Recipe: Fish Patora with Taro Stolons
River fish and taro stolons come together in this homely patora, cooked down into a thick gravy to eat with rice.
River fish and taro stolons come together in this homely patora, cooked down into a thick gravy to eat with rice.
About 3 lakh fishermen in Bhola, idled by a two-month fishing ban on the Meghna and Tentulia, are demanding a halt to NGO loan instalments and early rice aid.
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