15 Bengali Vegetarian Dishes You Need To Taste

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Anwesha Maiti
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Its raining outside, and I have just been back from home, Bengal, the best place
on earth for a foodie. You can probably guess how I feel right now!
When I say that I nearly stuffed myself to death with food, believe me, I am not
exaggerating. What with trying to make my numerous grandmas and aunts and
my mum happy, I hogged like a pig, because aha, okhane toh bangali ranna pabi
na!.
And despite being a hardcore non-vegetarian, each time home, I eat more
Bengali vegetarian dishes than non-veg, courtesy the old-timey ladies in my life.
And since Im feeling generous, let me share some of those vegetarian gems that
come from the mine that is a Bengali ranna-ghor.

1. Shukto, because we start our food with the beautiful bitter

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This bitter-sweet dish is made with common veggies like papaya, carrots, but
bitter-gourd steals the show. Try it out, you wont regret. Here is a recipe.

2. Naksha bori (designed and sundried lentils fried) bhaja

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Shada bhaat with sona mooger daal, gondhoraaj lebu, and this baby. I cant even.

3. Radhaballabhi

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Or call it daal poori if you must, but it can beat all kinds of bread any day. Here is
a recipe for you.

4. And some chhoto aloor dum

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They may be baby potatoes, but the dish is super rich in taste. Its not hard to
make, so go try cooking it.

5. Mishti polao, that beats all kinds of rice preparations any day

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Heaven on earth, this sweet pulao dish. Heres a recipe.

6. With dhokar dalna (curry made of fried chana daal patties) maybe

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Care for some awesomeness? Heres a recipe.

7. Or do you prefer chhanar dalna (cottage cheese curry)

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And some more of that awesomeness? Check out the recipe.

8. Let us not forget the beauty that is potoler dolma

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I can die every day, eating this dish of stuffed pointed gourds!

9. Bhaja moog daaler khichuri

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The staple food for Durgapuja, Saraswati puja, Lakshmi puja and rainy days, this
special khichdi is made with fried moong daal. Its also super easy to make.

10. Accompanied by some labra

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Because khichuri is not khichuri without some labra (a mixed veg curry, Bengali
style).

11. Chhyanchra

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The bad guy of Bengali cuisine that nobody can resist, this curry is made with
potatoes, pumpkins and generally fish head, but believe me, the veg version is
even more rad! Heres a recipe.

12. And chapor ghonto

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*Wishfully types* Heres a recipe for this vegetable curry made with
lentil patties.

13. Or mochar ghonto (banana blossom curry)

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This is not food. This is art. Heres how to make this art.

14. Sojne dantar chorchori

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Chewing, thats how we do it. Heres the recipe for the drumsticks curry made
with mustard and poppy seeds.

15. Mohanbhog (sweet sooji)

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Because sesh paate mishti. Heres a recipe!

Are you having second thoughts about turning a veg? I know the feeling, bruh!
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Sharanya Kundu University of Pune

Someone forgot Alu posto or what?
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29 Jul 21, 2015 2:38am

Pritisha Chakraborty Advocate at M.P. High Court

Or alu jhinge posto.
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6 Jul 21, 2015 2:49am

Sarabjeet Singh Chahal Senior Consultant at Deloitte Tax

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Exactly !! Aamar oei tah favourite and I was wondering kothaye list
e ??

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6 Jul 21, 2015 4:05am

Sarabjeet Singh Chahal Senior Consultant at Deloitte Tax

Services India Pvt. Limited
Exactly !! Aamar oei tah favourite and I was wondering kothaye list
e ??
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2 Jul 21, 2015 4:05am

Aarthi Soundararajan Managing Editor at Cactus Communications

ALU POSTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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5 Jul 21, 2015 3:04am

Biman Mondal Software Application Developer at IBM India Pvt Ltd

where is Echor?
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3 Jul 21, 2015 3:42am

Surupa Kar Gurgaon, Haryana

What about Dhokar dalna?????
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Soumya Mitra University of Madras

Aloo posto with bulee dal, lau ghanto...... bora jahl and baatee chochoree
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4 Jul 21, 2015 5:51am

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