Bottle Gourd Stir Fry – Lau Bhaji (লাউ ভাজি)

Once again, I come up with another bottle gourd recipe and I don't regret it at all! Usually bottle gourd is a winter crop in Bangladesh. However, in Denmark it is always available, mostly due to importation in summer from Southern Italy or other warmer countries in Europe. I might have mentioned in one of …

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Bottle Gourd Peel Spread – Lau er khosha Bhorta (লাউ এর খোসা ভর্তা)

Once again, I come up with another bottle gourd recipe and I don't regret it at all! It is another old and traditional vegan recipe, which is not only tasty but also a great example of using vegetable scraps. We Bengalis never throw vegetable peels away but make different dishes out of them like stir …

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Fried Pointed Gourd – Potol Bhaja (পটল ভাজা )

I personally hate the name 'gourd.' I mean any vegetable name that ends with 'gourd', makes me almost cry. Well, my personal feelings for the name gourd doesn't effect anything, however just for your knowledge, gourd usually refers to all the veggies that belongs to Cucurbitaceae family, same family where cucumber belongs. Basically, Pointed Gourd …

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Potato Potol Curry – Alu Potoler Jhol (আলু পটলের ঝোল )

I have a love-hate relation with Potol. I never liked it in curry but like it better when fried. By the way, you may ask, what is a Potol? Potol is a vital summer vegetable in Bangladesh, also known as Pointed Gourd in English (scientific name: Trichosanthes dioica) because of pointy ends on both side. …

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