West Bengal Β· Culinary Guide
An authoritative guide to the city's essential dishes, notable restaurants, and definitive street food.
Dishes locals love β click any dish to explore where else it's popular across India.
Traditional Bengali fish curry, usually with Rohu or Katla fish, served with rice. Available at local eateries, rupees 150-250.
A bitter-sweet mixed vegetable curry, a classic Bengali starter. Found in traditional Bengali restaurants, rupees 100-180.
Deep-fried flatbread (luchi) served with a spicy potato curry (alur dom). Popular breakfast or snack, local stalls, rupees 50-100.
Sweetened thick yogurt, a Bengali dessert staple. Available at sweet shops, rupees 40-80 per cup.
A jalebi-like sweet made from cottage cheese, deep-fried and soaked in sugar syrup. Sweet shops in Berhampore, rupees 20-40 per piece.
A unique sweet made from layers of milk cream, deep-fried and soaked in syrup. Specific sweet shops in Murshidabad, rupees 50-100 per piece.
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