Drums of heaven

or pakora

Waste nothing!

A Bengali winter pithe

The ultimate Bengali comfort food

Inspired by one of our favourite sandwich joints in New Market, NV Stores!

A chocolate cake for the ages

Slow-cooked beef pot roast with vegetables—a Christmas-special Anglo-Indian recipe.

Vinho de alhos

An old fashioned pudding, with tea-custard sauce

An easy and hearty Bengali moog-mosur dal with ripe winter tomatoes and fresh coriander

Beaten rice with fresh winter vegetables

Shingara with a potato and cauliflower filling—a winter treat

Spicy potato curry served alongside kochuri at roadside stalls

Bengali road/dhaba-style tadka dal

An Iranian dish comprising chelo (rice) and kabab (barbecued meats)

Chicken kathi kababs wrapped in flaky porota

Calcutta cabin-style egg devils

Not to be confused with Chinatown's wok-fried chow mein

Eaten all over India, this version is unique to Bengal

Two easy, delicious pumpkin fries

A super-delicious, super-delicate freshwater fish curry

A Sunday-special mutton curry

Samosa with arahar dal filling

Samosa with mutton keema filling

Brinjal coated with a gram-flour batter and deep-fried until crisp and golden.

The secret behind soft rotis/phulkas that stay soft even when cold

Hilsa fish steamed in mustard sauce

Crunchy fried chicken in a hot-sour sauce

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

A distinctive biryani full of flavour but low on spiciness and heat.

Spice mix for Kolkata-style biriyani

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

Elegant saffron-laden rice koftas—a recipe from Pragyasundari Debi's cookbook.

with two variants

A bright yellow, sweet Bengali polao redolent with ghee and garnished with fried cashews and raisins.

A wide array of mild, sometimes bitter, milky curries served for lunch to open up the palate for the oncoming spicier courses

Bengali Masoor dal with onions and panch phoron

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