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Chow mein is a ubiquitous street food found in every neighbourhood in Calcutta. It was quite possibly the cautious Bengali's first foray into Chinese food and originated from the Calcutta Chinatown. The flavours are quite Indianised with street vendors often adding their own spice mixes to their creations. It is almost always garnished generously with chopped onions, cucumbers, ketchup and green chilli sauce (another Indian Chinese condiment that originated in Calcutta's Chinatown).
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@gretafegredo6212 Жыл бұрын

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.

@snehaldas5475 11 ай бұрын

5:24

@ArijitMajumder-bc1yo 6 ай бұрын

I ditto that ….😊

@ArijitMajumder-bc1yo 6 ай бұрын

ekbar kolkata style gravy chowmein recipie ta dekhabe bhai …. Onek din age ekta video peyechilam …. Ekhon aar sei videota internet e search e pachinah …. Please

@tinkaShorts 5 ай бұрын

😮

@arunodayray1932 20 күн бұрын

Hope you are still alive and well and enjoying life at 91 too. Here's to hoping for your century, ma'am 😁

@kaybea2881 5 жыл бұрын

The sound of vegetables being cut is so satisfying

@priyambiswas9832 4 жыл бұрын

It's like ASMR

@rumadeb8612 4 жыл бұрын

@@priyambiswas9832 yaa

@atulsharma6808 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you are right mam

@hoverwatch8074 3 жыл бұрын

Hollow the taste also does the same to the tummy.

@purbasha7583 3 жыл бұрын

Each of their videos is satisfying ~~~😌😌

@sangeetaghosh1350 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! No faltu bak bak. Only great recipe! ❤️

@tanimaghoshbanerjee6957 4 жыл бұрын

Right

@iceberg789 3 жыл бұрын

only cooking asmr, right ?

@alokpathastro3522 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. No faltu bak bak...

@Zahidzuberi1 3 жыл бұрын

no bok bok, light music with real cooking sound creates an ultimate taste of food

@ranjitaray6057 Жыл бұрын

I agree

@sandhyavarma1201 5 жыл бұрын

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 !

@shreya446 4 жыл бұрын

same!

@reinaaaria 3 жыл бұрын

❣️❣️❣️

@babu9814 3 жыл бұрын

I’m Bengali, lived in south India. South Indian food is awesome. What a cuisine!

@babu9814 2 жыл бұрын

@@yogeshdokania2458 dirty politics (which is everywhere, not unique to Kolkata) and many rowdy elements that the politicians use who are not so well educated, intellectual, loving, etc.

@afshansultana5263 5 жыл бұрын

The audio was so satisfying. ..

@durgap7960 5 жыл бұрын

Bong eats music and the sound of ingredients cut, diced, boiled, fried, the clanging of the utensils is so soothing...

@preach6787 5 жыл бұрын

Asmr

@sohamdrifter 5 жыл бұрын

production quality is top notch! recipe too!

@BongEats 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Sohom! :-)

@cookwithrima7144 4 жыл бұрын

U r right

@HimanshuKumar-se1eh 3 жыл бұрын

@@BongEats no its soham

@asimbasu2999 3 жыл бұрын

@@HimanshuKumar-se1eh ha ha in Bengali we like to call "shohom" .. rather than "soham" .. n like "onuvab" rather than "anuvab".. "omol" rather than "amal"😂😁

@acidluving 4 жыл бұрын

I tried that recipe and it turned out to be my most favorite chowmein recipe ever. Thanks guys

@faridarahaman6590 3 жыл бұрын

The background Bengali music and cooking steel ... everything is just osum🤤🤤

@arindambhattacharyya1205 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ishaanmankotia96 5 жыл бұрын

the way you chop those veggies is amazing...i could watch this all day😍

@CAJuhiTilwani 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ananyabiswas8927 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@cookwithrima7144 4 жыл бұрын

U r tight ananya

@mupadhyaya6091 5 жыл бұрын

The sound of cutting the veggies feel so tingly and beautiful!!

