Mymensingh Malaikari
ময়মনসিংহের মালাইকারী
Halved chhana balls spread with thick kheer, first made about a century ago in Mymensingh town.
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Malaikari is made by cutting a round ball of chhana in half and spreading thick milk kheer over the cut faces. The story in town is that Janaki Nag's sweet shop in Swadeshi Bazar, said to be Mymensingh's first sweet shop, created it about a hundred years ago for a shraddha hosted by the Muktagacha zamindar, who wanted something new. It stayed on the menu and spread across the city. Krishna Cabin, open since 1958, also makes it and supplies sweet sellers in Mymensingh and Netrokona.
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Place Shashi Lodge
শশী লজA graceful zamindar palace in Mymensingh town with a marble statue of Venus in its garden fountain.
Place Zainul Abedin Museum and Brahmaputra Park
জয়নুল আবেদিন সংগ্রহশালা ও ব্রহ্মপুত্র পার্কThe country's great painter, remembered in a riverside museum on the Old Brahmaputra.
Place Muktagacha Zamindar Bari
মুক্তাগাছা জমিদার বাড়িThe sprawling, partly ruined palace of the Muktagacha zamindars, with temples and carved stucco.
Place Bangladesh Agricultural University Campus
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