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

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

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

with sweet chutney

Perfectly seasoned, pan-fried brinjals

Crunchy batter-fried jute leaves

Onion fritters

Spicy fish croquettes

Ground poppy-seed fritters

A quick stir-fry of bottle-gourd peels.

Stir-fried jute leaves

Cauliflower florets steamed and batter-fried

Tiny river-shrimp fritters

Fried potato peels

Two easy, delicious pumpkin fries

A quick and simple recipe of batter-fried bitter gourd rings.

Fish fat, liver and intestine fritters

A stir-fry with onion-blossom stalk

Fried brinjal with stalk on

Light, crisp batter-fried pumpkin flowers—plus a bonus stuffing option!

Light, crisp batter-fried hummingbird tree flowers

or pakora