How to pronounce Kala bhuna

Kala bhuna is written কালা ভুনা where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kala bʱuna/. In plain English letters that is KAH-la BHOO-na, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Kala bhuna?

Kala bhuna is a main dish of Bangladesh. Where it comes from: Chittagong. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are beef. It tastes spicy and rich.

Where Kala bhuna comes from

Kala bhuna is one of 18 signature dishes of Bangladesh on this map.

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  Mezban, locally mejjan, is the great communal feast of Chittagong, and the name also stands for its signature beef curry, mezbani gosht.

• Shorshe ilish সর্ষে ইলিশ · Main dish · Padma river

  Ilish, or hilsa, is a shad that swims up the great rivers of Bengal from the sea to spawn in the monsoon, and it is the national fish of Bangladesh.

• Panta bhat পান্তা ভাত · Rice dish · Rural Bengal

  Panta bhat is cooked rice left to soak overnight in water, so that it ferments slightly and turns soft and sour.

• Fuchka ফুচকা · Street food · Dhaka

  Fuchka is the Bengali form of the crisp, hollow balls known as panipuri or golgappa elsewhere in South Asia.

• Kacchi biryani কাচ্চি বিরিয়ানি · Rice dish · Dhaka

  Kacchi biryani is a special form of biryani in which raw meat is cooked together with fragrant rice, ghee or oil and warm spices.

• Bakarkhani বাকরখানি · Bread & pastry · Dhaka

  Bakarkhani is a thick, layered flatbread with a hard, almost biscuit-like crust, made from flour and ghee and sometimes sweetened.

Food of Bangladesh

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• Nihari نہاری · Main dish · Karachi (from Old Delhi), Pakistan

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