Festivals & Food
The Bengali Kitchen
19 recipes
Hilsa in mustard sauce
Silky mustard sauce meets rich, seasonal hilsa.
Prep 15′ · Cook 20′ · Medium
Bengali fish curry
A light, everyday curry with potatoes and warming spices.
Prep 20′ · Cook 30′ · Easy
Prawns in coconut milk
Juicy prawns in a fragrant, gently spiced coconut gravy.
Prep 20′ · Cook 25′ · Medium
Slow-braised Bengali mutton
Deeply browned mutton, slowly cooked in a thick spice-rich gravy.
Prep 25′ · Cook 100′ · Challenging
Luchi with Bengali potato curry
Puffed, tender luchi with a warmly spiced potato dum.
Prep 35′ · Cook 45′ · Medium
Offering-style Bengali khichuri
Roasted moong dal, rice and vegetables cooked into a fragrant one-pot offering.
Prep 15′ · Cook 40′ · Easy
Bengali mixed vegetable labra
A seasonal medley of vegetables scented with panch phoron.
Prep 25′ · Cook 35′ · Easy
Bengali bitter-sweet vegetable medley
A mellow, creamy first course with bitter gourd and gentle spice.
Prep 25′ · Cook 35′ · Medium
Potatoes with poppy-seed paste
Soft potato cubes coated in nutty posto and green chilli.
Prep 15′ · Cook 25′ · Easy
Bengali chana dal with coconut
Split chickpeas, coconut and whole spices for a festive Bengali dal.
Prep 15′ · Cook 40′ · Medium
Bengali Begun Bhaja
Silky eggplant with a crisp, turmeric-gold crust.
Prep 10′ · Cook 15′ · Easy
Panta Bhat
Cool, gently fermented rice with a lively mustard-oil finish.
Prep 10′ · Cook 20′ · Easy
Kolkata Jhalmuri
A street-side classic: crisp puffed rice, spice and mustard oil.
Prep 15′ · Cook 0′ · Easy
Gobindobhog Rice Payesh
Fragrant short-grain rice slowly simmered in rich milk.
Prep 10′ · Cook 55′ · Medium
Bengali Mishti Doi
Caramel-sweetened yogurt, set slowly until creamy and tangy.
Prep 15′ · Cook 45′ · Medium
Bengali Rosogolla
Soft chhena balls that swell in a clear, fragrant syrup.
Prep 35′ · Cook 25′ · Challenging
Nolen Gur Sandesh
Tender fresh chhena scented with winter date-palm jaggery.
Prep 30′ · Cook 12′ · Medium
Patishapta Pitha
Thin rice-flour crepes wrapped around coconut and khejur-gur filling.
Prep 25′ · Cook 35′ · Medium
Khejur Gur Puli Pithe
Coconut-filled rice dumplings simmered in date-palm jaggery milk.
Prep 40′ · Cook 35′ · Medium