Rasgulla
Spongy soft chenna balls cooked in light sugar syrup — the iconic Bengali sweet.
West Bengal
110 recipes found
Hooghly Mishti Doi Clay Pot Burdwan Sweet Yogurt
Full-fat milk reduced and sweetened with date palm jaggery then set in unglazed clay...
Kolkata Street Egg Roll Paratha Egg Wrap Classic
A thin, flaky paratha cooked with a beaten egg on one side, then rolled around a...
Burdwan Sitabhog Sponge Rice Sweet Bardhaman
Extremely fine rice flour cooked with ghee and sugar into a light, fluffy, snow-white...
Bengali Jhinge Posto Ridge Gourd Poppy Seed
Ridge gourd cooked in a thick white poppy seed paste with mustard oil and green chilli...
Murshidabad Chicken Korma Nawabi White Gravy
Chicken slow-cooked in a pale, aromatic gravy of yogurt, cashew paste, rosewater and...
North Bengal Momos Tibetan Dumpling Darjeeling
Steamed wheat flour dumplings filled with spiced cabbage and pork or vegetable — the...
Bengali Aam Papad Mango Leather Seasonal Summer
A thin, dried sheet made from strained ripe mango pulp mixed with sugar and a touch of...
Santhali Handia Rice Beer Fermented Tribal Bengal
A mildly fermented, slightly sour and mildly alcoholic rice preparation made by the...
Bengal Chirer Pulao Flattened Rice Peas Coconut
Flattened rice (chire/poha) tossed with fried potatoes, green peas, fresh coconut,...
Kolkata Jhal Muri Spiced Puffed Rice Street Classic
Puffed rice tossed with mustard oil, raw onion, green chilli, tomato, boiled potato,...
Bengali Macher Dimer Bora Fish Roe Fritter
Fish roe from hilsa or rohu mixed with onion, green chilli and mustard oil and...