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Bengali Cuisine

Bengal is a famous region in the northwest part of South Asia. Bengal is often referred as West Bengal and it has both the historical as well as geographical significance. After the partition, Bengal was divided between the independent nation of Bangladesh and the Indian federal republic's constitutive state of West Bengal. But some parts of the kingdom of Bengal are now the integral part of the neighboring states of Indian and these states are Tripura, Bihar and Orissa. With all its tradition as well as rituals, Bengal features it own diversity of foods. Bengali cuisines are considered as one of the most finest and spicy cuisines in the entire India. Featuring all the great assortments of foods, Bengali cuisines offer a wide variety of deserts also.

There are numerous variety of Bengali cuisines. Basically Bengali cuisines are classified according to their taste and their use in different Bengali festivals. Most of the time, Bengali people prepare Bengali cuisine on the special occasions as well as festivals. There are wide variety of recipes of Bengali cuisine. Here you can see a vast collection of recipes for delicious Bengali dishes. Let's have a list of the most popular Bengali cuisine-

  • Main Bengali Cuisines:
    • Rui maacher kaalia
    • Chilli Chicken with capsicum
    • Chicken Chaap
    • Halim
    • Sukto
    • Ilish Bhape
    • Musoor Dal
    • Chicken roast
    • Macher kebab
    • Chotpoti
    • Lobster curry




  • Mishti (Sweets)
    • Pitha or Pithe
    • Roshogolla
    • Pantua
    • Shondesh
    • Chomchom
    • Aam sottor chatney
    • Paka kolar boda
    • Lavanga Lotika
    • Borfi
    • Chandrapuli
    • Chanar Payesh
    • Rosogollar Payesh

  • Snacks
    • Moa
    • Muri
    • Jhal-Muri

  • Condiments
    • Aam-sarser-teler achar
    • Kasundi
    • Traditional Bono Kul-er achar
    • Aam Kasundi

    Fish is the basic ingredient that is mostly used in Bengali cuisines. Fishes like Rohu, Hilsha, Prawn, Magur, Katla are very popular fishes which are used to prepare delicious Bengali cuisine. So, to experience Bengali culture, you must have Bengali cuisine for once as Bengali cuisines are really awesome to eat.
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