Guava (Psidium guajava) or in Bangla, as we call it, Peyara is another rainy season fruit in Bangladesh. It is really a wonder of nature that rainy season provides a plenty of fruits that consist vitamin C in great amount. We all know the benefits of vitamin C for our health, so will not go …
Have you ever heard of Elephant apples? No, it does not look like elephant but yes it is one of the foods eaten by elephants. And guess what, it is eaten in Bangladesh too! Not as raw as elephants does, but in various ways like in daal, chatni or as pickles. My favourite way to …
Continue reading Elephant Apple Pickle – Chaltar Achar (চালতার আঁচার)
I never thought that I would grow Lal Shak in my own kitchen garden, harvest them and eat them while living in Denmark! I tried to grow them before but the mission was failed. This year, even though the summer was too wet, the Lal shak (red amaranth) grew in my small garden and I …
Continue reading Red Amaranth Stir Fry – Lal Shak Bhaji (লাল শাক ভাজি)
Mustard plant is abundant here in Denmark. Thought it never hit me that I can grow some here in my kitchen garden and cook them. Stir fried mustard leaves are very common and healthy meal in Bangladesh. It is full of fibers and vitamins, aids in digestions and constipation. Some may find the leaves taste …
Continue reading Mustard Leaves Stir Fry – Shorisha Shak Bhaji (সরিষা শাক ভাজি)
It's mango recipe again! Yes, I will keep posting about mango until the season is over, may be even after that! My love for mango is too big to covered by any recipe book! Don't you blame me, this magical fruit is behind all these chaos! Today we are going to make sweet and sour …
Continue reading Sweet and Sour Mango Ball – Tok Misti Aamer Golla (টক মিষ্টি আমের গোল্লা)
It's the time for mango pickle again! Even if we don't get ripe Bangladeshi mango in Denmark, we get green mangoes in local Indian stores. I wait for this time of the year to buy and make mango pickle, to at least get some taste of Bangladesh! Today's recipe is tangy mango pickle, a very …
Continue reading Tangy Mango Pickle – Aamer Tok Achar (আমের টক আঁচার)
The mango season now is on full thrust in Bangladesh. If you are lucky to visit Bangladesh now, you will be welcomed with delicious, sweet, "gach paka" (well ripe) different varieties of mangoes! In Bangladesh, we not only eat sweet mango, but also eat green mangoes in different ways - like pickles, chatni, curry etc. …
Continue reading Tangy Mango Lentil – Tok Aam Daal (টক আম ডাল )
As Béchamel sauce to France, brown sauce to Denmark, so as Kashundi is to Bangladesh! Kashundi is tangy, spicy mustard sauce blended with green mango and chili that will take your mustard experience to next level. Bangalis eat this kashundi with green mango slices, apples, strawberries, plums or even cucumbers, because why not? Kashundi means …
I really love Khoi. It takes me back to my childhood and reminds me of my grandmother. She used to bring it to our city house when she visited us. Typically khoi is eaten in the country sides, as they are prepared in most conventional way - with hot sand. Khoi or popped rice, puffed …
Continue reading Sweet Popped Rice – Khoi er Murki (খই এর মুড়কি)
Black gram or Vigna Mungo is a common pulse crop grown in Northern Bangladesh. It is also known as black mung bean and widely used in South Asian cooking. This pulse has slimy texture when cooked. In Bangla, it is called mashkolai daal (মাসকলাই ডাল) or masher daal (মাসের ডাল)। Jump to recipe In my …
Continue reading Black Gram Soup – Mashkolai Daal (মাসকলাই ডাল)
Bori is one of the most traditional and oldest food items in the history of Bangladesh. It is what's called - tofu to our culture, being produced, preserved and eaten for hundreds of years as a substitute of meat. Bori is typically made of pulses - red lentils, Black gram or split peas with sometimes …
Jujube (Ziziphus zizyphus) or as we call it Boroi or Kuul in Bangladesh, is a sweet and sour fruit that can be found during late winter and early spring. It is a beloved fruit and eaten in different ways in Bangladesh. In this article (link), you can see the various stages of Boroi being collected, …
Continue reading Jujube Pickle – Boroi er Achar (বড়ই এর আঁচার)
Exactly a year ago I came back to Vegan Bangla by writing one of my father's favorite recipe to commemorating him. The recipe was Bitter gourd stir fry. After only 10 days, it will be three years when COVID-19 was announced pandemic. I don't know how the dates fell so closely, may be it is …
Previously I wrote a recipe on green papaya stir fry. So today's recipe will be a Bengali style stew with Bangladeshi spices. In Bengali or Bangla language we call the stew "Jhol." There are many kinds of jhol, spicy, non spicy, with lots of spices or no spices. Usually we make this non spicy, no …
Continue reading Papaya Stew Bengali Style – Peper Jhol (পেঁপের ঝোল)
I can neither find the translation nor find the exact species of this Jaam Potato aka Jaam alu. This particular kind of potato can be found in northern parts of Bangladesh and can only be found in late winter (February). Jaam means a kind of berry in Bangladesh and reddish purple in colour when cut. …
Continue reading Mashed Purple Potato – Jaam Alu Bhorrta (জাম আলু ভর্তা)
Happy New Year 2023 and Happy Veganuary! Being vegan in January has become a recent trend. I guess everything is about following trend. Anyway, with or without being a part of the recent trend, I am writing today my first recipe of 2023. It is a recipe of green papaya or pepe (পেঁপে ) as …
Continue reading Green Papaya Stir Fry – Kacha Pepe Bhaji (কাঁচা পেঁপে ভাজি)
Turnip was never my favorite vegetable. Probably because I hadn't had any good preparation of it. However, living in Denmark made me awfully missing all the Bangladeshi vegetable so whenever I get something similar to Bangladeshi veggies, I try them without hesitation. So today I will share turnip recipe in Bangladeshi way. Jump to recipe …
Continue reading Turnip Stir Fry – Shalgom Bhaji (শালগম ভাজি)
My father's favorite veggie was radish. I hated it as a kid, also not a big fan either now, but my husband also is a big fan of radish (I don't know why,lol). So to occasionally change the taste and to remember my father, I buy this particular veggie and cook in different ways. In …
Continue reading Potato Radish Winter Curry -Alu Mular Shiter Torkari (আলু মূলার শীতের তরকারি)
Shingara is one of the most popular street food in Bangladesh. It is pronounced as Shing Gara, and it is kind of fried dumpling with crispy yet soft pastry crust with different types of fillings inside. Our neighboring country has something similar which is called Samosa, but in Bangladesh, Samosa or Samucha is different street …
Continue reading Fried Potato Dumpling – Shingara (সিঙ্গারা)
Halloween was just a week ago and at the same time, it took away bright colored autumn and brought gloomy cloudy days in Denmark. But so what, my days can still be brightened with colorful pumpkin from Halloween season. Today's recipe is special in lots of ways. First of all, this is a recipe from …
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