Best Bengali Foods and Dishes Which You All Need To Try Once In Your Life

Begun Bhaja

Every Bengali lunch is totally incomplete without this fried snack. From the eggplant or brinjal, you can prepare the tasty BEGUNI from this. You can make also a variety of eggplant recipes in Bengali style.

Aalu Posto

This dish is also very famous and it is prepared by using poppy seeds and potatoes and it is so tasty that you can eat it every day without getting bored. You can prepare easily Aalu Posto Recipes in Bengali style.

Shukto

We all know that the children don’t like to eat green veggies like radishes, bitter gourd, etc. You can make Shukto for them and they will surely love to eat that without knowing that what they are usually eating. I am sure that they will surely love it’s colour, flavour and texture. Sukta is one of the best vegetarian recipes in Bengali, it is very easy to make.

Daab Chingri

As we all love to eat prawns, this dish is prepared cooking with mustard and then usually served them in GREEN COCONUT. After hearing this you would think that the dish may taste very much bad but after consuming it your mindset for this dish will surely become positive.

Shorshe Illish

If you ask any Bengali that which all fishes do they have tasted, surely the ilish mach will be at there top of the list and why it should not, as it’s taste is totally satisfying. Shorshe Illish is the most extraordinary delicious dish in Bengal. It’s awesome to taste and gravy.

Jhal Muri

It is a tasty evening snack, which is prepared by the puffed rice. Its taste is very difficult to explain as you won’t feel the taste until you taste it. It is so famous that the Britishers also enjoy eating it.

Kanchkolar Kofta

We all Bengalis love to eat this fried raw bananas kofta which is a creation of the Bengalis that they have mashed the raw bananas and made a tasty curry out of it. there are many types of koftas available like Malai kofta, vegetable kofta, paneer kofta, etc. each and every kofta are delicious and cooked with different processes. So we can say that the Bengalis are the creator of the KOFTAS.

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Luchi Aalur Dum

It is another mostly prepared food in the houses of all Bengalis as a Sunday morning recipe. We can say that it’s combination is truly awesome!

Chingri Macher Malaikari

It’s a fact that this dish makes every Bengali’s mouth fill with water. This dish gives us the goodness of all the items like prawns, cream, and coconut milk. All these dishes mix well with each other and give an extraordinary taste with is totally mindblowing.

Macher Matha Diye Moong Daal

As all of us know that all the Bengalis are addicted to eating a variety of fishes and this is one of those famous dishes. It is said that eating the fish brain makes you more intelligent and makes your brain stronger.

Chital Macher Muitha

We Bengalis love to eat all the type of dishes made with fishes and what to say if the koftas are also made with the fishes. They will surely be very much tasty.

Macher Dumpukht

It not only has a Bengali style of cooking with it but it also has a few tasty and main ingredients like almonds, homemade yoghurt, poppy seeds. And it’s very yummy!

Kochi pathar Jhol

Bengalis are a food lover and this lover love to eat the mutton or the meat of a young goat. Which is prepared in a traditional Bengali way by using the panch phoran which make it’s taste and aroma the best. This dish makes your mouth full of water and what to say about its taste and aroma that is truly from heaven.

Muri Ghonto

We don’t even know that from where this name has appeared from but the taste of it is something heavenly. It is prepared with the fish head and pulao’s and we Bengalis are the creator of this popular dish.

Kosha Mangsho

We all love to eat all the type of mutton curries and this is a type included in the mutton curries. And it’s a different type of mutton made with yoghurt which gives you a totally different taste.

Sondesh

it’s a very famous Bengali sweet which is usually prepared with sugar, milk. Which everyone loves consuming. This also has a variety in it here I’ll mention a few of them such as Jalbhara Talsansh, Kancha Golla, and Pranhara and I need to tell you all that this was just the but not the least.

Rosogulla

It is surely impossible that you have not heard about the rasgullas of Bengal. And it’s totally a waste of telling about the fantasy of the rasgullas. and if you are the one who has not yet tried this sweet then you are missing the heaven.

Chamcham

This is a famous Bengali sweet that is prepared by using fresh Chana ( prepared from milk ) and also need a lot of patience. And according to me, it is more delicious when it’s totally chilled.

Misti Doi

This is so much delicious that if it is compared with the ice cream then also it will surely win. This is a creation of bengalis which is prepared from plain yoghurt and khajur ka gur ( date plam jaggery ). It is very awesome! And it’s better to have it in the earthen cups which make it something more delicious.

Bhappa Doi

This is very much different from what you think . It’s a type of cheesecake prepared with misti doi or the sweetened yogurt. I am sure that you can’t stop yourself from eating it.

Aalu Posto & Biulir Daal

It is a traditional dish which is popular from the time of our four fathers. The main ingredient of this dish is the poppy seeds and it’s a partner of the Bengal potatoes. Now here comes the best companion that is the Biulir Daal and it need to prepare with black gram and then roasted with fennel seed and ginger paste, these companions are truly having a heavenly taste.

