Try Prawns with Banana Stem Pith for a Change of Taste
Chingrir thor kuchi, tender banana stem pith cooked with prawns, is a traditional village dish that brings variety to everyday meals.
Chingrir thor kuchi, tender banana stem pith cooked with prawns, is a traditional village dish that brings variety to everyday meals.
Cooking beef with kalai dal, a traditional rural lentil, adds depth and variety to a favourite Bengali dish.
CookingChattogram's traditional madhubhat is sticky rice mixed with jala, a powder of sprouted paddy, and left overnight; despite its name it contains no honey, as its sweetness comes from the malted grain.
CookingA layered chilled dessert of ripe mango, soaked basil seeds, sago, noodles, jelly and thickened sweet milk, made at home with everyday ingredients, as Jagonews24 published it on 1 June 2026.
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.
Tender and fragrant beef korma brings something special to the Eid table, and can be made at home for guests or family.
CookingOn 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid ul-Adha, Jagonews24 published a beef kala bhuna recipe: bone-in beef marinated in yoghurt and spices, fried slowly in mustard oil for up to two hours and finished with charcoal smoke.
Beef bhuna khichuri, made with fragrant rice, lentils, ghee and spiced beef, offers a change from polao or biryani on the Eid table.
CookingA recipe published by Jagonews24's lifestyle desk on 27 May 2026: masoor or mung dal pressure-cooked with green mango, turmeric and salt, then finished with a tempering of ghee, cumin and dried chillies and served with hot rice.