A Bengali New Year Feast - Panta, Ilish
 
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Panta bhaat recipe. A popular new year day meal for Bengalies.
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Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
  • 2 cups rice
  • Water
Instructions
  1. Cook rice in normal way.
  2. Cool rice completely.
  3. Add water to submerge cooked rice. Set aside overnight.
Notes
I found it hard to get the fermented rice taste as the original panta, which is mainly due the kind of rice available in the US.
Leftover rice works best for panta.
Recipe by WithASpin at https://withaspin.com/2013/04/13/panta-ilish-and-bhorta/