Bengali Home Kitchen: 30 Authentic Recipes, Shorshe Ilish to Mishti Doi

Cook real Bengali food at home without the guesswork.

Bengali Home Kitchen brings together 30 of the most-loved recipes from Dipa Food Blog. Each one is rewritten with short ingredient lists, numbered steps and the single kitchen tip that makes the difference. It works whether you grew up in Kolkata or are cooking Bengali food for the first time.

What's inside:

- Pantry & Spices: the 12 essentials, from mustard oil and panch phoron to gobindobhog rice

- Fish (10): Shorshe Ilish, Ilish Bhapa, Macher Jhol, Rui Kalia, Pabda Jhal, Chingri Malaikari, Chingri Posto, Muri Ghonto, Taki Macher Tok, Chitol Muitha

- Meat, Eggs & Biryani (7): Kolkata Chicken Biryani, Chicken Kosha, Chicken Rezala, Mutton Curry, Dim Kosha, Duck Eggs in Coconut Milk, Basanti Pulao

- Vegetables & Dal (6): Aloo Posto, Begun Bhaja, Phulkopir Roast, Aloo Phulkopir Dalna, Patla Musur Dal, Bhuna Khichuri

- Snacks (2): Kolkata Chicken Roll, Macher Dimer Bora

- Sweets (5): Mishti Doi, Rosogolla, Rasmalai, Payesh, Sandesh

- 6 Festival Menus: Durga Puja Ashtami, Poila Boishakh, Jamai Shashthi, Bijoya and more

- Bonus: a printable market shopping list

Format: PDF (A5, 44 pages, print-friendly) + EPUB for phones and e-readers.