Green Papaya Stir Fry – Kacha Pepe Bhaji (কাঁচা পেঁপে ভাজি)

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 …

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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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Mixed Gourd Peel Spread – Pachmishali Chchokla Bhorrta (পাঁচমিশালি ছোকলা ভর্তা)

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) …

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Mustard Aubergine – Shorshe Begun (সর্ষে বেগুন)

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 …

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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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Radish Stir Fry – Mula Bhaji (মূলা ভাজি)

Radish is a root vegetable that has really a pungent and not very delicate smell, that's why as a kid, I really hated that veggie! Later I have seen, especially in Europe that radish can be pretty small and cute to eat as a salad and it is actually a very delicious veggie. In Bangladesh, …

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Spinach Mung Daal- Palong Shak Ghonto (পালং শাকের ঘণ্ট)!

I have shared already too many recipes of Spinach. They are delicious, healthy and super quick to cook! Today's recipe is one the classic Bangladeshi grandma style spinach which I have found from an amazing storyteller in Facebook. The original recipe is shared here. I wish you could also read and feel her amazing writing! …

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Sesame Butternut Squash – Til Kumra (তিল কুমড়া)!

Butternut squash with sesame is bit different and completely new recipe for me! 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 lane! I am grateful to this writer who are sharing not only the classic Bangladeshi vegan recipes …

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