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)
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 …
This is my most favourite pickle recipe so far. I love garlic and I love pickle. No wonder I would love when two of them are combined - Garlic pickle. This recipe I got from another amazing Bangladeshi cook Rumana. Her garlic pickle recipe is full proof, fantastic and super tasty that you must try …
Continue reading Garlic Pickle – Roshuner Achar (রসুনের আচার)
This is the easiest and quickest pickle recipe I have ever made. It is delicious, tangy, spicy and adds a load of flavor to your food. So if you ever have extra lime lying around in your house, you should try make this too. Sometimes due to sickness, our taste bud does not work. This …
Today's recipe is the fastest recipe I have ever made in Vegan Bangla. Usually when we make bhorrta (spread), it tends to be easier and faster than other Bangladeshi recipes. I am going to make green coriander spread today, which has many others ways to make. Remember this is not a chatni recipe. Chatni is …
Continue reading Green Coriander Spread – Dhonia Patar Bhorrta (ধনিয়া পাতার ভর্তা)
I am truly excited to write today's recipe as it involves green jackfruit! Previously I wrote the green jackfruit curry recipe, which is one of the most common recipe in Bangladesh to make with green jackfruit. Today I am writing how to make patty which you can eat as a snack or even make a …
Continue reading Green Jackfruit Patty – Echorer Bora (এঁচোড়ের বড়া)
This year 2022, I have grew a few varieties of tomato plants in my balcony. Due to change of the direction of sun light, the harvest was not enough as expected but it was okay. Few days ago, me and my girl Pompom (look how cute she is!) picked up some tomatoes from the balcony …
Continue reading Green Tomato Stir Fry – Kacha Tomator Bhaji (কাঁচা টমেটোর ভাজি)
Spiny gourd (Momordica dioica) as we Bangladeshis call it Kakrol, looks and taste very different than many other vegetables in Bangladesh. It is not bitter but taste like cucumber with texture. There's many recipes of Kakrol but today we are making the stuffed version. Jump to recipe Besides Kakrol itself, we need gram flour or …
Continue reading Stuffed Spiny Gourd – Pur Bhora Kakrol (পুর ভরা কাঁকরোল)
We Bangladeshis can make bhorrta (spread) out of anything that you can imagine! So here's today I present one of the bhorrta recipe which might seems unusual for you but I promise that if you can handle chili then it would be very delicious for you. Jump to recipe Yes, today I make spread from …
Continue reading Linseed Spread – Tishi Bhorrta (তিসি ভর্তা)
As we say in Bangladesh, mango is the king of fruit. When I was studying my bachelor in agricultural science, I learned that there used to be two thousand different kinds of mango variety in Bangladesh. Now we have only few variety of mangoes left, yet they mesmerize me with their unique taste and sweetness. …
Continue reading Green Mango Pickle – Kacha Aamer Achar (কাঁচা আমের আঁচার)
I did not know that the white parts of a watermelon are edible. In Bangladesh those parts are given to domestic animals (like cows or goats). However, during covid time, people had limited movement and they started utilizing every things that possibly can. That's how I came to a youtube video and realized that white …
Continue reading Watermelon Rind Stir Fry- Tormujer Khosa Bhaji (তরমুজের খোসা ভাজি)
Do you know that Jack-fruit (Kathal - কাঁঠাল) is the national fruit of Bangladesh? To the westerners, it is relatively new fruit, compared to mango. Even though it is a fruit and eaten when ripe, we Bangladeshis cook green jack-fruit as a vegetable? And surprisingly it's texture is just like meat, so often it's called …
Continue reading Green Jack-fruit Curry – Echorer Torkari (এঁচোড়ের তরকারি)
I have been waiting to write this recipe ever since I started this blog-inventory! This is my the most favorite Bhorrta aka spread, because it is smokey, spicy and just delicious! The smokiness comes from charring aubergines in direct flame, which definitely I can't do in typical Danish household (thanks to flame less kitchen!). That's …
Continue reading Smokey Aubergine Spread – Begun Bhorrta (বেগুন ভর্তা)
Few days ago, the Muslim people in the world celebrated one of the their biggest religious festival - Eid ul Azha. It is usually celebrated by sacrificing animal and sharing the meat with others. That's why it is bit tough to eat something vegetarian, let alone vegan during Eid festival. But today I am sharing …
Continue reading Spicy Rice – Chaul Biriyani (চাউল বিরিয়ানি)
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