Bengali cuisine is not only limited to Bengali kitchens today as its mouthwatering dishes made from rice, potato and fish have spread its popularity to a whole new world. This article will talk about how Bengali Cuisine is flourishing Outside the Kitchens.

Rice: No Bengali food is done without rice, as it is one of the dominant foods of Bengal. A number of restaurants are enlisting Bengali rice dishes like khichudi – a mixture of rice, vegetables and lentils – as well as the glorified festive Bengali pulao in their menus. Fried rice, Badshahi khichuri, kabuli khichuri, keema rice, mutton and chicken biryani are some of the other items that are often found outside Bengali kitchens.

Fries: Bengalis are die-hard fans of fries and often cook anything fried from potatoes, eggplants, pumpkin flower to fried fish as a side dish with their main menu. No wonder why Bengali foods become popular in restaurant kitchens.

Fish: Fish is an important part of Bengali food and restaurants take inspiration from Bengalis and make it in a nutritious as well as delicious way that it serves all purposes and remains a hit at every fish-fan table. Some of the popular fish recipes are fish hilsa, Prawns Malai curry and fish orly.

Desserts: In the dessert menu of the restaurants, enjoy sweet Yogurt, Rasgulla, sweet parval, ice cream and jafran Sandesh, yogurt flitters and carrot halwa among some of the mouthwatering dishes from Bengal.

Curries: Curries, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian are important part of Bengali kitchen. Some innovative chicken and mutton recipes come directly from Bengali kitchen like chicken roast, Chili Chicken etc. Vegetarian curries like paneer kalia, whole potato curry, stuffed vegetables are a few that can easily be seen at all good restaurants.  

Dry vegetables: A preparation from potato called aloo poshto and a preparation from pumpkin called Kumhro Saag are some of the dry vegetables, which are also found on restaurant menus.

If you don’t get the opportunity to visit Bengal, visiting a restaurant that serves Bengali cuisine is not a bad idea at all. Enjoy!

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