@titlykhan5343 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing can be more amazing that Calcutta's street style chowmein thank you Soo much ❤

@DomBill1 4 жыл бұрын

Chow mien is such an awesome thing to eat, and I really love this recipe you’ve used! Thank you 🙏🏻👌🏻

@soumajitdas2044 5 жыл бұрын

There are literally plenty of cooking channels out here on KZfaq 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. 🙌👌❤️🙏

@vijayakumar-bd1ki 5 жыл бұрын

This is the science and art of cooking.. Lovely and looks yummy.. Thank you so much for sharing this receipe.

@vae884 5 жыл бұрын

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 !!

@yuneshtimalsina3415 4 жыл бұрын

The filming style you people use is out of the world for any cooking channel i have ever seen. Beautiful

@jajabarbd1289 5 жыл бұрын

It's been ages that I've been looking for proper Chow mein recipe. This is it. My soul now rests in peace. Many thanks.

@sadiaasha1982 5 жыл бұрын

Just wow... Can't describe how i became so happy after watching this... Pls keep it up guys... Variations needed.. Thank you

@Vimalraj 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@anjusinha7513 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@kritibansal740 4 жыл бұрын

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🙏

@Thecalcuttagirl 5 жыл бұрын

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!

@sriankachaudhuri7422 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@poodle9911 5 жыл бұрын

Yes..I love the aloo, pyaj, lonka chow..so reminds me of mashi'r badi.

@priya9194 5 жыл бұрын

mone kore dekho ote sauce thakto na maybe just gol morich. oi sada chow e lankar taste tai otake flavour dey.

@apurvachatterjee4813 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@nivedanahta7451 5 жыл бұрын

The Calcutta Girl omg tumi Carmel eh porteh nahtoh?? 😂 Amar tiffin eh chowmein ashtow ar amar khawar agei bondhura shesh koredito 😂

@manasihazra1135 4 жыл бұрын

Tried this recipe. Turned out so well. Thank you so much

@nandyad 3 жыл бұрын

You cook every dish with equal proportion of love and care, that is extremely satisfying to watch

@rishparnadas65 4 жыл бұрын

Next level ASMR!!

@dipankarnaug9319 3 жыл бұрын

Simply love this channel! You guys are doing a great job. Keep up the good work ❤

@rupalisoni3676 5 жыл бұрын

Whole process was lovely

@rizwan-RZA 3 жыл бұрын

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

@anushaparashar5427 3 жыл бұрын

When u r cutting vegetables that sound is 😍😍so relaxing

@SimpleEasyRecipesbySangeeta 5 жыл бұрын

Darun darun... Tomader Ranna to Bhalo lage e but ei jo sobji katar sound effects, khunti narar awaz Eigulo sotti mone hoi Kono cinema Dekchhi 😍 . Egiye Jao. Pase achhi

@Someshukla2017 5 жыл бұрын

Darun.. darun.. kono kotha hobe na 😍😍

@BongEats 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Someshukla.

@manomita6274 5 жыл бұрын

Amar khub bhlo lage onar vidieo gulo

@debduttadas1889 5 жыл бұрын

Ami tomdr dujoner e subscriber

@Mohua1111 5 жыл бұрын

2 favourites 😍

@sujayadutta412 5 жыл бұрын

Ami tomader dujon er e bishaal fan🤗🤗

@ashmalism711 5 жыл бұрын

The sound of crunchy vegetables is so satisfying 😍😍👌

@shobharani4493 3 жыл бұрын

చూస్తుంటే mouth watering 😋

@KamalikaMukherjee81 4 жыл бұрын

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!!!) 😊

@whyowhy4571 4 жыл бұрын

Meat masala has degraded meat particles in it. Carefull before buying from any vendor

@rg1283 3 жыл бұрын

@@whyowhy4571 meat masala has no meat in it. For god's sake!

