The best Telebhaja in Kolkata
Also spelt tele bhaja, beguni, aloor chop and phuluri. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.
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Selected from published food guides and local reporting. How the list works
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Number 1.Kalika Mukhorochak Telebhaja
- Open
- 4pm to 8pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- 29 Surya Sen Street, near College Square, Kolkata 700012
Beguni and mochar chop are the pick, though the dimer devil earns its queue. Sundays it does not open, it takes cash only, and the counter is done by eight.
What to orderBeguni and mochar chop
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Number 2.Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons (Netaji's telebhaja shop)
- Open
- About 4pm to 8.30pm daily; some listings say later
- Where
- 158 Bidhan Sarani Road, opposite the old Rupbani cinema, Hatibagan, Machuabazar, Kolkata 700006
Order the phuluri and eat it hot with muri, the way regulars do. The crowd builds after six on a narrow pavement, so you will be standing, and frying stops around half eight.
What to orderPhuluri with muri
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Number 3.Potlar Dokan (Potla's), Bagbazar Street
- Open
- Kochuri from 7.30am, telebhaja from about 4pm
- Where
- 18C Bagbazar Street, opposite the Union Bank of India Bagbazar branch, Kolkata 700003
Strictly vegetarian, so there is no peyaji; take the alur chop and a square of dhoka for gravy at home. No signboard exists, so find the Union Bank branch and look opposite.
What to orderAlur chop and dhoka, plus the capsicum chop
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Narendrar Dokan, Harish Chatterjee Street
- Open
- 7am to 9pm, shut Sundays
- Where
- 33 Harish Chatterjee Street, Patuapara, near Jatin Das Park, Bhowanipore, Kolkata 700026
The alur chop is the one, and the dhokar chop runs it close. Sunday is the closed day; it also works morning as well as evening, so an early stop beats the evening rush.
What to orderAlur chop, then the dhokar chop
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Jihobar Jol
- Open
- 3pm to about 11pm, daily
- Where
- 96A R N Das Road, Dhakuria, near Tanu Pukur, Kolkata 700031
Forty odd varieties sit in the glass case, but ask for the echorer chop and the alur bom. Frying starts at three, not before, and the seasonal aamer chop disappears with the mangoes.
What to orderEchorer chop and alur bom, plus tomato chop
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Mukhoruchi
- Open
- Reported 6am to 11pm, unverified
- Where
- Gopal Lal Thakur Road, near Baranagar Bazar, Bonhoogly, Baranagar, Kolkata 700036
Pure vegetarian, which rules out peyaji, so take the alur chop and phuluri. Guides disagree over where it stands; the shop locals mean is the one on Gopal Lal Thakur Road.
What to orderAlur chop and phuluri, with dhoka to carry home
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Rakshakali Niramish Telebhaja, Bidhan Sarani
Leaf chops are the reason to come, helencha and palta, which almost no other counter still fries. Vegetarian only. It sits opposite Lakshmi Narayan Shaw and posts no hours, so ask.
What to orderHelencha or palta leaf chop, then the raw mango chop
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Buro Dar Chop Shilpo
- Open
- 1pm to 11pm, daily
- Where
- D1 Ananda Pally, Regent Park, on the main road between Sulekha More and Baghajatin More, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032
Mochar chop and the coconut narkel chop are what to order, and the cutlets can be left alone. Newer than the old counters, open from about one in the afternoon until eleven at night.
What to orderMochar chop and narkel chop
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Kashiramer Telebhaja
Daler bora is what people cross Beadon Street for, phuluri after it. Sixty years in and still no number on the board and no posted hours, so check it is frying before you travel.
What to orderDaler bora, then phuluri and the alur chop
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Radhu Babu's
- Open
- 6am to 10am, then 3.30pm to about 8pm
- Where
- 8A Janak Road, near Lake Market off Rashbehari Avenue, Kolkata 700029
A tea shop first, so pair the mutton chop with their thick milky cha. It shuts between mid morning and half three, and by seven the fried tray is usually picked clean.
What to orderMutton chop with a bhar of milky cha
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