Try These Traditional Bengali Tiffin Dishes

By Risha Ganguly By Risha Ganguly

In the Bengali language, breakfast is lovingly called tiffin. There are plenty of common and uncommon dishes eaten as tiffin in Bengal. Let us look at some of those.

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Aloo Chop

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Luchi-Torkari

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Chirer Pulao

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Jhal Muri

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Ghughni

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