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Putiram Sweets
Traditional Bengali sweets and breakfast on Amherst Street
A sweet shop in Machuabazar, Kolkata, serving kachori, puri dal, rasmalai and Bengali mishti every day from early morning until 10 pm.
Traditional Bengali sweets and breakfast on Amherst Street
A sweet shop in Machuabazar, Kolkata, serving kachori, puri dal, rasmalai and Bengali mishti every day from early morning until 10 pm.
Visitors sit down for kachori and puri dal, then finish with mishti or take sweets home.
Doors open at 6:30 am and stay open until 10 pm, Monday to Sunday.
Reviewers call it a Kolkata institution and say the taste has stayed the same over the years.
Rated 4.3 on Google from 3972 reviews, with kachori, rasmalai and Radhaballabhi often mentioned.
Putiram Sweets is at 46 Amherst Street, in the Lalbajar and College Row part of Machuabazar, Kolkata. Reviewers describe it as one of the city's older sweet shops, with a clean, traditional room where people sit down for breakfast or pick up sweets for the family.
The counter covers both sweets and savoury snacks. Customers mention dal-filled kachori with aloo dum, puri dal, rasmalai, besan laddoo, kheerer mishti, sada doi and the Radhaballabhi with cholar daal. The shop is open from 6:30 am to 10 pm, seven days a week.
Dal-filled kachori served with lightly spiced aloo dum, a regular breakfast choice.
Served daily, and reviewers say the taste has not changed.
Described by a reviewer as having a well-judged balance of sweetness.
Served with cholar daal, and singled out by a reviewer as a must-try.
Mildly sweet, creamy sondesh, including a special ice-cream version.
Besan laddoo, kheerer mishti and plain sweet curd for the table or to take home.
“We had a heavenly breakfast here starting with the kachori, 4 pieces at ₹40. Next we had rasmalai, which tasted incredible thanks to a perfect balance of sweetness, followed by their unique and delicious idli-shaped dhokla.”
“Tried their delicious Dal filled Kachori with a lightly-spiced up Aloo Dum & the combo was finger-liking delicious 😋🤞🏼, so was their Special Ice-cream Sondesh🍨 - Mildly Sweet & Creamy ❤️ What fascinated my even more is the fact that, "পুঁটী…”
“Putiram Sweets is one of those iconic places that perfectly captures the essence of traditional Bengali sweet and street-style comfort food. The sweets here are the real highlight—fresh and flavorful.”
Putiram Sweets is at 46, Amherst St, Lalbajar, College Row, Machuabazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700009. Use the map on this page for directions.
Putiram Sweets is open 6:30 am–10 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Yes, Putiram Sweets is open on Saturday, 6:30 am–10 pm.
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Putiram Sweets has a 4.3 out of 5 rating from 3972 Google reviews.
Putiram Sweets lists: Kachori with aloo dum, Puri dal, Rasmalai, Radhaballabhi, Sondesh and ice-cream sondesh, Laddoo, kheerer mishti and sada doi. See the full list above.
Yes. Putiram Sweets is a sweet shop in Kolkata.
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