Fruits
Make Watermelon Rind Pakora While It's Still Hot
The white part of watermelon rind, usually thrown away, can be turned into crisp pakoras that cut waste and make a new summer snack.
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Cooking
Yoghurt Sauce for Tasty Salads: Three Recipes
A good dressing can transform a salad, and sauces made with yoghurt are both healthy and refreshing.
CookingFried egg with shrimp: a quick Bengali shrimp omelette for home cooks
A Jagonews24 recipe of 18 April 2026: half the shrimp is ground into beaten eggs, the rest is marinated in salt and turmeric, fried for 2-3 minutes and scattered on top, and the omelette is served with hot rice.
CookingHow to make green mango jelly at home with mangoes, sugar and lemon
On 18 April 2026 Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published a home recipe for jelly made from 4-5 green mangoes, sugar, salt and lemon juice. Food-preservation guidance from the US National Center for Home Food Preservation explains why it sets and how to store it safely.
Fruits
A Summer Treat: Make Green Jackfruit With Beef
A little beef can lift a curry of green jackfruit, or echor, which is now in the markets.
Agribusiness
Recipe for Soybean Vegetarian Omelette Curry
Soybean can stand in for egg in this crisp-outside, soft-inside vegetarian omelette, simmered in a spicy curry.
CookingJhinge-aloo posto: a ridge gourd and potato dish for Bangladesh's April heat
On 15 April 2026, as a mild heatwave spread across western Bangladesh, Jagonews24's lifestyle desk offered a light lunch dish: ridge gourd and potato cooked in poppy seed paste with mustard oil and green chillies.
FruitsThree Mango Desserts for Pohela Boishakh: Pudding, Sandesh and Mango Doi
On Pohela Boishakh 2026 Jagonews24 published three quick mango desserts to make at home: green mango pudding, mango sandesh and mango doi. The ingredients and steps are set out here as lists.
FisheriesBhapa Ilish for Boishakh: Hilsa Steamed in Banana Leaf with Mustard
Hilsa coated in mustard paste, coconut paste and mustard oil, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed for 20 minutes over a medium flame: a simple bhapa ilish recipe published on 13 April 2026, the day before Pohela Boishakh.
CookingThree bhorta recipes for Pohela Boishakh: hilsa mustard, loitta shutki and rui
A day before Pohela Boishakh 2026, Jagonews24 shared three simple fish bhortas to eat with panta bhat or hot rice: flaked hilsa with white mustard paste, blended loitta shutki and mashed fried rui, as hilsa prices rose ahead of the festival.
CookingFish khoya polao: a catla, basmati and saffron rice dish for special days
A Jagonews24 recipe of 12 April 2026 lays ghee-fried catla on basmati polao cooked with khoya kheer, saffron milk, nutmeg and mace. Here are its exact quantities and steps, with background on each ingredient.
CookingWatermelon pudding: a chilled agar agar dessert for the hot season
In April 2026 Jagonews24 published a recipe for watermelon pudding: three cups of strained watermelon juice boiled with sugar, agar agar and lemon juice, cooled and chilled for 30 minutes.
Fisheries
How to Cook Mola Fish Chorchori
A simple recipe for mola fish chorchori, a traditional Bengali home dish cooked in mustard oil without water.