Bengali dishes you must try this Durga Puja

From snacks to sweet dishes, Bengali food has something to offer all food enthusiasts.

Here are few of the Bengali dishes you need to taste this festive season:

Tangra Macher Jhol

Prepared with freshly grounded spices, the gravy is thick and full of flavours. The red chillies bring out a fiery taste in the curry. It is best enjoyed hot with plain steamed rice.

Aloo Potol Posto

Potol Posto or Pointed Gourd is cooked in thick poppy seeds and coconut puree with red and green chillies that gives it a hot and rich taste. The perfect amount of salt and sugar gives this beautiful dish a tangy yet fiery flavour.

Begun Bhaja

Perfectly cooked Begun Bhajas are tender with a sweet flavour. A fine rice flour coating gives this snack a crispy twist.

Luchi

No Bengali breakfast is complete without these deep fried and fluffy luchis.

Malpua

It is a soft Indian pancake dipped in sweet saffron syrup. The mixture is sometimes delicately seasoned with cardamoms to give it an impeccable taste.

Mangsher Singara

The delicious crispy layer of samosa is prepared with maida, salt, cumin seeds and ghee. The filling comes as a surprise with perfectly cooked minced meat, chaat masala, lemon juice, black pepper and peas.

Ilish Macher Jhol

Savour your celebrations with this pungent fish curry. This dish is prepared with Hilsa fish in Mustard oil which leaves a tingly flavour in the mouth.

Mishti Doi

No Bengali festival is complete without this delectable sweet curd. This light dish after a meal will quickly cool you down, leaving a delicious flavour behind. The dry fruits give the yogurt a crunchy flavour.