East Indian Recipes
East Indian cooking is rice anchored, seasoned with mustard oil and panch phoron, and built around freshwater fish, with lunch as the main meal of the day. These 37 recipes follow that rhythm, Bengali and Odia alike.
37 recipes
Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)
East Indian
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
East Indian
Aloo Chokha (Mashed Roasted Potato)
East Indian
Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
East Indian
Arhar Dal (Bihari-Style Toor Dal)
East Indian
Baingan Chokha (Smoky Mashed Roasted Eggplant)
East Indian
Begun Bhaja (Fried Eggplant Slices)
East Indian
Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste)
East Indian
Bhuni Khichuri (Rainy-Day Rice-Lentil One-Pot)
East Indian
Bihari Aloo Dum (No-Onion-Garlic Baby Potato Curry)
East Indian
Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)
East Indian
Chingri Bhuna (Home-Style Prawn Stir-Fry)
East Indian
Chirer Pulao (Bengali Flattened Rice Pulao)
East Indian
Cholar Dal (Bengal Gram with Coconut)
East Indian
Chorchori (Bengali Mixed Vegetable Medley)
East Indian
Dalma (Odia Toor Dal with Mixed Vegetables)
East Indian
Dhuska (Fried Rice-Lentil Savory Pancake)
East Indian
Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg)
East Indian
Dim Curry (Bengali Egg Curry)
East Indian
Doi Maach (Bengali Yogurt Fish Curry)
East Indian
Ghugni (Dried Yellow Peas Curry)
East Indian
Kasundi (Bengali Mustard Relish)
East Indian
Maccha Besara (Odia Fish in Mustard-Poppy Paste)
East Indian
Macher Jhol (Light Everyday Bengali Fish Curry)
East Indian
Muger Dal with Fish Head
East Indian
Murgir Jhol (Bengali Light Chicken Curry)
East Indian
Musur Dal (Bengali Red Lentil Dal)
East Indian
Odia Aloo Bharta (Mustard-Oil Mashed Potato)
East Indian
Pakhala (Fermented Rice in Water)
East Indian
In season: Summer
Posto Bora (Poppy Seed Fritters)
East Indian
Saga Bhaja (Odia Greens Stir-Fry)
East Indian
Santula (Odia Light Sauteed Mixed Vegetables)
East Indian
Sattu Paratha (Roasted Gram Flour Stuffed Flatbread)
East Indian
Shorshe Maach (Bengali Mustard Fish Curry)
East Indian
Shukto (Bengali Bitter Mixed Vegetable Stew)
East Indian
Tomato Chokha (Roasted Tomato-Garlic Relish)
East Indian
Tomato Khejur Chutney (Tomato Date Chutney)
East Indian
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