Sonar Dail-or gusso:
In Rohingya culture, Eid means variation of food. During Eid-Ul-Adha one of the famous food is – Sonar dail-or gusso. This traditional dish is prepared with beef and spilt chickpeas (local name sonar dail).
At first, the yellow spilt chickpeas are being soaked in water overnight. The beefs are finely chopped into bite size pieces along with bones. These are cooked with plenty of oil along with onion, ginger and garlic paste, red chilli pepper and mixed spices. When the beefs are half cooked, spilt chickpeas are mixed well together and left to cook until the beef is tender.
Sonar dail-or gusso is usually served with luri fira or plain rice.
Nola-hazi:
Another traditional Rohingya food during Eid-Ul-Adha is Nola-hazi.
Nola-hazi takes a lot of effort and patience to cook. Nola means the leg of the cattle. At first, the feet or claws of the bull are being removed. The bone of the legs are being chopped into 6-7 inches. Before cooking these bones are nicely cleaned and marinated along with chopped onion, garlic, ginger and turmeric powder with spices. The mixture is being cooked in medium heat with lots of water until it turns into a broth while the legs are cooked. The broth or hazi is garnished with lemon juice and chopped coriander leaves.
Nola-hazi is served with plain rice.
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