A festive, decadent version of Bengali cauliflower and cottage cheese dalna in a ginger–cumin sauce.

Fish roe fritters in a spicy sauce

Fish roe fritters

A rich, onion-based preparation of the Indian featherback

A dry stir-fry of banana stem

Barbeque or oven–grilled chicken with tandoori spices

Crunchy lentil fritters soaked in sugar syrup

A stir-fry with onion-blossom stalk

A festive, rich, spiced cake with dried fruits and nuts

Taro stolons cooked with mustard and prawns

A spicy, fudgy mash made of pointed gourd (potol) peels.

Savoury-sweet preparation of curried split Bengal gram

A light, casual, alterntive to "basanti" pulao

Slow-cooked, rich, bengali mutton curry

A chocolate cake for the ages

Vinho de alhos

Creamy, mildly sweet, rice pudding, set in an earthen bowl, firni/phirni can be customised to a few different flavourings of your choice.

CTC tea steeped in milk, and flavoured with ginger, cloves and cardamom.

Bengali-style curried new-potatoes cooked in a savoury, tangy sauce, and sprinkled with green peas.

Bengali rice pudding with date palm jaggery

A simple mash of potatoes, onions, garlic, and chillies.

A quick and delicate dal tempered with radhuni, a type of seed that is quite unique to Bengal.