India. Paneer and the Chennai Sweets of West Bengal
Description
In Hindu society, the cow is revered as a holy beast, so it should come as no surprise that India produces more milk than any other country in the world. In this episode, host Will Studd travels to Calcutta for the Holi festival and learns the origins of India's popular cheese-Paneer. A visit to an ancient cheese market and a demonstration showing how curd is used to make the cheese and the city's distinctive Chennai sweets is followed by a very colorful family celebration. Finally, he visits a typical buffalo dairy.
Runtime
42 min
Series
Subjects
- Voyages and travels (113)
- Cooking, Indic (7)
- Gastronomy (84)
- Food industry and trade (258)
- Cheesemaking (35)
- Cooking (Cheese) (4)
- Food (360)
- Food service (145)
- Artificial foods industry (89)
- Economic geography (159)
- Natural foods (61)
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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