Dried Lentil Dumpling – Bori (বড়ি )

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 …

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Pumpkin Chickpea – Misti Kumra Cholar Daal er Niramish (মিষ্টিকুমড়া ছোলার ডালের নিরামিষ)

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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Pumpkin with Chickpeas – Kumro Chchokka (কুমড়োর ছক্কা)

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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Sesame Pumpkin – Til Kumra 2 (তিল কুমড়া – ২)!

I have shared similar recipe with butternut squash with sesame before but today's recipe is the original one - Pumpkin with sesame seeds. I have found this recipe from the magical writer Smriti Bhodro in Facebook and with her amazing writing skills, I was lost to her memory lanes! I am grateful to this writer …

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Snake Gourd with Mung Daal – Chichinga Ghonto (চিচিঙ্গা ঘণ্ট)

Today I will write another vegan recipe for Chichinga aka Snake Gourd. This tropical vegetable taste something in between cucumber and bottle gourd, but it has crunchier texture than cucumber. I hardly find it in Denmark. Luckily last week, I have got a bunch and decided to make another vegan recipe of this delicious veggie. …

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Cabbage recipe – Badhakopi Ghonto 2 (বাঁধাকপি ঘণ্ট)

Cabbage is one of my to go veggie. However, there are only a few recipes that I really like. In Bangladesh, we have big headed cabbage grown during winter. In Denmark, cabbage is found all year around, and there are many varieties- like red cabbage, salad cabbage and even savoy cabbage. Today I am going …

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Spicy Sauteed Cabbage – Bhadhakopi Ghonto (বাঁধাকপি ঘণ্ট)

Do you love cabbage? Are you looking for a spicy recipe or are you looking for the long lost granny's recipe? Then this spicy sauteed cabbage is for you! This is another no onion, easy to improvise recipe, that means you can either make it too spicy or no spice at all. Jump to recipe …

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