Vegetables
Seasonal Vegetable Fritters for a Rainy Afternoon
Crisp fritters made with seasonal summer vegetables can turn vegetables into a snack everyone enjoys.
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Crops
Is It Bad to Add Salt at the Start When Cooking Dal?
A little salt at the start does little harm to masoor dal, but tougher lentils cook faster if salt is added once they are soft.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CookingHow to cut a watermelon so the seeds come out in lines, not bite by bite
A cutting method credited to Japan and shared widely on social media, reported by Jagonews24 on 11 April 2026, follows the faint lines inside a watermelon so its black seeds come away in strips instead of being picked out one by one.
Crops
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.
Crops
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.
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.
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.