Gangasagar Khichuri Festival Pilgrim Makar Mela
A simple rice-lentil porridge with a ghee-cumin tempering made in enormous quantities...
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Kolkata Biryani Potke Egg Potato Complete Plate
The complete Kolkata biryani plate — fragrant saffron-rose water rice layered with...
Bengali Tomato Khejur Chutney Date Tomato Sweet
A thick, sweet-sour chutney cooked from fresh tomatoes and dried dates with sugar and...
Sundarbans Chingri Malai Coconut Prawn Delta
Large prawns from the Sundarbans mangrove delta cooked in a thick, fragrant coconut...
Cooch Behar Mutton Curry Royal North Bengal
A lightly spiced mutton curry with whole spices and a yogurt base from the former...
Purulia Bamboo Shoot Curry Adivasi West Bengal
Fresh bamboo shoots cooked with mustard oil, dried red chilli and a simple tempering —...
Dhaka Style Kacchi Biryani Partition Bengal
The Dhaka-style kacchi biryani brought to Kolkata by East Bengali families during the...
Ilish Bhapa Steamed Hilsa Mustard Turmeric Leaf
Hilsa fish pieces marinated in a yellow mustard paste and steamed wrapped in turmeric...
Bengali Chaler Payesh Gobindobhog Aromatic Rice
Full-fat milk slowly reduced with gobindobhog rice — the fragrant short-grain variety...
Kasha Mangsho Dry Mutton Bengali Celebration
Mutton cooked without any water, entirely in its own juices and yogurt marinade until...
Bengali Chholar Dal Narkel Coconut Festive
Split Bengal gram cooked until just tender and tempered with ghee, panch phoron, bay...
Bankura Kancha Lonka Murgi Green Chilli Chicken
Chicken cooked with a large quantity of fresh green chilli, mustard oil and minimal...