Although Bengalis and Oriyas make it the way I have done here, most regions have their version of a similar mustard curry and I am sure it must be just as delectable
Bengali vegetarian dishes are exemplary of finecooking where utmost care are taken so that one must not overpower the other and taste and appearance of the mainingredients like fish or vegetables should not be drowned in heavy gravy
means not only no meat, no fish, no egg, but also no onion. Dhoka is a shallow fried cake made from two types of lentils(dal) and then cooked in a curry with potato and very little spices is called Dhokar Dalna
Unlike Kolkata where we spoke multiple languages Marathi, Hindi, Bengali and English. Occasional Bengali feasts at our family friends or even at the weddings was when I relished the most
Three Bengali summer dals and a green curry with fresh coriander and long whiskered cat fish. The platter was loved by my not so Bengali men because snapper fish do not have bones