
Bengali Kacha Aam & Masoor Dal Shorba
Kacha aam and masoor dal shorba sours a red lentil broth with raw mango, tempered in mustard oil.
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Kacha aam and masoor dal shorba sours a red lentil broth with raw mango, tempered in mustard oil.

Kumro chakka is a Bengali pumpkin and potato sabzi with black chickpeas, tempered with panch phoran in mustard oil.

Bengali Lal Cha is a clear red-amber black tea finished with lemon and black salt for a sharp street-style cup.

Lau ghonto cooks bottle gourd down with urad dal vadi until soft, in the Bengali style without onion or garlic.

Lauki shorba blends bottle gourd into a light Bengali soup tempered with panch phoran in mustard oil.

Luchi is a small white flour puri fried until it puffs, the Bengali counterpart to the wheat version.

Mochar chop encases banana flower and potato in breadcrumbs and fries it, a Bengali winter snack.

Mochar ghonto cooks banana flower with potato and chickpeas, a Bengali dish that takes long preparation.

Panchmishi chorchori cooks five vegetables together with panch phoran, a Bengali way of using whatever is in the house.

Pora tomato makha chars tomatoes whole, then crushes them with onion and mustard oil.

Potol aloo dalna is a Bengali curry of pointed gourd and potato in a light ginger and tomato gravy.

Shosha makha crushes cucumber with mustard oil and green chilli, eaten with rice.

Tok dal sours red lentils with raw mango, a Bengali summer dal served at the end of a meal.

Besan chilla is a savoury gram flour pancake with onion and tomato, cooked like an omelette.

Besan wali bhindi coats okra in gram flour, which soaks up the moisture that would otherwise make it slippery.

Besan wali shimla mirch coats capsicum in roasted gram flour, which soaks up the oil and clings to each piece.

Thalipeeth presses a multigrain flour with onion and coriander into a flat cake cooked straight on a griddle.

Bharli vangi stuffs baby aubergines with a Maharashtrian masala of peanuts, coconut and sesame, then simmers them whole.

Bharwa karela stuffs bitter gourd with a spiced onion filling and cooks it slowly until the bitterness softens.

Bharwa tinda stuffs apple gourd with spiced gram flour and cooks the pieces whole.

Bhindi do pyaza cooks okra with onion added twice, so some melts into the dish and some stays in pieces.

Bhindi masala is a dry North Indian okra sabzi cooked with onion and tomato so the pieces stay firm rather than turning slippery.

Turkish bell peppers stuffed with rice, onion, tomato, herbs, olive oil, lemon, and gentle spices.

Aloo baingan badi is a Bihari sabzi of potato and aubergine with urad dal badi, tempered with panch phoran.

Aloo bhujia is a dry Bihari potato sabzi, cut fine and cooked with dried red chilli and mustard.

Aloo chokha mashes roasted potato with mustard oil, raw onion and green chilli, eaten cold.

Tehri cooks rice with potato and peas from raw, the vegetarian one-pot answer to a biryani.

Chana aloo makha mashes black chickpeas with potato, mustard oil and raw onion.

Chana dal khichdi cooks rice with Bengal gram in mustard oil, the Bihari version.

Bihari masoor dal cooks red lentils thin and finishes them with a mustard oil tempering.

Nenua chana dal pairs sponge gourd with split Bengal gram so the water the gourd gives out thickens into the dal.

Roasted gram shorba thickens a Bihari broth with roasted gram flour, finished with cumin and black salt.

Ukrainian beet borscht is a bright, gently tangy vegetable soup with beetroot, cabbage, potatoes, and dill.

Bread pakoda sandwiches spiced potato between bread, dips it in gram flour batter and fries it.

Bread upma tosses cubed bread through a tempering of onion and tomato.

Briam is a Greek roasted vegetable bake with potatoes, zucchini, tomato, onion, garlic, oregano, paprika, and olive oil.

Bruschetta al pomodoro tops crisp garlic-rubbed bread with ripe tomato, basil, olive oil, salt, and black pepper.

Burnt garlic veg fried rice fries garlic until dark before anything else goes in.

Cabbage fried rice is a quick Indo-Chinese stir-fry of rice with shredded cabbage and carrot.

Cabbage pakoda fries shredded cabbage in gram flour batter into loose, crisp clusters.

Cabbage thoran is a dry Kerala stir-fry of shredded cabbage with fresh coconut and a mustard tempering.

A simple Mexican home-style vegetable dish with zucchini, corn, tomato, onion, chile, and fresh coriander.

Capsicum masala rice tosses cooked rice with peppers and a South Indian spice paste.

Carrot and cabbage kosambari tosses raw vegetables with soaked mung dal and a mustard tempering.

A Malaysian cendol dessert with pandan jelly, coconut milk, ice, and palm sugar syrup.

Chana dal salad soaks the dal rather than cooking it, so it stays firm against the vegetables.

Chettinad mushroom masala cooks mushrooms in freshly ground coconut and the region's dark roasted spices.

Chettinad soya chunks masala gives soy chunks the dark roasted Chettinad spice treatment.

Chettinad vengaya paruppu is a peppery pigeon pea dal with whole shallots and a fresh coconut-fennel paste.

Chilli mushroom batters mushrooms and tosses them in a dry Indo-Chinese sauce.

Chinese Scallion Pancakes are layered wheat flatbreads rolled with spring onions and pan-fried until crisp outside, flaky within and pleasantly chewy.

Classic aamras is a Gujarati and Maharashtrian mango dessert blended with cardamom and a little dry ginger.

Aloo matar is the everyday potato and pea curry, cooked in a thin onion and tomato gravy.

Aloo pulao cooks rice with potato and onion, plain and filling.

A fresh Mexican avocado dip with tomato, onion, coriander, jalapeño, and lime-style brightness.

Kachumber chops cucumber, tomato and onion fine and dresses them with lemon, the salad that sits beside almost any Indian meal.

Masala dosa wraps a spiced potato filling in a thin, crisp fermented rice crepe.

Veg schezwan fried rice tosses rice and vegetables in the Indo-Chinese chilli-garlic sauce.

Vegetable fried rice is the Indo-Chinese street version, cooked fast over high heat so the rice stays separate.

Coriander rice grinds fresh coriander and mint into a paste that colours the whole pot green.