Paturi (Bengali dish)

Paturi

Ilish (Hilsa) paturi wrapped in banana leaves
Course	Main dish
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Bengal
Associated cuisine	Indian (Bengali)
Variations	Machher paturi

Paturi is a Bengali dish, which comes in both vegetarian and non-vegetarian varieties. The leaves of the plant play an important role in the preparation of this dish, as the ingredients are wrapped in the leaves and tied with twine and cooked on low flame or steamed.

Vegetarian options of paturi include paneer, dal, sandesh etc., while non-vegetarian options include machher (fish) paturi. Fresh water fish are mainly used to make machher paturi.