Bangladesh Unit

All right, let’s talk about the country of Bangladesh. It always amuses me when we study countries that are tropical and have so much rain. This is especially relevant as we’re heading into another drought and they just started the mild version of water rationing. I guess I’m collecting water again to water my pathetic garden. But getting back to the Bangladesh Unit and our geography lesson.

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Bangladesh resources

I found a few cool resources, but nothing that expanded our unit beyond just “Oh that’s cool to know.”

• 100 Bangladesh facts
• Bangladesh facts– this has some good Dhaka pictures
• Bangladesh facts and pretty pictures
• Fun Bangladesh facts

Does anyone else find it funny what sites list facts and you’re like, I don’t know that is a “fun fact”? Like the name of the capital is not a “fun fact.”

And since this is a relatively early video, a few years later he came back and said, “But wait there’s more.”

Wait before you go further, check out the rest of the Asia unit!

Obviously, we’ve studied a few more Asian countries, so check out our Asia unit!

Bangladesh recipe: Creamy Chicken Korma with Crispy Shallots

I tried out this chicken recipe, and am still trying to decide what I think about it. First, my recipe does not look anything like the picture on the blog post. Next, I’ve come to the conclusion I don’t really like bone-in chicken as much as I once did. But, let’s explain this recipe.

Bangladesh creamy chicken ingredients

• 12 chicken legs
• 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
• 1 tablespoon ginger paste (I bought pre-super minced ginger)
• 1 teaspoon fresh garlic paste (again that pre-super minced garlic)
• 3 tablespoons butter (original recipe called for ghee)
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice (about half a lemon)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 Thai bird chiles (we substituted jalapeno for less heat)
• 2-3 shallots thinly sliced and fried

Let’s make some chicken!

1. Mix the yogurt, garlic, and ginger, and marinate for 1 hour or more.
2. Saute the shallots in the oil and butter, then add cinnamon, cardamom, and bay leaf. Stirring occasionally.
3. Add marinated chicken and salt, and stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
4. Add water to mostly submerge the chicken if necessary. I did not do this, and as a result the chicken cooked slightly differently.
5. Cover and cook for 20-30 minutes until the gravy is reduced.
6. Add the lemon juice, sugar, and chiles. Cover and cook for 5 more minutes.
7. Serve with white rice.

Bangladesh notebooking pages

We used the Asia notebooking pages, and wrote all the cool things we learned.

• longest uninterrupted beach
• 2/3 of Bangladesh floods every year (this is mind-blowing to me)
• most densely populated country (because it’s so small! Okay, it’s not really small, it just seems small in comparison to Texas)

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• Czechia Unit
• 42 Electronics engineering curriculum
• How to dye fabrics

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