Hari Ghosh: Satiating Bengali taste buds with ‘pure ghee’ for 45 years

No Bengali palate is complete without drops of ghee, be it rice, roti or paratha!

- RITWIK MUKHERJEE

For anyone from the Bengali diaspora from across the world, gastronomical delight lies in the smell and taste of ghee.

Yes, not just the exotic taste, but the smell of pure ghee also fills your mind and heart with joys-unspeakable.

Bengalis are extremely fussy about ghee as well. No one would touch a ghee a second time, unless it satiates one's taste buds. Discerning foodies are doing relentless debates, discussions and research on the purity of ghee. While some ghee brands pass the test, some fail miserably.

Here is a home-grown ghee that has been ruling the Bengali kitchens for nearly 45 years now. From a modest beginning with a small shop at Barasat in North 24-Parganas, it has continuously been raising the bar and scaling new heights. Hailing from a family of cowherd or milkman, Hari Ghosh lost his father at an early age. He was the eldest son in the family. And therefore all responsibilities of running the family were on him. He may not have got enough opportunities to pursue his studies, but he was possibly born with the natural instincts and acumen of a businessman. The family had all along been in the trading of ghee and little wonder therefore that he took up the initiative of ghee making.