkhani, and salty Bakarkhani etc. As Bakarkhani is a famous and common ruti in old Dhaka it is found almost all the place of Old Dhaka.

Kurma: Kurma is the most common food item in this category. It is one type of famous cooked meat that is highly available in everywhere in Old Dhaka. Cooking Kurma during Eid-ul-Azha becomes a tradition in Old Dhaka. Some of the ingredients that Kurma contains are small pieces of meats, Ghee, ginger pest, elachi, coconut pest, badam pest, oil, potatoes, etc. Kurma is often eaten with Polau. In Old Dhaka this delicious food is available in any small hotel or restaurant.