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 …
Continue reading Fried Pointed Gourd – Potol Bhaja (পটল ভাজা )
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. …
Continue reading Potato Potol Curry – Alu Potoler Jhol (আলু পটলের ঝোল )
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 …
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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)
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)
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 …
Continue reading Pumpkin with Chickpeas – Kumro Chchokka (কুমড়োর ছক্কা)
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