Top 7 Favorite Bengali Food you’ve been Missing Out

Among the most popular foods in Indian is Bengali food. With the mix of spicy, tangy, and sweet flavors, Bengali foods can easily satiate the hunger pangs as well as the taste buds. 

From beverages to dessert, various kinds of flavors originated from this state and have spread worldwide. The taste of Bengal represents the rich culture, heritage, and tradition as well. Hence, let's have a look at some of the best tastes of the city.

  These 7 Bengali Dishes Should Not Be Missed
Rasgulla 

Soft, spongy, and melting in the mouth, this sweet dish becomes the favorite of those who try it. Rasgulla is sweet balls made of cheena or Indian cottage cheese, cooked in light sugar syrup flavored with ground cardamom and rose essence. This sweet dish is a must try to relish and surely satisfy your sweet tooth.

  Mishti Doi

If you like a less sweet yet creamy sweet dish, then this delightful dish is right for you. The luscious Mishti means sweet Doi means curd is prepared from thickening the milk from hours of the boil. The thickened milk is sweetened by adding jaggery/sugar with green cardamom for flavoring and added a teaspoon of yogurt to ferment overnight in an earthen pot.

  Telebhaja

Not just sweets, Bengal is famous for spicy flavors which can be relished with delectable telbhaja. As the name suggests, it's a fried snack prepared from vegetables like potatoes, paneer, eggplant, onions coated with a batter of gram flour and seasoned with regular spices. You can easily find people relishing telebhaja on the streets of Bengal with tea.

  Kathi Roll

A quick take away snack from the busy streets of Bengal. Kathi roll is the best combination of healthy and tasty delicacy. There are various stations where you can savor Kathi Rolls. This scrumptious meal is a wrap of wheat flour filled with skewed paneer and potatoes grilled in the oven and served with a variety of sauces to make it lip-smacking. 

  Sukto

Sukto is a delightful dish that is also served as a starter to many. Sukto is an amalgamation of eggplant, potatoes, radish, bitter gourd, plantain, which are cooked in Ghee or clarified butter and poppy seeds. Creamy milk is the secret ingredient that makes the dish royal with a little bit of sweet taste. Sukto is complemented with rice to have the best taste.

  Fish Kabiraj

Fish is another delicacy enjoyed as a staple diet of Bengalis. Kabiraj is a soft and crunchy cutlet made from minced fish. Another starter for the people of Bengal Kabiraj is commonly served with Kashundi. This dish is prepared by baking the outer crust with eggs, which is the reason that makes the fish crunchy.

  Doi Maach

Doi Maach is another spicy creamy dish that cannot be missed. This spiced fish dish doesn't need frying to enhance the flavors. You can call it an extremely healthy dish for those who search for one. Since there is no frying, it is absolutely easy to prepare. The secret ingredient that makes you crave this dish is the aroma of cardamom. 

    In A Nutshell -

One of the major metropolitan cities in India, Kolkata is the cultural city of India famous for its remarkable temples, forts, and monumental buildings. Additionally, this city also gives us the most popular foods in India. From the famous sweet dish rasgulla to Kathi rolls, you will find a dish for every taste.