@rashuharshu 2 жыл бұрын

I tried using meat masala, it was delicious! Thanks for the tip.

@KamalikaMukherjee81 2 жыл бұрын

@@whyowhy4571 I use Everest or Sunrise brand. I hope they are good quality.

@KamalikaMukherjee81 2 жыл бұрын

@@rashuharshu most welcome! 😊

@auditigupta4697 3 жыл бұрын

Made it yesterday night 😊 turned out absolutely like it was meant to be ☺️

@kac9p334 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is a complete package. খুব প্রিয় আর নস্টালজিক খাবারের স্মৃতি গুলো তুলে ধরো তোমরা।

@chumkisworld9719 3 жыл бұрын

Khub sundor uposthapona ❤️❤️

@mohaksrivastava8541 5 жыл бұрын

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 :)

@sanjuktajena6916 4 жыл бұрын

Oh.... I'm just fall in love with that knife.... 😍❤️🔪

@abhiathit 4 жыл бұрын

The touch of gorom masala was amazing...loved it

@samitadassarkar 4 жыл бұрын

Never could get chow mein right before I followed your recipe. Love the presentation style of keeping it simple !!

@kefiisagreekword7097 3 жыл бұрын

It was my first venture in the Kitchen Capital. Tried this, turned out amaaaazing❤️ Lots of love to you.

@ayanbiswas5688 5 жыл бұрын

Bong eats excellent work... May your channel had all prosperites

@riyaghoshmoon Жыл бұрын

Even after 3 years, I have tried this today again and again it stood out perfect❤

@mehraaastha 5 жыл бұрын

I love the way u guys use actual sounds to chop and fry the vegetables. ❤

@rahulmathew8713 3 жыл бұрын

I tried several version this is so far the best.

@SacredGaea 5 жыл бұрын

It was very satisfying watching you cook. Looks perfectly delicious! :)

@sumanaroy916 4 жыл бұрын

1st time perfect chowmein bnyechi ei video dekhe... Thank you..

@aditishastri6087 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks so much for this recipe! Your cinematography is also awesome!

@nehadhar8765 5 жыл бұрын

Without saying a word...the video said a lot about mouthwatering recipes

@AnindyaMitra316 5 жыл бұрын

আমি 3 ঘন্টা হলে বসে মুভি দেখার চেয়ে আপনার সবজি কাটা দেখতে বেশি পছন্দ করবো...😁😁😁😁😁

@dipta39 5 жыл бұрын

Omg 😂😂 so true ❤️ she cuts everything with such precision

@aayushroy7030 5 жыл бұрын

that's a good one

@nabanitaghosh7268 5 жыл бұрын

True ♥️

@rumkibhattacharjeeghosh5688 5 жыл бұрын

Me too..just loving your cutting skill.its too good🤗

@mittermaniac861 5 жыл бұрын

Amio ekdom ek mawtt!

@saimakhatun5212 4 жыл бұрын

Tomader recipe gulo khub sundor lage dekte.. Bar bar dekhi ami khub valo lage.. 😊😊

@BeyondLentils 4 жыл бұрын

Omg I was searching for this authentic recipe for so long. Thank god I found your channel. Thanks for such amazing recipes❤️

@mevprasad 5 жыл бұрын

I made it today.... literally u saved my life...hahaha Yummy n tasty recipe

@ashoksarkar8315 5 жыл бұрын

সকাল বেলা তে এরকম বৃষ্টি ভেজা দিন এ রবি বা র এর ব্রেক ফাস্ট এক প্লেট এই চাউমিন 🍝 পেলে জমে উঠবে, আহা,, সত্যি মন ভরে গেলো go

@laxmiroy5288 3 жыл бұрын

So satisfying ❤️😘

@arshbehal6312 3 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of chopping/cutting vegetables. So satisfying!

@anishasarkar224 3 жыл бұрын

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!😁

@marishaghosh2336 5 жыл бұрын

You don't have any idea how much I miss this.. sitting in Hyderabad! This was bliss. Thank you!

