BENGALI CUISINE
BENGALI CUISINE
Appetizers
Fish Fry – Crisp and spiced batter-fried fish fillets.
Macher Chop – Fish croquettes with a spicy potato filling.
Mochar Chop – Banana flower fritters, spiced and deep-fried.
Kumro Phuler Bora – Pumpkin flower fritters.
Beguni – Batter-fried eggplant slices.
Main Courses
Rice Varieties
Basanti Pulao – Fragrant yellow rice with ghee and raisins.
Bhoger Khichuri – Traditional Bengali rice and lentil dish with vegetables.
Chingri Malai Curry – Prawn curry cooked in coconut milk.
Fish and Seafood
Shorshe Ilish – Hilsa fish cooked in mustard sauce.
Doi Maach – Fish cooked in a yogurt-based gravy.
Macher Jhol – Light fish curry with vegetables and spices.
Meat
Kosha Mangsho – Slow-cooked, rich and spicy mutton curry.
Murgir Jhol – Light and flavorful chicken curry.
Vegetarian Dishes
Aloo Posto – Potatoes cooked with poppy seeds paste.
Shukto – Mixed vegetable dish with a slightly bitter taste.
Cholar Dal – Sweet and savory Bengal gram dal with coconut.
Accompaniments
Luchi – Deep-fried puffed bread.
Begun Bhaja – Fried eggplant slices.
Aloo Bhaja – Crisp fried potato sticks.
Chutneys – Mango chutney, tomato khejur chutney.
Desserts
Rasgulla – Soft and spongy cottage cheese balls in sugar syrup.
Sandesh – Delicate and mildly sweetened cottage cheese fudge.
Mishti Doi – Sweetened yogurt, often flavored with cardamom.
Payesh – Rice pudding made with milk, sugar, and flavored with cardamom and bay leaves.
Beverages
Aam Pora Shorbot – Refreshing drink made with roasted mangoes.
Daab Shorbot – Tender coconut water drink.
Chaanch – Traditional buttermilk with a hint of spices.
Bengali Cha – Sweet and spiced tea.