We all love to have healthy options sometimes. For us Bangladeshis, the healthy option is hand made flat bread or as we call it - Ruti (রুটি). Even though we love rice but sometimes we skip it in order to stay healthy or loose some weight. So ruti can be a good alternative if you …
Today 25th October 2020 is our 6th marriage anniversary! Today's recipe is that's why has the same taste bounce like our marriage - sweet, sour and spicy! Today's recipe is called Anarosher Ombol (Ombol means sour) or Sweet and Sour pineapple and it is usually eaten as a sweet and sour treat after a meal …
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Pumpkin season is on full on now, and there are lots of gorgeous pumpkins in the stores. However, pumpkin in Bangladesh are little sweeter than what I actually get here. I always wanted to make the classic Bangladeshi dish with pumpkin, its called Kumror Chchokka (কুমড়োর ছক্কা). I always read about the dish in many Bengali …
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First of all, I am really sorry for the long title. It happens when I want to literally translate something from Bangla to English. Anyway, today's dish is another food scrap recipe, meaning that making a delicious meal out of something that are usually thrown out! So today's recipe is called Bhorrta (spread or mash) …
Continue reading Mixed Gourd Peel Spread – Pachmishali Chchokla Bhorrta (পাঁচমিশালি ছোকলা ভর্তা)
Sorry for another mustard recipe but we Bangladeshis love mustard so much that we try to cook almost anything with it! I promise that this Mustard Aubergine recipe would be a few ingredients, easy to cook -can be eaten with anything - worth of time kind of recipe! Jump to recipe Beside aubergine, we only …
Continue reading Mustard Aubergine – Shorshe Begun (সর্ষে বেগুন)
Tamarind aka Tetul - when we Bangladeshi, hear the word, our mouth automatically starts watering! We eat tamarind in many ways - pickle, sauce, candy, mash/spread and even act as a vital ingredient to many dishes we make. The fruit grows in brown pod and mostly very sour, that's why it is very good for …
I am so excited to share today's recipe! This is one of the most famous and renowned Bangladeshi vegan dish, which is called Alur Daal or Potato Soup. This Alur Daal is from the northern part of Bangladesh, where it gets pretty cold in winter and thus produces a great quality of potatoes in that …
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We Bangladeshis love mustard in almost any vegetables and fish. The pungent taste and spicy flavor of mustard satisfy and amuse our taste bud in a way that no other spices can do it! Today I am here to write another delicacy yet simple mustard recipe and this time, it is with Malabar Spinach twigs! …
Continue reading Malabar Spinach Twigs in Mustard – Shorshe Pui Data (সর্ষে পুঁই ডাটা)
Today I am going to write another improvised vegetable recipe, which is a very typical vegetable in Europe but not found in Bangladesh! The veggie is called Parsnip! It looks like white carrot, taste almost sweet like carrot with a hint of spice and a great addition to any curry or soup! However, I am …
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