Fishing Trip to the countryside, Bengal, India

I consider myself to be a connoisseur of fish but a miserable failure at angling. During one such fishing trip, enjoying other’s catch was the mantra !! Yes, I missed the joy of angling but not the joy of relishing the fresh catch prepared in the most rustic way. Be it the lobster or the Bhetki , the fresh water fish cooked in spicy mustard gravy with a spattering of split green chilly and generously laced with mustard oil made my day. Actually, Bengali’s have a penchant for mustard and tossing fish or deep frying in mustard oil and I am no exception. Call it attachment to roots or blinded by taste, when it comes to fish, I love it the Bong Way (abridged form of Bengali) and there is no competition to the Paturi’s, Bhaapa, Jhaal, Jhol et al. As a sign of contentment, I am burping my way through this post !! 🙂

Bengali Fish Curry, Fishing, West Bengal, West Bengal Tourism

21 thoughts on “Fishing Trip to the countryside, Bengal, India”

Subransu Dad December 6, 2016 at 3:21 pm

Hi Sangeeta Can you please share the contact information and the cost.

Sangeeta Post authorAugust 14, 2016 at 4:14 pm

Hi,

This was organized by a family friend in their ancestral village. He has since then moved abroad so I don’t have the contact.

Regards,
Sangeeta

Deepak Singh November 9, 2014 at 7:49 pm

I live in proper kolkata.No knowledge about angling but wanted to try it but my work always kept me away fron this and then one day I got married …. lol….however I want to go to a nearby destination for two days with my wife and my 10 year old angel where I can do sime fishing while enjoying the rustic kind of village with wildlife.please suggest.

Sangeeta Post authorFebruary 18, 2015 at 12:56 pm

I just followed my cousins. Maybe you can try some picnic spot.

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Sangeeta Post authorAugust 30, 2014 at 7:57 pm

Thank You.

Jitaditya June 25, 2014 at 1:38 am

Nice rustic scenes! seeing after a long time

Sangeeta Post authorJune 27, 2014 at 11:25 am

Thanks 🙂

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Gopal Garg June 19, 2014 at 4:24 pm

I’m a big foodie and the one thing that I remember from my Bengal trip is the delicious fish curry. Although, i’m not an expert when it comes to fishing; I can catch a few. I had a great time reading your blog. Thank you for sharing.