Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya would organise a three-day festival from August 24 to 26, 2016. In this festival exhibition, artists’ workshops, traditional cuisine and cultural performances are being organised.
On this occasion, IGRMS is organising three-day food festival, where ethnic cuisine of Manipur, West Bengal and Jharkhand will be served. The ethnic food festival will be organised at Veethi Sankul from August 24 to 26 from 1.30 pm to 4 pm.
Jharkhand is very famous for its delicious traditional food. Jharkhand cuisine is traditional and combination of various foods from different locality of Jharkhand region. The food of Jharkhand is very light and easy to digest, while the traditional foods of Manipur are very simple, tasty, organic and healthy. Most of the dishes are seasonal, and the taste is very different from other main land cuisines due to the use of different aromatic herbs, roots and spices.
The staple food of Manipur consists of rice, lots of leafy vegetables and fish curry. Most of the vegetables and herbs are grown in their kitchen garden.
Bengali traditional food is very famous for its rich and distinct style and fabulous taste and use of spices. Bengali cuisine is a culinary style originated in Bengal with an emphasis on fish, vegetables and lentils. Bengali food is one of the finest blends of non-vegetarian, vegetarian dishes. West Bengal is specially known for land of Maachh and Bhaat. Fish is dominant Bengali food widely cooked in mustered oil which gives distinct flavour to the dishes.