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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]

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]

5:24

[@ArijitMajumder-bc1yo]

I ditto that ….😊

[@ArijitMajumder-bc1yo]

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]

😮

[@arunodayray1932]

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

[@kaybea2881]

The sound of vegetables being cut is so satisfying

[@BrainR07]

It's like ASMR

[@rumadeb8612]

@@BrainR07 yaa

[@atulsharma6808]

Yes you are right mam

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Hollow the taste also does the same to the tummy.

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Each of their videos is satisfying ~~~😌😌

[@sandhyavarma1201]

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]

same!

[@reinaaaria]

❣️❣️❣️

[@babu9814]

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

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

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Right

[@iceberg789]

only cooking asmr, right ?

[@alokpathastro3522]

Yes. No faltu bak bak...

[@Zahidzuberi1]

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

[@ranjitaray6057]

I agree

[@afshansultana5263]

The audio was so satisfying. ..

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

[@preach6787]

Asmr

[@arindambhattacharyya1205]

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.

[@acidluving]

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

[@ananyabiswas8927]

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]

U r tight ananya

[@ishaanmankotia96]

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

[@vae884]

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 !!

[@CAJuhiTilwani]

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.

[@faridarahaman6590]

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

[@sohamdrifter]

production quality is top notch! recipe too!

[@BongEats]

Thanks, Sohom! :-)

[@cookwithrima7144]

U r right

[@HimanshuKumar-se1eh]

@@BongEats no its soham

[@asimbasu2999]

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

[@mupadhyaya6091]

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

[@juidasgupta5120]

Awesome ! Loved watching the video ! 👍

[@anjusinha7513]

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!

[@titlykhan5343]

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

[@AnindyaMitra316]

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

[@dipta39]

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

[@aayushroy7030]

that's a good one

[@nabanitaghosh7268]

True ♥️

[@rumkibhattacharjeeghosh5688]

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

[@mittermaniac861]

Amio ekdom ek mawtt!

[@soumajitdas2044]

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

[@dipankarnaug9319]

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

[@vijayakumar-bd1ki]

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

[@sadiaasha1982]

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

[@DomBill1]

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

[@yuneshtimalsina3415]

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

[@Vimalraj]

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.

[@rupalisoni3676]

Whole process was lovely

[@snehalataroy5218]

Love your recipies

[@aditishastri6087]

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

[@SimpleEasyRecipesbySangeeta]

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

[@ayanbiswas5688]

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

[@rahul.7810]

Loved it very much

[@laxmiroy5288]

So satisfying ❤️😘

[@ankitajana3071]

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

[@kekacrabby]

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

[@herbsonhaldi6053]

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

[@fooddelight8759]

Can't wait to see today's video.

[@anushaparashar5427]

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

[@kritibansal740]

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🙏

[@monamighosh2890]

I just loved it

[@lahorichakravarty]

Perfect...thank you

[@manasihazra1135]

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

[@mohaksrivastava8541]

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 :)

[@manishadas7434]

Just...... aweeesoomeeeeee♥️♥️♥️

[@raviyadavji2783]

Love your channel

[@SacredGaea]

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

[@sanjuktajena6916]

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

[@shopnilsagor290]

Osm just love soo much

[@rizwan-RZA]

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

[@marishaghosh2336]

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

[@somachakraborty8633]

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

[@jajabarbd1289]

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.

[@poornimadwivedi2373]

I love all your recipes they are soo good

[@auditigupta4697]

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

[@rahulmathew8713]

I tried several version this is so far the best.

[@nandyad]

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

[@trinadas1639]

Awesome recipe

[@KamalikaMukherjee81]

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]

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

[@rg1283]

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

[@rashuharshu]

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

[@KamalikaMukherjee81]

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

[@KamalikaMukherjee81]

@@rashuharshu most welcome! 😊

[@Thecalcuttagirl]

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]

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]

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

[@priya9194]

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

[@apurvachatterjee4813]

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]

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

[@handwecrafts]

Woww....its wonderful recipe....

[@SujataDas-dq7mz]

Excellent. Thanks a lot.

[@mevprasad]

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

[@ashoksarkar8315]

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

[@shiny-se4uf]

I loved to watch...

[@sumitabanerjee5124]

Awesome, superb

[@kefiisagreekword7097]

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

[@Someshukla2017]

Darun.. darun.. kono kotha hobe na 😍😍

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Thank you, Someshukla.

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Amar khub bhlo lage onar vidieo gulo

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Ami tomdr dujoner e subscriber

[@Mohua1111]

2 favourites 😍

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Ami tomader dujon er e bishaal fan🤗🤗

[@PN-iq9hy]

Very informative video..thnq so much. I hv been searching ds type f video fr long tym.

[@sosanoria6087]

I love this

[@nehadhar8765]

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

[@mevprasad]

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

[@Debabratadrawingroom]

Loved it

[@arpita839]

Awesome Presentation

[@SabaKhan-re8rj]

Yummy i will definitely try this recipe 😍

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Eta Sobar priyo ekta khabar 😋

[@anishasarkar224]

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!😁

[@abhiathit]

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

[@dancetothemusic7073]

Asadharon

[@preetyalam3967]

Damn those cutting skills 💯

[@RajeevRanjan-vg7ul]

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

[@kajalsingh3318]

Looks awesome and yummm.

[@mehraaastha]

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

[@amrutaj28]

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

[@archanapillai1695]

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 🤗🤗🤗

[@BeyondLentils]

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

[@diptabagchi]

Best cooking channel ever!

[@musicalqueen9247]

I’m literally eating chowmein while watching

[@user-sp9yz6nk2b]

আজকে সন্ধ্যায় বানাবোই....

[@sumanaroy916]

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

[@chumkisworld9719]

Khub sundor uposthapona ❤️❤️

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Yeah😀😀 Friday is best 😋😍😘

[@ishrakimam9643]

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

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Msg ta ki bolben?

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AMAZING💖💖💖💖

[@triptikalakendra3764]

Your recipes and cooking sounds are awesome I love to watch your channel

[@Youtuberitikasinghchannnel]

Your chopping look like a chef

[@cookwithrima7144]

U r right ritika

[@sudhasisodiya2753]

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

[@shobharani4493]

చూస్తుంటే mouth watering 😋

[@shivangrajput91]

Mamm your all videos are fantastic. Please keep it up

[@eleventhhour1667]

Chilly chicken at the end really turned the game...loved it!!!!

[@Vaishnavi-zo4kn]

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

[@tamalidas2236]

Over all ur program is outstanding...

[@rishparnadas65]

Next level ASMR!!