The food of West Bengal
11 dishes tied to West Bengal, India: born there, or made its own.
RasgullaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreSoft chhena balls simmered in light sugar syrup
Sweet or dessert, Snacks, Tea time
HaleemMeat
🇮🇳 India and 7 moreA slow-cooked stew of wheat, lentils, meat and spices
Stew or curry, Breakfast, Lunch
Saag
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreLeafy greens cooked with spices, eaten with bread or rice across the Indian subcontinent
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
MalpuaVegetarian
🇮🇳 India and 3 moreSweet deep-fried pancakes from the Indian subcontinent, often dipped in syrup
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
Pitha
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreRice or wheat cakes, sweet or savoury, steamed, fried or griddled in eastern South Asia
Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks
BeguniVeganবেগুনী
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreEggplant slices dipped in gram flour batter and deep-fried
Street food, Snacks
Ghugniঘুগনি
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreCurried peas or chickpeas, often served with bread or snacks in eastern India and Nepal
Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch
ShemaiVegetarianসেমাই, সিমুই
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreSweet vermicelli pudding from Bengal, made with milk, ghee and nuts
Sweet or dessert
Kati rollকাঠি রোল
🇮🇳 IndiaParatha flatbread rolled around spiced kebab or other fillings
Street food, Lunch, Dinner
Kolkata biryaniMeatকোলকাতা বিরিয়ানি
🇮🇳 IndiaA rice dish from Kolkata with meat, egg, and signature potato
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Chitoi pithaVeganচিতই পিঠা
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 moreSoft rice cake from Bangladesh and West Bengal, often eaten with molasses or savoury sides
Main dish
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rasgulla: User:Utcursch , based on images, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Haleem: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Malpua: Senjuti Dey, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Saag: Miansari66, Public domain, source
- Beguni: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, source
- Ghugni: raasiel, CC BY 2.0, source
- Pitha: Mohammed Tawsif Salam, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shemai: Sm faysal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kati roll: Satyajit Dhawale (Satyajit888), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kolkata biryani: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Chitoi pitha: কাঠপিপঁড়ে, CC BY-SA 4.0, source