Macher jhol, shukto, posto, chingri malai curry and Sunday kosha mangsho — a week of Bengali home cooking with fish on the table four days out of seven.
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A Bengali week has a shape that other Indian weeks do not. Lunch is the large meal, it is built on rice, and it moves through courses — something bitter first, then dal, then a vegetable, then fish. This plan keeps that order rather than flattening it into "one curry and one sabzi".
Fish appears four times, which is normal rather than indulgent: jhol twice with everyday rohu or katla, a paturi on Saturday, and prawns in a malai curry on Thursday. Wednesday and Sunday bring chicken and mutton, and the vegetarian days lean on posto, shukto, dhokar dalna and chholar dal.
Mustard oil and panch phoron do most of the identifying work here, so do not substitute them. Grocery quantities are for a family of four.
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Day | 🥐 Course Breakfast | 🥗 Course Lunch | 🍲 Course Dinner |
|---|---|---|---|
mon |  Luchi with aloo dum 560 kcal | Rice with macher jhol and begun bhaja 620 kcal |  Bhoger khichuri with beguni 540 kcal |
tue |  Ruti with chholar dal 420 kcal |  Rice with aloo posto and mushur dal 580 kcal |  Rice with doi maach 600 kcal |
wed |  Chirer polao 380 kcal | Rice with shukto and mach bhaja 600 kcal |  Ruti with chicken jhol 580 kcal |
thu |  Ghugni with muri 400 kcal |  Rice with dhokar dalna and mushur dal 560 kcal |  Rice with chingri malai curry 640 kcal |
fri |  Toast with dim poach 420 kcal |  Rice with macher jhol and jhuri aloo bhaja 610 kcal |  Ruti with dimer dalna 560 kcal |
sat |  Koraishutir kochuri with aloo dum 600 kcal |  Rice with bhetki paturi and dal 650 kcal |  Rice with niramish dal and potol bhaja 520 kcal |
sun | Luchi with cholar dal 580 kcal |  Rice with kosha mangsho and mishti doi 820 kcal |  Khichuri with omelette 520 kcal |
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Chicken twice, fish twice, eggs through the week and mutton on Sunday — with vegetarian meals in between so the week stays affordable and the cooking stays manageable.
A full week of the North Indian vegetarian food most homes actually cook — rajma, chole, dal makhani, paneer and seasonal sabzis, with a Sunday that feels like a treat.
A week of tiffin, sambar, rasam and poriyal the way South Indian homes cook it — one batter, one sambar base and a different meal every day.
