Bengali chitol fish dumplings

Prawns steamed in bottle-gourd leaf parcels

Fried green amaranth

Rohu fish curry with summer vegetables

A hot and garlicy dried-fish preparation

Light curry of shingi machh (Asian stinging catfish), with vegetables

Stir-fried jute leaves

with chholar dal (Bengal gram) stuffing

with fish stuffing

Bengali jackfruit curry

Light and midly bitter stew of summer vegetables

Ground poppy-seed fritters

Or Chitoi Pithe

with sweet chutney

Bhetki fillet in banana-leaf parcels

Mildly flavoured kolaier dal or urad dal

Crunchy batter-fried jute leaves

A tart, creamy lime-orange custard in a flakey, buttery pie—includes bonus tricks to a perfect shortcrust pastry shell!

An Anglo-Indian take on ribs

A slow-cooked stew made from shank meat and marrow bones

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

Savoury semolina with seasonal vegetables

A popular Calcutta cabin and streetside dish

The biyebari-style fish kalia that everyone loves

A coconut-and-jaggery snack

The queen of panchmishali tarkari

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

Succulent mutton kathi kabab wrapped in crisp porota

A Bengali deep fried pastry with a delicious filling of biuli’r (urad) dal spiced with fennel seeds, ginger and green chillies.

A light puffed-rice snack

A Bengali classic served with luchi

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

A fun, quick chutney with green papaya

Pui shaak chorchori with fish head

Onion fritters

Fried potato peels

An easy shukto with green papaya

Bengal summer in a bowl

with steps to cut mourola at home

A special Eid-morning dessert

Paratha stuffed with roasted gram flour

A slow-cooked stew of meat and whole grains

Made with green unripe banana

A Tagore family recipe

A Kolkata street snack of boiled potatoes

Okra in a mustard-poppy sauce