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Rain or Shine, Pineapple Salad Brings Relief
A quick, colourful pineapple salad with a light sweet, sour and spicy taste suits both the hot sun and the rainy days of Bengal.
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CookingMango delight: a chilled dessert of ripe mango, malai and biscuit crumbs
Jagonews24 published a recipe on 1 July 2025 for mango delight: a base of biscuit crumbs, butter and icing sugar topped with ripe mango pulp and malai, set in the refrigerator in two 20-minute rounds.
CookingHong Kong-style mango pillow dessert: a recipe for ripe mangoes
Whipped cream and ripe mango folded into thin pancakes and chilled: a recipe published at the height of the 2025 mango season, with the dish's history, the varieties in season, nutrition and food-safety advice.
Fruits
Eat Lychees With Care
Lychees can be harmful if eaten unripe, on an empty stomach or in large numbers, and children and diabetics need particular care.
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Want Lychees for Six Months? Make a Sweet, Sour and Spicy Lychee Pickle
Lychees do not keep long, but turned into a sweet, sour and spicy pickle they can be stored for six months to a year.
CookingRipe mango lassi in ten minutes: a yoghurt, mango and honey recipe
As ripe mangoes reached Bangladesh's markets in May 2025, Jagonews24 shared a ten-minute lassi of yoghurt, ripe mango, honey or syrup, ice and rose water. Here is the recipe, with the season's harvest calendars and what the ingredients contain.
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Try Vegetable Cheese Toast for an Evening Snack
Vegetable cheese toast is a quick evening snack made in minutes from everyday ingredients.
FruitsFruit custard at home: an easy chilled dessert for hot afternoons
Milk, powdered milk, custard powder and your choice of fruit make a chilled fruit custard at home; it sets after 30 minutes in the fridge.
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How to Make Aamsatta
Rokeya Sultana explains how to turn any mangoes knocked down by the Baishakh storms into sweet, sour and spicy aamsatta.
CookingNakshi Pakon Pitha: An Easy Home Recipe with Flour, Milk and Ghee
Nakshi pakon pitha is made from a flour, milk and ghee dough that is patterned, deep-fried and soaked for hours in cardamom sugar syrup. Here is the recipe Jagonews24 published in January 2025, step by step.
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Pomegranate Kheer
A simple recipe for pomegranate kheer, a sweet dessert made with pomegranate paste, milk and condensed milk.
Vegetables
Hilsa Roe Bharta Recipe
Hilsa roe bharta, mashed with onion, dried chillies and mustard oil, is quick to make with few ingredients.
FruitsSweet, sour and spicy whole jalpai olive pickle: ingredients and method
As new-season jalpai olives reached Bangladeshi markets in October 2024, Jagonews24 published an easy recipe for a whole olive pickle cooked in vinegar and mustard oil.