English: This is a photo of a traditional Aiburo Bhaat Thali, the meal a bride-to-be (or a groom-to-be) eats during a sort of bridal shower ceremony (and before the actual wedding ceremony) in a Bengali household. This spread was prepared by my mother for my sister's aiburo bhaat ceremony on 20th November, 2018 and consisted of steamed rice with ghee, paanch rokom bhaja (the mandatory deep fried five veggie fritters), shukto (Bengali mixed vegetable curry), shona mooger dal, machher paturi (fish steamed in banana leaves), chingri machher malaikari (prawns in a coconut gravy in Malay style), chutney, papad and an assortment of Bengali sweetmeats (not shown here).