Slow-cooked, rich, bengali mutton curry

The biyebari-style fish kalia that everyone loves

Deep-fried, puffy bread stuffed with a spiced green-peas-and-hing filling

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

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

Rice and crunchy veggies with a bengali twist

Hot and spicy, decadent and comforting

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

A Sunday-special mutton curry

Fried lentil cakes in a flavourful sauce

A hearty Bengali Ilish (Hilsa) curry that takes just six ingredients and 30 minutes to cook.

An easy korma for special occasions

Bhetki fillet in banana-leaf parcels

A Tagore family recipe

Fresh parshe cooked in mustard paste and yoghurt, simmered with flavourful brinjal and dal'er bori.

Pressure cooker chicken curry

Potol cooked with fragrant rice

Calcutta-style biryani version 2.0

Bengali crab curry with a twist

Light, fluffy, mildly-spiced chhana (cottage cheese) dumplings in curry.

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

Brinjal cooked in a yoghurt sauce

A light potato curry

Bengali mutton curry, cooked in a pressure cooker, with tender pieces of meat and potatoes, and a light, flavourful broth.

Mutton cooked without onion or garlic

A rich, onion-based preparation of the Indian featherback

Barbeque or oven–grilled chicken with tandoori spices

Subtly flavoured cottage cheese cooked in leaf parcels

Refreshing and super-delicious, a perfect accompaniment to mutton, chicken, biryani, etc.—a Siddique family recipe

Long-grain rice, layered and cooked on dum—a Siddique family recipe

A light, mildly sweet mutton stew—a Siddique family recipe

Koi fish cooked with fresh orange juice and seasonal tangerines.

A light, casual, alterntive to "basanti" pulao

Calcutta-style biryani by Salma the Chef