Winter Is Coming! Foodies Need To Try These 10 Bengali Dishes & Desserts This Season

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Winter season is the perfect time of the year to indulge in a feast of authentic Bengali dishes and sweets. Enjoy the winters relishing the deliciousness. 

Perfect Bhuribhoj!

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Made with moong dal, carrots, cauliflower, peas, and cashew nuts, this dal tastes heavenly.

1. Veg Dal

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Deep-fried kochuri stuffed with a filling of spicy green peas is a classic must-have in the winter season.

2. Koraishutir Kochuri

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Bengalis eat lots of shaak (green leafy vegetables) in the winter season, From spinach to Methi Shaak, Chickpea Spinach, and more are a part of the diet.

3. Shaak

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Another seasonal vegetable that needs to be on the menu is radish. Mulo Chechki is a must-have at this time of the year.

4. Radish

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Onion flower stalks and potatoes are cut, washed, and then fried to make this simple dish.

5. Peyajkoli Bhaja

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Lentil dumpings are dried under the sun to make bori. It is used in cooking different dishes such as fish, labra, and more.

6. Bori

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The winter season can never be complete without pithe. One of the most favourite pithe is patishapta.

7. Patishapta

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This is a delectable seasonal Bengali sweet made with Kanakchur khoi and date palm jaggery.

8. Joynogorer Moa

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There are different Bengali sweets made with nolen gur (date palm jaggery) such as nolen gur er sondesh and nolen gur er rosogolla.

9. Gur Er Mishti

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Another winter special must-try dessert is gur er payesh. Made with jaggery, this tastes absolutely delicious.

10. Gur Er Payesh

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Which of these winter seasonal Bengali dishes is your favourite?

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