India, Sept. 30 -- Although dosa and filter coffee get all the culinary spotlight in Bangalore, a few restaurants serve up the best of Bengali cuisine - think rich kosha gravies, delicate shorshe curries, and all the bhaat you can mop it all up with. From cosy family-run kitchens to contemporary takes on classic thalas, we round up a few spots that are perfect go-tos for Pujo (or whenever the kashundi craving calls!)

If you ask a Bengali in Bangalore, the best spot for some macher jhol or aloo posto is their own kitchen. Only someone who's perfected the art of the cuisine - best known for its use of fresh ingredients, mustard oil, and spice blends like panch phoron - can do justice to its depth and complexity. Not to mention the delicate...