Bengali pantry essentials

Pork ribs, marinated with malt vinegar and worcestershire sauce in a thick, peppery, braised sauce.

Decadent, chocolatey, rum-soaked cake pops that are perfect for the holidays and require no baking.

Spring chicken with baby potatoes, carrots, onions, green beans and papaya in a milky white stew

Coveted Bengali fish delicacy of thick, fatty cuts of mature Katla carp in a fiery red onion, ginger and yoghurt sauce.

Fresh seasonal vegetables from late autumn, stewed together with ginger and Bengali five spice—fit for an offering to the Goddess

Silky fillets of Bhetki, coated with spicy-green marinade, then crumb coated and fried—a Calcutta specialty!