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Jamai Sasthi
Bengal's day for sons-in-law, who are fed a long lunch that ends with rasgulla, sandesh and other chhena sweets.
Cheeses for Jamai Sasthi
Jamai Sasthi falls on the sixth day of the bright fortnight of Jyeshtha. The mother-in-law fasts and prays to the goddess Sasthi for the welfare of her daughter's family, and the son-in-law, the jamai, is invited home and fed as lavishly as the household can manage. The lunch runs through fish and meat courses and ends with sweets, which are almost all made of chhena: sandesh, rasgulla, pantua and the dark fried lyangcha. Fruit of the season, especially mangoes and lychees, is laid beside them. Sweet shops in Kolkata report the day as one of their busiest of the summer.
The cheeses
Written by the EveryCheese desk with AI assistance. Background: "Jamai Sasthi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.