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The best Moghlai Parata in Kolkata

Also spelt mughlai porota, moglai porota, mughlai paratha and mogolai parota. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Anadi Cabin

    Dharmatala, at the Esplanade crossing Esplanade and Dharmatala

    Open
    About 1.30pm to 9pm, seven days
    Where
    S.N. Banerjee Road at Jawaharlal Nehru Road crossing, New Market Area, Dharmatala, Taltala, Kolkata 700013

    Order the double egg parata and a bowl of mutton kosha to go with it. Cash only, the room is tiny, and the queue builds from about five in the evening. Doors do not open until the afternoon.

    What to orderDouble egg moghlai parata with alur torkari

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  2. Number 2.Apanjan

    Sadananda Road, Kalighat Bhowanipore, Kalighat and Alipore

    Open
    1pm to 9pm, every day
    Where
    58 Sadananda Road, Anami Sangha, Kalighat, Kolkata 700026

    The bhetki fish parata is the reason to come, though chicken and mutton are on the board too. Duck eggs throughout. There is no seating worth the name and the seven o'clock wait can reach an hour.

    What to orderBhetki fish moghlai parata with alur dum

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  3. Number 3.Mitra Cafe (Shyambazar)

    Hatibagan, Shyambazar North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    About 2pm to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    3A Bhupendra Bose Avenue, Hati Bagan, Shyam Bazar, Kolkata 700004

    Ask for the chicken moghlai rather than the plain egg one, and follow it with a fish kabiraji. Come to the Shyambazar branch, not Sovabazar, for this dish. Nothing happens before two in the afternoon.

    What to orderChicken moghlai parata with alur torkari

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  4. Basanta Cabin

    College Street, near Medical College College Street and Bowbazar

    Open
    Roughly 11am to 9pm daily
    Where
    53 College Street, near Medical College, College Square, Kolkata 700012

    Presidency and Medical College students have eaten here for generations. The moghlai parata with a dim-er devil is the order. Marble tables fill at tea time, so do not expect to linger over it.

    What to orderMoghlai parata with a dim-er devil

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  5. Das Cabin (Gariahat)

    Gariahat crossing, Ballygunge Gardens Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    7am to noon, then 4pm to about 10pm
    Where
    17 Gariahat Road, Ballygunge Gardens, Gariahat, Kolkata 700019

    Right at Gariahat crossing, and worth timing carefully: it trades early morning, shuts through the middle of the day, then reopens around four. Chicken moghlai parata first, kulfi faluda after. Cash only, and seating is cramped.

    What to orderChicken moghlai parata, then kulfi faluda

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  6. Seema Restaurant

    Girish Avenue, Bagbazar North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    About 1pm to 10pm daily
    Where
    32B Girish Avenue, off Bidhan Sarani, Bagbazar, Kolkata 700003

    Seventy rupees buys the parata with alur torkari, onions and sauce; take the plain egg one. Reports put opening anywhere between noon and one, so telephone before making the trip to Bagbazar.

    What to orderPlain egg moghlai parata with alur torkari

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  7. Dilkhusha Cabin

    College Street College Street and Bowbazar

    Open
    Opens 12.30pm, closes between 8.30 and 10.30pm
    Where
    Building 88, 86/4 Mahatma Gandhi Road, near College Street crossing, Kolkata 700009

    Mughlai parata with alur dum at the College Street crossing, where the cabin has traded since about 1910. Cash only, and closing drifts between half eight and half ten, so do not leave it late.

    What to orderMoghlai parata with alur dum

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  8. Satyanarayan Restaurant

    Beleghata, near Subhas Sarobar Sealdah, Maniktala and Beleghata

    Open
    Afternoon till about 10pm; opening time varies
    Where
    88 Hem Chandra Naskar Road, Subhas Sarobar Park, Phoolbagan, Beleghata, Kolkata 700010

    The special parata arrives whole rather than cut into pieces, and it beats several better known kitchens. It is a scruffy room with pavement seating, cash only, and opening times shift, so ring ahead.

    What to orderSpecial moghlai parata, served whole

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  9. The 6 Russel Street

    Russell Street, Park Street area Park Street and Camac Street

    Open
    About 10.30am to 9pm
    Where
    6 Russell Street (Anandilal Poddar Sarani), Park Street area, Kolkata 700071

    Newer than the cabins and frying through the day, which is the reason to use it. Cheese parata with egg is the popular order, mutton keema if you want meat. It stops around nine.

    What to orderCheese moghlai parata, or the mutton keema one

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  10. Dhiren Cabin

    Sovabazar, opposite Hatkhola police station North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    Evenings only, about 4.30pm to 9.30pm
    Where
    126 Sovabazar Street, Sovabazar, Shobhabazar, Kolkata 700005

    A small evening shop opposite Hatkhola police station. Take the egg parata with kosha mutton, which is what the regulars do. It opens around half past four and the seven o'clock crowd can mean a long wait.

    What to orderEgg moghlai parata with kosha mutton

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  11. Oriental Restaurant

    Notun Bazar, Ahiritola, off Chitpur North Kolkata and Shyambazar

    Open
    From 3pm to about 9pm
    Where
    365 Rabindra Sarani, Notun Bazar, Ahiritola, Beniatola, Kolkata 700006

    Seventy-odd years on Rabindra Sarani, and the pairing to get is moghlai parata with mutton kasha. Cash only, no phone bookings, and the place is small enough that a seven o'clock arrival often means standing.

    What to orderMoghlai parata with mutton kasha

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  12. Purbani Restaurant

    Gariahat, Rash Behari Avenue Ballygunge and Gariahat

    Open
    About 10am to 9pm
    Where
    First floor, 210/1A Rash Behari Avenue, at Gariahat Road, Gariahat, Kolkata 700029

    An old first floor cabin above the Gariahat crossing, up one flight from Rash Behari Avenue. The chicken and egg parata comes with dry alur torkari and needs no gravy. Doors shut by nine.

    What to orderChicken and egg moghlai parata with dry alur torkari

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