Fastidious Bengali home cooks like to shop for fish ... I recently discovered my fish seller will cut fish heads into two or four parts for me, which is very helpful for a large fish head you ...

Recipe from “The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles.”This traditional recipe -- a festive dish reserved for special lunches -- is adapted from my mother’s culinary collection. I recently discovered my fish ...

Cut the fish fillets into roughly 7cm/3in wide strips. Put in a bowl and toss with the salt, cayenne pepper, half a teaspoon of the mustard powder and lots of freshly ground black pepper.

This gave the city a tradition of diverse food. This dish, however, is purely Bengali. A healing, simple fish curry made with the freshest fish, landed at dawn at the fish markets of the city ...

He adds that the dishes of Bengali "evoke nostalgia and ... 2 Ingredients: 4 pieces fish, rohu or katla 2 potatoes, peeled, cut into wedges 1 tomato, chopped 1 tsp jeera or cumin seeds 1 tsp ...