Authentic Bengali recipes for Durga Puja

Khichuri

Saute bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, and red chili. Add and cook potatoes, peas, cauliflower, ginger paste, tomato, rice, roasted moong, green chili, salt, sugar, and turmeric powder.

Labra

Saute panch phoron, asafoetida, and red chilies. Add chopped potatoes, radish, cabbage, cauliflower, brinjal, salt, turmeric, diced pumpkin, sugar, and grated ginger. Cook and serve hot.

Dhokar dalna

Grind gram, ginger, garam masala, chili & turmeric powder, & salt. Saute this, cut into squares & fry. Saute bay leaves, ginger, tomato, chilies, & coriander powder. Add fried potatoes and the dhoka.

Aloo posto

Grind soaked poppy seeds. Saute nigella seeds and green chilies. Cook baby potatoes, sugar, green chilies, turmeric powder, poppy seed paste, water, and salt. Serve hot with rice.

Mishti Doi

Add sugar to a pan, sprinkle some water and add warm milk. Pour it into a bowl, add hung yogurt, and some cardamom powder. Let the yogurt sit overnight and refrigerate it. Serve chilled.