@herbsonhaldi6053 4 жыл бұрын

An all time favorite recipe. Thanks for sharing and keep up the great work!

@mehandikhatunsheikh6698 4 жыл бұрын

You people bring out the art behind cooking.... I see your passion for cooking right through my screen... Keep going

@mevprasad 5 жыл бұрын

I miss chow chow so much...I'm from Kharagpur... thanks for sharing the recipe....hope I make it well

@somachakraborty8633 5 жыл бұрын

Apni atto sundor kre sobji katlen....much better than a Netflix episode 😍 and the recipe was too delicious 😋

@Susmitadebnath996 2 жыл бұрын

Try kore6ilam ei vabe.....darun hoye6ilo😍😍

@sanjnasen1918 4 жыл бұрын

all those trying quarantine cooking...hit the road with this!

@kekacrabby 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Etai to chai!! Shonge jhaal jhaal chili chicken!! ❤️

@ankitajana3071 3 жыл бұрын

'Serves 2 for evening snack, 1 for very hungry person' damn. I relate 😂😂

@dancetothemusic7073 3 жыл бұрын

Asadharon

@fooddelight8759 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see today's video.

@SabaKhan-re8rj 5 жыл бұрын

Yummy i will definitely try this recipe 😍

@sohojrannabanna7986 5 жыл бұрын

Eta Sobar priyo ekta khabar 😋

@horrorripples3332 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@whyowhy4571 4 жыл бұрын

Hasn't this ASMR bullshit ended last year?

@srijitamodak4663 3 жыл бұрын

@@whyowhy4571 bro.

@asmitharamesh1766 4 жыл бұрын

I tried this and it was amazing. Perfect street style taste. You can't go wrong with this recipe. I didn't have vinegar but still it tasted awesome

@sumantamaitra4778 2 жыл бұрын

Ei channel r jonno dada didi tomader khub dhonnobad..evabe amader tradition k sobar majhe bojay rakho..luv u

@RajeevRanjan-vg7ul 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, you people are amazing. Apart from your presentation and cooking tips, your explanation towards few myths are awesome . Thank you so much !

@priyak87 5 жыл бұрын

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!!

@BongEats 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Mehreen_er_Golpo 4 жыл бұрын

Wow darun jhorjhore

@prernakhandelwal7139 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@riddhi02goel 2 жыл бұрын

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

@preetyalam3967 5 жыл бұрын

Damn those cutting skills 💯

@snehalataroy5218 3 жыл бұрын

Love your recipies

@kaushikghosh1184 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite youtube channel

@sudhasisodiya2753 5 жыл бұрын

This is the first vdo I have watched completely in which KZfaqr doesn't speak.. I just loved ur style of cutting vegetables

@Vaishnavi-zo4kn 3 жыл бұрын

"serves 2 for an evening snack or 1 very hungry person" lmaooo

@manishadasgupta5412 5 жыл бұрын

Jive jol ese gelo

@trishnanair7209 3 жыл бұрын

Wow...It's Look So Delicious...❣️❣️❣️😋😋 I Love Chowmein...

@archanapillai1695 5 жыл бұрын

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 🤗🤗🤗

@amrutaj28 5 жыл бұрын

That's the exact colour of noodles that I need 😍😍😍

@gurdis 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t describe how much I love Kolkata street food.

@jhum15moumita 4 жыл бұрын

Thank u 4 sharing this recipe. Will try definitely

@ishrakimam9643 5 жыл бұрын

didi ajke ranna ta koresi . onk taste hoyese :-)

@sneha2825 4 жыл бұрын

Msg ta ki bolben?

@user-sp9yz6nk2b 5 жыл бұрын

আজকে সন্ধ্যায় বানাবোই....

@ashiskarmakar1 4 жыл бұрын

So soothing to the eyes..

@brain9797 4 жыл бұрын

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

@juebasu3166 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sumandey9726 4 жыл бұрын

Ami used