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Iftar market remains busy on first day of Ramadan
Dhaka, April 3, 2022: On the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, the Iftar Bazaar of the traditional Chawkbazar of old Dhaka was jammed on Sunday.
In the beginning, the traders were obstructed by the police for setting up Iftar market without permission, but the traders set up shops ignoring it. The Iftar market has become more and more crowded as the day progresses.
On Sunday (April 3), the Chawkbazar was visited and the traders were seen arranging bahari of various tastes along with the traditional iftar. Eaters from far and wide have come to enjoy these Iftars. There has been a long struggle to buy the traditional dynastic Iftari.
Like every year, the biggest attraction of Iftari in Chawkbazar is a special iftari called 'Big father eats pola, thonga bhaira takes away'.
Buyers are likely to call everyone who looks appropriate, if there are only a few. Meat, cotton kebabs, minced meat, dabli, boot pulses, eggs, nuts, potatoes, ghee, raw and dried chillies, as well as various food items and all kinds of spices are required to make ‘Big Daddy eats pola, thonga bhaira takes away’. It is being sold at Rs 400 to 480 per kg. Six years ago, in 1945, a man started selling this food commercially in the premises of Shahi Jame Mosque. That dish is now known as an attractive iftar item in the whole capital including old Dhaka.
In addition to all the interesting items, the value of the traditional Iftar is also much higher in this Chawkbazar. It has been seen in the Iftar market that jilapi kalai items are being sold at 240 rupees, flour jilapi at 200 rupees and large size jilapi at 300 rupees per kg. Shingara 6 Taka per piece, Samucha 8 Taka, Chicken Toast 30 Taka, Chicken Parota 50 Taka, Beef Parota 60 Taka, Normal Parota 30 Taka, Purple 5 Taka, Potato Chop 5 Taka, Onion 5 Taka, Vegetable Pakora 5 Taka, Dimchap each It is being sold at 20 rupees. Besides, Ghumni is being sold at Rs 60 per kg, Chhola at Rs 150 to Rs 180, Vegetables at Rs 10 each, Beef Vaccine at Rs 30 and Chicken Vaccine at Rs 20.
Among the drink items, pesta sherbet is being sold at Rs 200 per liter, matha at Rs 60 per liter, borhani at Rs 120 per liter, faluda big bowl at Rs 200, faluda small bowl at Rs 100 and daibra big box at Rs 220.
