Food Habits in Bangladesh

11. Food Habits in Bangladesh

What we eat for living is called food .Every culture has its own food .In Bangladesh we have our own food .It is called Bangladeshi food. It depends on what we get or what we grow .Though Bangladesh is a poor country ,the people of this country are fond of good eating . So we emphasize on taste .To make food tasty we use spices .Our traditional Bangladeshi foods are rice , fish , dal and vegetables .Different types of fish curry are very favourite . People eat special foods on special occasions . Sometimes they eat birani , polao and meat curry .The people of Bangladesh have three meals a day . These are breakfast , lunch and supper . The village people take pantha rice for breakfast . Besides they take rice , dal , bharta . On the other hand the city people take bread , butter , banana , parata and tea for breakfast . In the last few years , people in city areas have started to take fast food . Fast food like noodles , sandwich , pizza , vegetable rolls have become popular for city people . Besides soft drink , chips , singara are common to both city people and village people . Bangladesh is famous for its seasonal fruits . Mangoes , jackfruits , pineapples , black berries are very popular . People eat bananas all the year . Some seasonal homemade foods like vapa pitha , pantha with hilsa fish are very favourite . In the winter season pitha , payes , date-juice are traditional Bangladeshi foods .Today people of Bangladesh are not satisfied with their traditional foods . They have started to take foreign foods . Their food habits are changing .