Bengali pantry essentials

Ripe sweet pumpkins and potatoes braised slowly and finished with toasted spices and ghee—finest example of Bengali vegetarian cooking

Double chops of mutton, marinated with spices and creamy yoghurt and roasted until juicy and smoky.

Ash gourd stuffed with a pungent mustard coconut filling, dipped in a batter then fried. What's not to like?

Magical translucent squares of green papaya in a sweet and sour syrup—a Bengali nemontonno bari specialty

A beautiful medley of vegetable slow cooked with a fish head—a true masterpiece of Bengali head-to-tail eating.

Crunchy savoury-sweet deep fried onion fritters flavoured with green chillies that are perfect for rainy evenings