CookingRaw hilsa pieces are rubbed with onion, turmeric, chilli, cumin and mustard oil, then cooked covered on gentle heat. Jagonews24 published the recipe in July 2026, at the height of the monsoon.
CookingBroiler chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices, a garlic-mayonnaise sauce and a cucumber-tomato salad, rolled in soft flatbread, make a home-made chicken shawarma; health authorities advise not washing raw chicken, marinating it in the fridge and cooking it through.
CookingOn 15 July 2026 Jagonews24 published a recipe for mango posset, a chilled dessert of ripe mango puree, cream, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest that sets overnight in the fridge, as the last of Bangladesh's late mango varieties reached the market.
Quick to make with few ingredients, farm chicken biryani is a favourite that is easy to cook at home.
Adding ripe mango to the familiar patishapta makes an easy new dessert for the mango season.
Rosti, Switzerland's crisp-edged potato pancake, can be made at home quickly with a handful of ingredients.
Ripe mango malai kulfi, combining the natural sweetness of mango with a thick, creamy malai, is easy to make at home with a few ingredients.
CookingA home recipe for ripe mango sandesh, published in July 2026 at the height of the mango season, cooks blended mango in ghee with sugar, milk powder and mawa until the mixture thickens and can be shaped.
Crisp samosas with a spicy shrimp filling make a change from the usual afternoon snack.
Juicy ripe mangoes still in the market at the end of summer can be turned into soft, fragrant poa pitha at home.
VegetablesKoshari, Egypt's national dish of rice, lentils, pasta, chickpeas and crispy onions under a tangy tomato sauce, can be made at home with simple ingredients; UNESCO added it to its intangible heritage list in December 2025.
CropsHilsa rubbed by hand with onion, turmeric, chilli, crushed green chillies and mustard oil, then braised covered in a little water, makes hand-mixed hilsa bhuna in 7 to 10 minutes, a recipe published in the monsoon hilsa season of July 2026.
CookingOn 4 July 2026, at the height of the jackfruit season, Jagonews24 published a simple recipe for jackfruit payesh, a rice and milk pudding sweetened and scented with chopped ripe jackfruit, cardamom and cinnamon.
