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7 Bengali dishes that you can relish in a rainy day

This ‘Bengali’ rice and lentil preparation, cooked with vegetables, is popular in Bengal when it rains.

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Khichuri

Crispy fried hilsa fish is deliciously tossed with spices and is a perfect complement to steaming hot rice during the monsoon.

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Ilish Mach Bhaja

The tender and juicy slices of eggplant are coated with spices and then deep-fried until crisp, perfect for rainy-day munching.

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Begun Bhaja

Small fish deep-fried with plain chopped onion and spices. These are crunchy and take the curtain off the rainy weather.

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Mourala Macher Peyaj

Boiled sliced potatoes, spiced and fried to form crunchy balls on the outside but soft on the inside, are ideal for tea while watching the rain.

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Alur Chop

Succulent Hilsa fish prepared from yoghurt gravy perfectly fuses a spicy and sour dish for monsoon meals.

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Doi Ilish

Gram flour onion fritters; these crispy veggies are necessarily accompanied by tea during the rainy season.

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Peyaji