I am nearing my 90th birthday and grew up in Calcutta. Chinese food was one of my favourite cuisines. There were many Chinese restaurants where I lived and I particularly liked the beef chow mien which mainly consisted of chopped spring onions and bean sprouts. In 1945 it cost 4 Annas. I remember Chinatown and the posh Nanking restaurant and the smaller restaurants dotted around that were very basic but the food was brilliant. I have travelled to many places in the world (I live in London) including Singapore, Hongkong and San Francisco but no place has food to equal that available in Cal and that also includes street food.
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I’m a South Indian, but brought up in Kolkata . Kolkata , to me is the most favourite place in the world !! I love everything that is Bengali ; hence discovering your channel has been a treat for me. I feel very nostalgic going through your videos, You guys are doing an excellent job ! Keep it up !
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Calcutta style Chinese is like bliss on a plate, an absolute 'go to' and staple food for college and university students here at Kolkata. Looks great and appetizing.
The sound of cutting,the sound of cooking: honestly speaking just amazing.Background music was nostalgic.Over all very nice to see and hopefully the dish will Soooooo tasty.
There are literally plenty of cooking channels out here on RU-vid but it will not be an exaggeration I guess if I say that Your cooking channel is probably one of the best I have come across. And why do I say so? Your presentation is so subtle and at the same time so neat. I also love the amount of research you guys put in behind any recipe. And being a Bengali myself I love those Bengali touch in you cooking. Keep up the good work guys. 🙌👌❤️🙏
i made this today and it turned out very well!! my family doesn't usually like chinese food, so i thought to make them something indo-chinese and stumbled upon this recipe. it was perfect, and they all loved it !!
Trying this recipe exactly to the T - made me realise everything you make on the video makes sense! The order of your preparation and the ingredients and even the measurements! I have tried your recepie many times I have eyeballed the ingredients also I have just not been ready enough every time before stir frying the noodles. But man hats off to wherever you got the inspiration to this recepie from its by far the most perfect and the veggies get crunchy and not soggy and wilted by the end of the process! Added some cucumber and onions to finish! Just like the Kolkatta Chow chow! Guys who ever is making this please watch it 10 times if needed but follow it to the bits.
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I have recently started watching your videos. Yours are the best made videos! Perfect recipes (not to forget the exact measurements given!), perfect cooking, perfect English, perfect chopping and perfect explanations!!! You guys rock!
Born and brought up in kolkata, but shifted to Pune for job, through your recipes I, m able to taste true Kolkata dishes.... Thanks for such classy and awesome recipe videos
What A beauty this video is! I love you have used patla chow instead of mota chow which most restaurants have started serving. And they are no match to the street chow. Kolkatar aar ak chow aache jeta chhoto belaye bondhur tiffin theke khub khetam. Aloo, peyaanj, lonka, aar deem diye chow. School a lunch time a haath diye tule khetam, thanda chow . But it used to taste divine. Akhono majhe majhe barite deem chhara banai cz family is veg. Kintu shei bondhur tiffin er chow er taste ta ashe na. Maybe deem ta missing tai, or maybe whats actually missing is the classroom, the childhood .. Loved the video!
Tmr ei comment ta pore sotyi school r din mone pore gelo.. Amrao nitam.. Thanda hoye jeto seti hat dye tule khetam. Setai ekta adbhud anondo petam. Ajkal ar bodhoy seigulote bacchara ananda paye na. Boro miss kori choto bela k.
Bhondhu r tiffin er taste ta actually shei bhondhuto r sweetness diye hoto....kajye chow mein thanda hog ya phir beena sauce r.....aamra aar amader bhondhu ra nirveekar aar nishchol cheelaam.....tai shei rokhoom taste chilo “tiffin er chowmein” er....aaj she taste nai keno na aamara aar na nirbikaar aachee aar na hi sherom nishchol. 🙏 bhaalo thaakben shobai.
I love love love love your channel. Love the background music and the foooood. I was born and raised in Kolkata , loved there for 20 years before moving to United States. I miss Bengali food here.
