A choreography unfolds on the streets of Kolkata; have you seen? Into the hot oil, a variety of different battered vegetables are put on the spot; they put on a show, the sizzling providing for quite the accompanying applause.

But the real performance — beguni (batter-fried eggplant), alur chop (spiced mashed potato balls), piyaji (onion fritters), and mochar chop (banana flower cutlets) — they argue is yet to begin; it’s when they make their way onto the plates placed in front of happy customers. This is when they take their final bow.

The telebhajas of Kolkata are for anyone looking for happiness on a shoestring budget. And here are some spots to get them at.

1. Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons: The Kolkata eatery that won Subhash Chandra Bose’s heart

The eatery has gone down in Kolkata’s history for being quite a plucky one, not just reflected in the taste of the telebhajas but also in its history. It served as a meeting space for freedom fighters during India’s Independence struggle.

Started by a gentleman, Khedu Shaw, in 1918, Lakshmi Narayan Shaw was where the revolutionaries gathered on........

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