CookingTwo hog plum dishes for the season: hilsa with amra and a sweet-sour amra
Hog plums (amra) are in the markets; cook Anisa Akter Nupur gives recipes for hilsa cooked with amra and a sweet-sour amra tempered with mustard seed and dried chilli.
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