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Pakoras for a Cloudy Afternoon Tea: Three Recipes at a Glance
Three simple pakora recipes, made with lentils, mixed vegetables and green chillies, to serve hot with tea on a cloudy day.
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Vegetables
How to Make Tomato and Jujube Chutney
A simple method for sweet and sour tomato and jujube chutney, a favourite with rice or khichuri.
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Lentils Won't Soften in Your Mango Dal? Here Is the Right Method
Tangy mango dal is a summer favourite, and the key to soft lentils is adding the green mango only after the dal is almost cooked.
Fruits
Make Green Mango Sharbat in No Time
A simple recipe for green mango sharbat, a refreshing summer drink that quenches thirst and keeps the body hydrated.
CookingShrimp and bottle gourd leaf curry with few spices: a light hot-season recipe
As the hot season began, Jagonews24 published on 5 April 2026 a recipe for a thin curry of shrimp and bottle gourd leaves cooked with few spices. Here is the recipe, with background on the gourd and the shrimp, official figures, nutrient values and food safety advice.
Vegetables
How to Make Crispy Begun Bhaja
A few simple tricks in cutting, seasoning and frying make begun bhaja (fried aubergine) crisp rather than soft.
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Make a Quick Potato Sandwich
A potato sandwich is an easy, light afternoon snack that suits both children and adults.
CookingRestaurant-Style Vegetable Korma at Home: Ingredients and Method
On 31 March 2026 Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published a recipe for a restaurant-style vegetable korma made with papaya, potato, carrot, mushroom and yardlong beans in a cashew, poppy seed and fried onion paste with yoghurt.
Fruits
How to Make Watermelon Rind French Fries
The white inner part of watermelon rind, usually thrown away, can be turned into crisp, spicy fries.
CookingEgg and vegetable omelette: a quick protein-rich breakfast or snack
A two-egg omelette with onion, tomato, carrot, green chilli and coriander, published by Jagonews24 on 28 March 2026 as a quick, nutritious alternative to fried snacks, with the nutrient figures from Bangladesh's food composition table and USDA, and WHO's advice on safe eggs.
CookingQuick egg pulao: an easy recipe with aromatic rice, boiled eggs and whole spices
On 27 March 2026 Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published a quick egg pulao for busy days off: 2 cups of polao rice, 5 boiled eggs, milk, ghee and whole spices, finished on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
Vegetables
Surprise Your Guests With Prawn and Chilli Dolma
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.
Cooking
Recipe: Iranian Shirin Polow
Shirin polow, a traditional Iranian sweet rice with candied peel, nuts and saffron, is served at festivals and family gatherings.