Poa Pitha/Teler Pitha-পোয়া পিঠা/তেলের পিঠা

Pitha is one of the most delicious dessert and one of the most toughest things to make (in my opinion). Not only they require many trials and errors but it also need lots of tips and tricks from the experienced ones! Normally I am not very good at making pitha but in Bangladesh many pitha …

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Mixed Green Leaves stir fry / Pachmishali Shak Bhaji

Mixed Leaves Stir Fry – Paach Mishali Shak Bhaji (পাঁচমিশালি শাকভাজি )

We Bangladeshis eat all kinds of leafy greens! Leafy greens or as we call it shak in Bangla, is full of vitamins and minerals, good for health and digestion. Although it often regarded as poor people's food, but how does it matter if its nourishes you? So today I am making a most traditional Bangladeshi …

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Bottle Gourd Leaf Stir Fry - Lau Shak Bhaji (লাউ শাক ভাজি)

Bottle Gourd Leaf Stir Fry 2 – Lau Shak Bhaji (লাউ শাক ভাজি ২)

This year is my first time growing bottle gourd plant in Europe. I mainly grew it for the leaves to eat shak vaji or eat with fish curry. I am pretty happy with the results as a beginner, but also it gives an enormous joy having freshly home grown vegetables with family! Jump to recipe …

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Red Amaranth Stir Fry – Lal Shak Bhaji (লাল শাক ভাজি)

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 …

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Tangy Mango Lentil – Tok Aam Daal (টক আম ডাল )

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. …

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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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Stuffed Spiny Gourd – Pur Bhora Kakrol (পুর ভরা কাঁকরোল)

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 …

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