By Risha Ganguly
July 31, 2023
Tomatoes are very expensive in the market, and hence inaccessible to many. Thankfully, Bengali cuisine has several dishes that do not require tomatoes. Here are 8 dishes you can try.
Creamy and delicious, this dish is a signature Bengali delicacy.
To make it, potatoes are cooked in a poppy seed paste with spices. It is a popular vegetarian dish.
Fish cooked in mustard curry, this pungent dish is indeed a seafood gem.
A mixed vegetable dish which is bitter and sweet at the same time, shukto is a must have for festivities.
Made with banana blossoms, this starter dish is one of the many vegetarian delights from Bengali cuisine.
A vegetable dish made with bori, moringa drunsticks, saag and brinjal, chorchori goes well with steamed rice.
A perfect mix of sweet and savoury, this rice dish is super delicious and goes best with kosha mangsho or dry mutton gravy.
Flavoured with whole spices and a cashew, poppy, giger paste, this dry potato curry pairs well with luchi.