# The best Bengali dishes

Fish, rice, mustard and sweets: the highlights of Bengali cooking according to Wikipedia's article on Bengali cuisine.

- 150 votes · 13 items
- Feb 2, 2020 · Ankit Desai
- https://even.best/en/l/1806/the-best-bengali-dishes

## Top 13

1. **Kosha mangsho** (15 · ▲15 ▼0) — Slow-cooked spicy mutton curry.
2. **Shukto** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — Bitter-sweet mixed vegetable starter.
3. **Machher jhol** (11 · ▲14 ▼3) — Light everyday fish curry with potatoes.
4. **Shorshe ilish** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Hilsa fish in pungent mustard sauce.
5. **Kathi roll** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Kolkata's paratha roll with kebab.
6. **Luchi and aloo dum** (9 · ▲11 ▼2) — Puffed fried bread with spiced potatoes.
7. **Rosogolla** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Spongy cheese balls in syrup.
8. **Kolkata biryani** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Biryani with potato and egg.
9. **Chingri malai curry** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Prawns in coconut milk curry.
10. **Phuchka** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Kolkata's tangy pani puri.
11. **Sandesh** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Delicate sweet made from chhena.
12. **Chomchom** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Oval sweet of chhena soaked in syrup.
13. **Mishti doi** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Sweetened caramelised yoghurt in clay pots.

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