Forash (Bengali: ফরাস) is a leguminouswinter crop often featured in Bengali cuisine[1] It is a kind of French bean, hence the name "Forash" which means French in Bengali. As a vegetable, it is similar to beans. Raw Forash is cooked as a vegetable, though the main part is its seeds. Forash is usually cooked with fish and meat. It is served with cooked rice and roti.[2]
Forash first came to Sylhet from France. This is why it is called Forash in Sylheti language. This vegetable is grown well in the alluvium soil of Sylhet.[3] Because of its popularity among the worldwide Sylhetis,[4] it is exported to several countries including England, America and Canada.[5]
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