Recipe: Iranian Shirin Polow
Shirin polow, a traditional Iranian sweet rice with candied peel, nuts and saffron, is served at festivals and family gatherings.
Shirin polow, a traditional Iranian sweet rice with candied peel, nuts and saffron, is served at festivals and family gatherings.
Soft banana pancakes make a light, healthy start to Eid morning before the heavier meals of the day, or an afternoon snack.
CookingAhead of Eid ul-Fitr, Jagonews24 published on 19 March 2026 a recipe for oats vegetable cutlets: soaked oats, mashed potato, carrot and capsicum, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried.
CookingOn 18 March 2026 Jagonews24 published a Ramadan recipe for banana lassi: two ripe bananas, 150 grams of sweet yoghurt, two spoons of honey and a pinch of cardamom, blended and thinned with cold water.
For Eid, try a biryani made with semai instead of rice, layered with spiced mutton, herbs, nuts and saffron milk.
CookingDays before Eid ul-Fitr in March 2026, Jagonews24 published a home recipe for dudh semai: vermicelli lightly fried in ghee, simmered in a litre of milk boiled with sugar, cardamom and cinnamon, and finished with nuts and raisins.
A hot mixed vegetable soup made with few ingredients can refresh the body after a day of fasting.
Chicken korma, with its thick gravy, fragrant spices and mellow flavour, can round off the Eid table.
A few simple tips will help you cook fragrant polao at home with every grain separate, like a restaurant's.
CookingJagonews24's lifestyle desk published a recipe on 14 March 2026 for chingri dudhe biryani, prawn biryani cooked with polao rice and finished in coconut milk, ghee and fried onion, as a dish for a special day.
Beef kala bhuna, with its thick spices, slowly fried meat and dark gravy, can be made at home without much fuss.
With green mangoes now in the market, a glass of cold green mango sherbet is an easy way to beat the heat.
Orange tea, a fragrant blend of sweet-sour orange and hot tea that has gone viral on social media, can be made at home with a few simple ingredients.