Tomatoes Too Costly? Try 8 Bengali Dishes Without The Vegetable

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Tomatoes Too Costly? Try 8 Bengali Dishes Without The Vegetable

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Tomatoes are very expensive in the market, and hence inaccessible to many. Thankfully, Bengali cuisine has several dishes that do not require tomatoes. Here are 8 dishes you can try.

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Creamy and delicious, this dish is a signature Bengali delicacy.

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To make it, potatoes are cooked in a poppy seed paste with spices. It is a popular vegetarian dish.

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Fish cooked in mustard curry, this pungent dish is indeed a seafood gem.

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A mixed vegetable dish which is bitter and sweet at the same time, shukto is a must have for festivities.

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Made with banana blossoms, this starter dish is one of the many vegetarian delights from Bengali cuisine.

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A vegetable dish made with bori, moringa drunsticks, saag and brinjal, chorchori goes well with steamed rice.

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A perfect mix of sweet and savoury, this rice dish is super delicious and goes best with kosha mangsho or dry mutton gravy.

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Flavoured with whole spices and a cashew, poppy, giger paste, this dry potato curry pairs well with luchi.