From piping hot luchis to khichdi with a Bengali twist to lip-smacking fish dishes, foodies are spoilt for choice during the five-day Durga Puja, which seems incomplete without community feasts. And, yes, there is no staying away from non-vegetarian fare even though it is a religious occasion.

The Durga Puja festival began Sunday. But the mouthwatering celebration of food that it brings began a day earlier with Anandamela -- which raises a toast to women's entrepreneurship as much as to food -- organised in many localities.