A Touch of Kalai Dal Will Lift the Taste of Beef
Cooking beef with kalai dal, a traditional rural lentil, adds depth and variety to a favourite Bengali dish.
Cooking beef with kalai dal, a traditional rural lentil, adds depth and variety to a favourite Bengali dish.
Adding coconut milk to bhuri bhuna, a popular Bengali tripe dish, makes it richer and creamier, and a hot coal adds a smoky flavour.
Beef menda, cooked with spices and thickened with rice flour, offers a change from the same everyday dishes.
LivestockFor Eid ul-Adha 2026, Jagonews24 published a recipe for haleem made with beef skin, mixed lentils, polao rice and spices; here it is with the World Health Organization's advice on cooking and storing meat safely.
Beef skin, usually thought of as useless, can be cleaned and cooked with spices into a soft and tasty bhuna.
CookingA recipe published by Jagonews24 on 29 May 2026 cooks 1.5 kg of beef tripe in onion, ginger-garlic and ground spices, finished with gravy or dry, alongside food-safety advice on cooking tripe thoroughly and storing it.
Thecha beef pairs Maharashtra's traditional fiery thecha with spiced beef, and it can be made at home with a few simple ingredients.
Prawn and chilli dolma, pickling chillies stuffed with spiced prawn mince and fried until crisp, is a simple dish that stands out on a festive table.
Shirin polow, a traditional Iranian sweet rice with candied peel, nuts and saffron, is served at festivals and family gatherings.
Keema polao, made in a few steps with everyday ingredients, is a fragrant dish suited to festivals or unexpected guests.
Oats vegetable cutlets make a healthy, light and tasty snack for the Eid table, made quickly from everyday ingredients.
For Eid, try a biryani made with semai instead of rice, layered with spiced mutton, herbs, nuts and saffron milk.
Chicken korma, with its thick gravy, fragrant spices and mellow flavour, can round off the Eid table.