Livestock
Make a Tasty Roast With Eggs Instead of Chicken
With boiled eggs and a few everyday ingredients, you can make a soft, fragrant roast without any chicken.
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Vegetables
Garlic Gives Green Peas a Different Taste
Garlic peas, made with fresh or frozen peas, garlic and butter, are a quick side dish or light afternoon snack.
Vegetables
Make Crispy Potato Doughnuts at Home
Crispy potato doughnuts made with boiled potato and semolina are a homemade alternative to bought fast food for tea or iftar.
CookingGolap jam at home: a milk-powder recipe for festive days
On 13 February 2026 Jagonews24 published a home recipe for golap jam (gulab jamun) made with milk powder, flour, baking powder and ghee, fried and soaked in sugar syrup.
CookingWhite chicken bhuna for guests: a mild recipe with milk and whole spices
A Jagonews24 recipe published on 12 February 2026 cooks 1 kg of chicken with a litre of milk, green chillies and whole garam masala into a mild, pale bhuna for guests.
CropsWhen to Harvest Potatoes: Plant Die-Back, Skin Set and Dry Soil
Depending on the variety, potatoes are ready 85 to 95 or 100 to 120 days after planting, early varieties in 70 to 80 days; lifting them in dry, sunny weather two to three weeks after the plants die gives firm skins that store well.
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How to Make Aparajita Tea
Aparajita tea, an antioxidant-rich herbal tea, is simple to brew at home, though some people should be careful before drinking it.
CookingGoat Meat Cooked in Mustard Oil: Recipe, Mustard and Food-Safety Facts
A Jagonews24 recipe published on 10 February 2026 cooks one kilogram of goat meat with sour yoghurt, ground spices and mustard oil, which it says gives the curry a mild sharpness and aroma for rice or roti.
CookingRui fish head and potato chorchori: a Bengali home recipe, step by step
On 9 February 2026 Jagonews24 published a home recipe for the head of a rui (rohu) fish cooked with potatoes and spices into a hot, fairly dry chorchori to eat with rice.
Vegetables
A Different Taste From Winter Vegetables: Cabbage Kofta
Cabbage, usually cooked as a curry or bhaji, can be turned into koftas that are crisp outside and soft inside.
Livestock
Put Egg Makhmali on Your Plate on a Day Off
Egg makhmali, boiled eggs in a smooth cashew, onion and coconut milk sauce, is an easy, homely dish for a day off.
FisheriesHilsa pickle recipe with mustard oil, vinegar and panch phoron
Beyond bhapa, bhuna and jhol, hilsa can be cooked into a tangy, spicy pickle with mustard oil, mustard paste, vinegar and panch phoron to eat with hot rice. The ingredients, the steps and how to store it safely.
Vegetables
Did You Know Goat Meat Can Be Made Into Bharta? Here Is the Recipe
Goat meat can also be made into a bharta, a mash with its own history and taste in rural Bengali kitchens.