Bhetki Macher Paturi

It’s a famous dish among the Bengalis as it’s taste is awesome and has a trick of cooking it. And the trick is that firstly the Bhetki maach is properly covered with coconut and mustard paste then wrapped in banana leaf and then leave to steam over a slow flame.

Chanar Dalna

If you are thinking that here we are telling you about Paneer, then you are totally wrong. Here we are telling you about the chana which is totally different from paneer. You should know that the chana is being curdled from milk and then it is prepared with big chunks of potato without adding any kind of spices and it has a runny curry which makes it perfect for eating it with hot rice.

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Cholar Daal

If you are talking about Bengali vegetarian dishes you surely need to know this dish . one thing also you should keep in mind that we Bengali whenever prepare a vegetarian dish we strictly prohibited the use of onion, garlic and ginger. This daal is very thick and is prepared with the royal Bengal black grams. And while it is prepared it contains pieces of coconut, raisins and a touch of pure ghee. And it is mostly compatible with the Puris/Luchi and fried rice.

Dhokar Dalna

And if we are talking about Bengali vegetarian dish then how can we leave this tasty vegetarian dish, that is DHOKAR DALNA . If you don’t know that what is Dhoka then I need to clear that is the LENTIL CAKE. This dish is vegetarian but it’s very tasty as it is very spicy and it contains Bengal gram paste. It has the best companion that is Luchi or Steamed rice. Until you don’t try it you won’t feel it’s amusement.

Doi Illish

we Bengalis are just addicted to all the varieties of fishes and there are numerous dishes that you can’t even count. This dish of fish is the easiest way of cooking. You just need to steam the fishes with the plain curd and then your tasty meal is ready to eat. This dish can also be prepared with the ROHU or KATLA.

Ghee Bhaat

This is similar to pulao or you can say that it is Sweet in taste which contains lots of dry fruits and nuts and also has a variety of veggies in it. This is a dish that is compatible with both veg and non-veg. Its recipe is also not so tricky it is very easy to cook it. So just cook it and have it with veg or non-veg dishes whatever you want too.

Bhapa Illish

Now here comes the fantasy we Bengalis are a fan of this dish because of its flavour, aroma, texture and it’s large chunks. This dynamic dish of fish is just steamed with mustard paste, green chillies, and coated with mustard oil. It is tastier if the hilsa fish contains its eggs in it. This dish is precisely incredible and can be heard in every bengalis mouth about its stunning taste.

Kolkata Biryani

We all Bengalis love to eat all the types of biryani but wait we are extraordinary ones. we have something called Allu biryani that you can only find in Bengal and nowhere else. Here you can satisfy your need for taste. This dish mainly contains big pieces of mutton/chicken and it also has eggs. You just feel it’s taste and fulfil your will.

Hinger Kachuri ar Aalur Tarkari

This is such a  moring starter. Without it, the breakfast is completely incomplete. And in this kachoris the taste of hing is the best. It is prepared with flour or wheat and then it is stuffed with hing and daal. And this mindblowing dish is known as hing er kachori. And this kachori is accompanied by the Aalur Tarkari or mainly said as Aalu Sabji. It’s the Sunday morning dish for every Bengali family.

Calcutta Egg Roll

We Bengalis are food lovers then how can we leave talking about the spicy, tasty street foods. Yes now comes the turn of egg rolls. You can easily find an egg roll shop in every colony and from egg roll, it has some new versions like mutton rolls and chicken rolls. You can also prepare it at your home but you will need a lot of things for preparing it. But except for those, it’s taste is really stunning.

Pithe/Pitha

If you are a cake lover then it will be best for you. It is the Bengali version of the cake and these are mainly prepared during winters on the occasion of Makarsankranti. There are varieties of pithas available during this time, there are varieties like PATISAPTA, GUR PITHA, GOLAP PITHA, and etc. During this pitha season, there is a pitha fair organised where you can taste all the different types of pithas.

Potoler Dorma

This dish has got this name from the Turkish tradition where DORMA means vegetable fills. Here we have created something different from the name. It has the stuffing of mutton keema, chicken keema, fish, paneer, daal,etc. With every fills the taste of this dish changes and it always tastes something new.

Tel Koi

This is a famous traditional bengali dish made with Koi Fish (Climbing Perch) and this is usually prepared with frying it with best quality mustard oil and very least amount of water is used to prepare it.

Ras Malai

This sweet is originated from Bengal and it’s prominently known in KOLKATA. The process of making it is very tricky. It consists of balls of chana soaked in malai,these balls are cooked in milk with some slot of saffron, pista and kheer as a stuffing or called the fills .

Magur Macher Jhol

This is a traditional spicy fish curry mainly cooked in the eastern part of India or mainly its whole West Bengal . This is prepaed with the help of turmeric, garlic, onions, cruched gingers, and all types of soices available. That all give it a very nicre flavour.

Aam Pora

This is an energy-boosting drink that prevents our body from dehydration in the scorching heat of summer. It’s a famous recipe of Bengal which is roasted over the fire to reduce its heat present in it and then which preparing it chilled water is used which some spices, black alt,etc. then it is served in earthen cups or khuris. This drink keeps our body temperature maintained and give relief from the heat.