An egg-roll wala at my locality uses meat masala. He sprinkles it while stir-frying the chowmein. I found it adds to the flavour. Chowmein mix of any brand will also do nicely. The gentle hand-tossing with oil does wonder. It never gets stuck this way. I always undercook my chowmein a tiny bit rather than trying to cook it to perfection. This way they are less breakable. Later, while stir-frying, the steam cooks it through anyway. P.S. - We sometime make Maggi the exact same way. Boiling the noodles like chowmein for two minutes only and the rest following pretty much the same recipe you showed. Only instead of the dry masalas, we use the Maggi masala. And we too like to top it with crunchy slices of onions and cucumber (sometimes with hot chanachur, but that's only me!!!) 😊
my favourite page....cooking is my love..passion...though im a south indian ..and madrasi i just love all your recepies...whenever im in a mood upset ..i used to watch all ur videos..its like most satisfying videos to make me feel good...it tempts me..ur page is my inspiration for cooking..the backgrounf music...those sounds of cooking thats so blissfull keep going..all the best
So long after I first saw your videos, today I tried making chow mein your way. My choices of condiments and veggies was hampered by what was available in my kitchen during lockdown and the quantities were vastly different (11 portions instead of 2). But it turned out so so good. The tips for cooking noodles were a gamechanger. Thanks Saptarshi and Insiya. Keep on posting🙏
Twenty years ago my father introduced me to noodle world through this dish in Calcutta. That chilli chicken was a cherry on top in the end. These were literally my most favorite items to eat, add a hot n sour soup to that, there goes my best childhood dinner.
I just wanted to say thank you for your recipes. I had no cooking experience at all before I started watching your recipes. It was all because of you, I started cooking. The first dish I made was kosha mangsho of yours. On your advice I bought all the necessities you mentioned, and as someone who is new to cooking and doesn't know how much salt to add, your gram measurements of everything is very helpful. You introduced me to Kenji Lopez and serious eats, and I can't thank you enough for it. Now I cook 2-3 times a week and have always planned what to cook the next week be it your video or a serious eats recipe. As I said before, I can't thank you enough for this :)
Love it. I was so hungry at this late hour when I came across this video!!! The steps are so neatly shown. I am not into cooking that much. But this tutorial was so admiring that I tried it!!!❤️ And guess what?! It's was my first try. I am loving it. You make it seem so easy man!!!!!!!! I am enjoying it rn and it deserves an instant appreciation. So am here writing this longggg paragraph to really appreciate your work.❤️ Thank you!😁
This video is so well made! well done! The aesthetics are pleasing, the asmr, typography and country style?(Idk) background music are all..... **chef's kiss** oh and the tips boxes are great too.
although your videos are meant to be as cooking tutorials for the viewers, it also ended up unintentionally an amazing cooking ASMR video. It's amazing and just relaxes me after a frustratingly long strenuous day.
You guys are super in creating these videos no unnecessary talk and fake tasting... in Bengali no “bhaat”... but just one tip that I use while making chow mein... I boil the noodles and immediately give an ice bath or cold water bath to stop the cooking... and works for me
I love your videos thank you so much!! Just wish I could get the recipe on your page - some of them you have posted but some of them the link is broken - please do post so we can access ingredient list easier when shopping and cooking!!
Hi, Priya. You are absolutely right. We used to have all the pages up, but we've lost some of them while migrating our website. We'll restore them as soon as possible.
Not a bengali but brought up in Calcutta. Chowmein brings nostalgic memories, but have never been able to perfect is living abroad. Either my noodles would clump or veggies loose water. After ages I have perfected my noodles with your recipe, thank you for emphasizing on the minor details - which made all the difference:) P.S - would you also share a list of the music you have been using, absolutely love it, takes me back to Kolkata
Hey Guys , I could never make chowmin right which made me truly disappointed. With your recipe I made it today and truly loved it. Thanks would be an understatement. I am really grateful. You guys are doing a great job.
I am new to your channel ,i just keep wondering your cooking skills 😮😮 it is so clear , neat ,and seems to be very tasty, mouth watering 🤤🤤🤤 yummy 😍😍😍😍😍 keep going sis 🤗🤗🤗
It is the most satisfactory and soothing video I have seen. I never have to forward while watching (like I do in other videos) Bong eats, kudos to ur team work, precision, cutting skills and the way you present your explanations (like myth ane truth) take a bow! This couldnt get any better. Much love from Probashi Bangali ♥️ Now i can have Calcutta style food at home. 😍
chef i m a eggterian only i dont like chicken so i made this recipe without chicken it came out so tasty & liked by all my family members thank u so much 🙏🙏👌🏻👌🏻
Big fan of your recipes especially the way u make the videos with all the sound effect of fresh water ,sound of lentils ,utensils ,chopping veggies...it increases the appetite... i try lot of your dishes....and they all come out very well...thank u ..keep sharing more videos....
This is one of the finest cooking channels I have come across cant wait to try this way, but the amounts u give just annoy me please give practical quantities and not geometrical. Much love ❤️
The way you cut the vegetables is pure art😍.. I make my noodles this way since the day I first watched this video. And it tastes absolutely amazing. Thaaank you. ♥
