Bengali dishes you must try before you die

[Texy]

I left motherland 22 yrs ago...still miss these... 

 

My fav: (Alu posto) & (Biulir Daal) (poppy seed potato curry & Fennel Seed daal? w/ rice) 

 

2: Chanar Dalna ( NOT Paneer -- Chana curdled from milk + no onion, no garlic w/ big potato chunks curry)

 

3) Bhetki Maacher Paturi (Yes it is better than sex) (Bhetki Maach(known as Barramundi fish?)along with a paste of Mustard and Coconut wrapped in banana leaf and cooked in slow flame) 

#4 DOI Ilish (Hilsa fish cooked in Yogurt)  

 

No explanation needed....pure food orgasm right here... If u r reading this and u r Pakistani or English/OZ n never had fish well sux 4 u

 

5) Egg roll (snack food) (Fried roti in egg w/ salad/meat/spicy potato stuffing) 

6) Pathishapta - dessert food (Bengali crepe w/ Kheer {rice pudding}filling)

7: Murighonto (Fish head curry w/ rice) 

8: Pathar mangsher jhol (Bengali Mutton Curry) 

9: Mishti doi (Sweet Bengali Yogurt) 

10: Nolen Gurer Payesh (Bengali Rice kheer)

 

Honorable mention: Bengali Mutton Biryani (10x better > Hyd. Biryani + all other biryanis combined #Biasedbutnotashamed )

[Texy]

OOps plz move it to chitchat

[Stradlater]

Egg roll is a Bengali dish?

[Gollum]

Bengali sweets=best in the world

 

My favs: Bhapa Sandesh, Malai Chom Chom, Langcha, Kheer Kadam, Lobong

 

I am a veg, so the limited options in Bengali cuisine never won me over. However I really miss the sweets ever since moving out of the state. 

Edited August 19, 2018 by Gollum

[JourneyMan]

Looks amazing. I havent been to the east unfortunately. In western countries I find that indian restaurants are limited to mughlai and (limited) south indian. 

 

Have any of you eaten good Bengali food outside of India?

[MechEng]

4 hours ago, Gollum said:

Bengali sweets=best in the world

 

My favs: Bhapa Sandesh, Malai Chom Chom, Langcha, Kheer Kadam, Lobong

 

I am a veg, so the limited options in Bengali cuisine never won me over. However I really miss the sweets ever since moving out of the state. 

Better than macaroons and other firangi desserts?

[MechEng]

I don't know what Bengalis eat on a regular basis, the food above seems more like a comfort food to me.

[Gollum]

3 minutes ago, MechEng said:

Better than macaroons and other firangi desserts?

Yes, they are heavenly....credit to the Bongs.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Egg roll is a Bengali dish?

Yes.Rolls were first made in Kolkata at the Nizam restaurant.

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[WC2011INDIA]

Bengali market in delhi is so crap...you get nothing except sweets and regular fast food/south indian/ north indian thali..

[Muloghonto]

You forgot Dim-er-dalna :)

[Turning_track]

Bengali sweets are the best imo. The veg dishes which I've tried in my friends home were terrific too especially Shukto. Also Luchi with Payesh is something which I was given everytime there used to be a birthday celebration in a Bengali household.

Edited August 19, 2018 by Turning_track

[coffee_rules]

looks good.

[riya]

Interesting especially those seafood ones..

[Texy]

On 8/19/2018 at 2:25 PM, Muloghonto said:

You forgot Dim-er-dalna :)

11) Dim er dalna (Bengali Egg Curry) 

12) Aloo Potol er torkari (potato & pointed gourd curry) 

 

13) Shutki maach (dry fish curry) (although not everyone's fav)

[Muloghonto]

#12 is my arch-nemesis. Aloo-potol...i'd rather eat cow-patty.

 

[Stradlater]

42 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

.i'd rather eat cow-patty.

Somebody ban this heretic from here.

[Muloghonto]

4 minutes ago, Stradlater said:

Somebody ban this heretic from here.

cow patty isnt a burger...unless you count turdburgers :P

 

[Stradlater]

1 hour ago, Muloghonto said:

cow patty isnt a burger...unless you count turdburgers :P

 

What does it taste like btw, beef I mean? 

Always wanted to try it but limited options in India and whenever I think about it my mother's face floats in my mind.

[Muloghonto]

5 minutes ago, Stradlater said:

What does it taste like btw, beef I mean? 

Always wanted to try it but limited options in India and whenever I think about it my mother's face floats in my mind.

depends on how you eat it. 

Beef i have largely had in four forms: chunks in stews/curries, ground as in sausages/burgers, slabs as in steaks and strips. 

 

Ground beef,strips and chunks are all basically slightly less tasty (and slightly more chewy for all but the greatest cuts) sheep (not lamb, but actual sheep). 

If you like your meat fatty(and taste-wise, i do), then NOTHING beats a good steak done medium-rare for me. Its just about the most flavorful meat you can just eat for the taste of the meat itself. I'd easily take a great steak over virtually all but the best made goat-curries and a steak is just straight up ->aging->seasoning->sits on top of a grill under fire and cooks. The end.