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🇧🇩 Traditional dishes from Bangladesh

3 dishes people actually cook in Bangladesh: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Bhuna khichuri

45 min · medium · 12 ingredients

Bhuna khichuri, a traditional dish from Bangladesh

A comforting and flavorful one-pot Bengali delight.

  • 250 g rice
  • 100 g moong dal
  • 2 onions
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 4 garlic
  • 2 green chili
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 50 g ghee
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1000 ml water

Ilish bhaja

30 min · easy · 4 ingredients

Ilish bhaja, a traditional dish from Bangladesh

Crispy and flavorful, a true Bangladeshi delight!

  • 800 g ilish fish
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 4 tbsp mustard oil

Kacchi biryani

120 min · medium · 13 ingredients

Kacchi biryani, a traditional dish from Bangladesh

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional biryani!

  • 500 g basmati rice
  • 800 g mutton
  • 200 g yogurt
  • 2 onions
  • 1 tbsp ginger
  • 1 tbsp garlic
  • 2 green chili
  • 50 g mint leaves
  • 50 g cilantro
  • 2 tbsp biryani masala
  • 100 ml ghee
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1000 ml water

What do people eat in Bangladesh?

The three dishes from Bangladesh documented in Copper are Bhuna khichuri, Ilish bhaja and Kacchi biryani. Garlic and ghee each appear in more than one recipe. All three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 20 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Bangladesh?

The three recipes need 20 ingredients between them, of which 6 are shared by more than one dish. Ghee and green chili are the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 12 use ghee and 12 use green chili. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Bangladesh take?

Ilish bhaja is the quickest at 30 minutes. Kacchi biryani is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 45 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Bangladesh is easiest to make at home?

Ilish bhaja is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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