Bengal has always been a place of food lovers. The taste of Bengali food is always sweet and its not a coincidence that there are a huge variety of sweets available in Bengal. Also the Bengal has recieved its cuisines from the Mughals in form of Kolkata Biryani or the Kathi Rolls. Again not to forget that in every Bengali family the evening snacks is filled with a blend of street food like what they say Telebhaja means 'fried in oil'. Another thing the Bengalis had been trying from way back is the Mughlai Paratha. Lets dive into some of the amazing cuisines and the tastes that Bengal has for the foodies.

Though Bengal never has sticked only to its traditional food and Kolkata has offered way variety in taste from all over the world. But still a Bengali day never is perfect without the blend of traditional Bengali cuisines. So lets look into the best foods from Kolkata.

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Macher Jhol

In Kolkata its the Rohu fish or the Katla fish people mostly cook for general purpose. Besides prawns had been a taste changer for any family. A ordinary Bengali day meal comprises of this fish curry (Macher Jhol) and rice. The Ganges river is the best source of this fish across India. And the Bengalis never forget to take the taste of the dishes.

Kolkata Biryani

Biryanis are of different styles with different tastes. But the iconic Kolkata BIryani has something completely different to offer. This is specially enclosed with boiled potato and eggs and the taste is also different from Lucknow or Hyderabad Biryani. This is different due to the recipe and the recipe for Kolkata Biryani is different and special. If you are in Kolkata you cannot miss to taste this at least once.

Mughlai Paratha

Mughlai Parathas are flatbread stuffed with meat and egg surved with potato curry and salad. This food and taste offers variety but has been from long in the cuisines of Bengal.

Iconic Street Foods -

Kathi Rolls

These rolls are of variety of types with chicken, egg etc. Flaked inside a paratha chicken or egg the Rolls are another splendid dish of Bengal.

Phuchka

Golgappas specially known as Phuchkas in Bengal are special Indian dishes. But the Bengali Phuchkas are a bit different from the rest of India. This are one of the favourite street foods every Bengali has experienced from their childhood.

Snacks -

Telebhaja

Telebhaja are snacks also known as chops and begunis in Bengal. They are taken with Tea or Muri as morning or evening snacks. There are various types of Telebhajas like Alur (Potato) Chop, Beguni (Brinjal), Piyazi (Onion), Chingri (Prawn) Chop , Dimer (Egg) Chop, Chicken Chop or even special Chops like Kashmiri etc. These serves and long served as evening snacks in every Bengali family.

Rumali Roti

These are Roti or Chapattis which are very thin like a handkerchief. This has a bit different taste as well and served with potato curry. This makes one of the splendid dishes of morning breakfast in Kolkata.

Sweets - 

In Bengal sweets has been holding a special place from way back. There are a lot variety of sweets discovered in Bengal and are available in Bengal only. These are like Jalbhara (some honey filled insde a sweet), Dahi Bada etc. Again the traditional sweets like Rasgulla, Pantua (Gulab Jamun), Langcha, Sondesh etc have been the heart of Bengal.

So whenever you have been in Bengal you have not experienced it until you have taken the tastes of these special Bengali deliciacies. This cuisines of Bengal provides the true taste of the people there and how vivid this state and city of Kolkata has been when it comes to food.

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Written by Shouvik Sarkar