For the Weekend Table: Liver Bhuna With Potatoes
A simple home recipe for spiced liver bhuna with potatoes, a dish that suits a weekend lunch or dinner.
A simple home recipe for spiced liver bhuna with potatoes, a dish that suits a weekend lunch or dinner.
Ginger has many health benefits, but eating too much can upset the stomach, lower blood sugar, raise bleeding risk and trigger allergies; doctors say up to 5 grams a day is safe for a healthy adult.
Crispy fritters made from the small, nutritious kachki fish, mixed with spices, onion and chilli, go well with hot rice at lunch or with a cup of tea.
Red amaranth, a nutritious and popular leafy vegetable, can be grown throughout the year and is ready for harvest 30 to 40 days after sowing.
Growing vegetables in rooftop gardens is becoming popular, and several crops can be sown in tubs during the monsoon for a good yield all season.
Tangy, spicy achari begun can revive the appetite on a hot summer day and is easy to make at home.
Jamun, now in markets across the country, is rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibre that can help protect the body from various illnesses.
Jute leaves, a cheap and nutritious green, get a different treatment fried with prawns, peanuts and a garlic-chilli mix.
Tomato rice, cooked with tomatoes and spices, is an easy way to break the monotony of plain rice and is served with raita, salad or papad.
Bitter gourd cooked with lentils makes a healthy, tasty dish that is easy to prepare at home with a few simple ingredients.
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With Dhaka emptied by the Eid holiday, Jatrabari's wholesale markets saw little trade on 29 May, with some vegetable and hilsa prices falling while others rose.
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