Livestock
What Happens to Your Body If You Eat a Rotten Egg?
Eating a rotten or contaminated egg can cause food poisoning, so it pays to know simple ways of telling whether an egg is fresh.
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Cooking
Cooking
Make Tasty Pitha With a Hand Fan: An Easy Recipe
An ordinary hand fan can be used to print patterns on dough and make pakha pitha, a fried, syrup-soaked patterned pitha.
Crops
Why Should Rice Be Washed Well Before Cooking?
Washing rice before cooking removes dust and surface starch and may reduce some contaminants, though for arsenic, cooking in plenty of water and draining it works better.
Fisheries
You Can Eat Hilsa Even With High Cholesterol: Here Is the Right Way
Hilsa's fat is not all harmful and the fish can be part of a healthy diet, provided it is eaten in moderation, cooked with little oil and with a doctor's advice for those with heart disease or high cholesterol.
Fisheries
A Popular Bengali Dish from British Times: Chicken Curry with Small Prawns
Chicken curry with small prawns, cooked in the kitchens of steamers crossing the Padma from Goalundo Ghat in British times, became known as the Goalundo Steamer Curry, and it can be made at home.
Fisheries
Mix This Bharta with Rice and Taste the Difference: Yardlong Bean and Shrimp Bharta Recipe
A tasty mash of yardlong beans and shrimp, cooked down in mustard oil, can make a plate of hot rice complete on its own.
Agribusiness
Which Cut of Goat Meat Should You Use for Which Dish?
Different cuts of goat meat suit different dishes, so choosing the right part, and checking that it is fresh, matters as much as how much you buy.
Crops
Cow Dung Brings Relief and Savings to Families in Bogura
In Bogura, cow dung that was once thrown away now fuels family kitchens through biogas plants, and the leftover slurry goes back to the fields as organic fertiliser.
Vegetables
White or Yellow: Which Potato Should You Use in Cooking?
High-starch white potatoes turn soft and fluffy and suit frying and mashing, while waxier yellow-fleshed potatoes keep their shape in curries, salads and biryani.
Crops
Leafy Greens Pakora for Tea on a Rainy Afternoon: A Recipe
Crisp pakoras made from any leafy greens, such as spinach, red amaranth or Malabar spinach, make an easy snack with tea on a rainy afternoon.
Crops
Add Cashews to Egg Bhuna for a Royal Flavour
Adding a cashew paste to egg bhuna gives the familiar dish a richer, more festive flavour.
Livestock
An Easy, Tasty Halwa Made with Eggs
Egg halwa, made with eggs, milk, sugar and ghee, is a quick home dessert with a different taste from the usual halwa.
Crops
Make a Tasty Soup with Lentils and Chicken
Lentils and chicken together make a tasty, nutritious soup that keeps you full, needs few ingredients and can be made at home in a short time.