Cooking
Beetroot Halwa Recipe
Beetroot halwa, made with coconut, ghee and cashews, offers a colourful change from traditional halwa for Shab-e-Barat.
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Crops
Serve Chana Dal Halwa to Guests on Shab-e-Barat
Halwa made from protein-rich chana dal is a tasty, homely sweet to serve guests on Shab-e-Barat.
Crops
Pabda Fish in a Sour and Hot Jujube Curry: The Recipe
Pabda fish cooked with sour-sweet jujube in a lightly spiced gravy brings something new to the kitchen in jujube season.
CookingSpicy Duck Bhuna With Coconut Milk: A Recipe for a Holiday Lunch
Jagonews24's Friday recipe of 30 January 2026 cooked 1 kg of duck in mustard oil with ground spices, coconut milk and fried onion into a spicy, thick-gravied bhuna for a family holiday lunch.
Vegetables
Recipe for Vegetarian Cauliflower Rezala
A recipe for niramish cauliflower rezala, a mild, milk-based vegetarian dish for winter.
CookingWhole Chicken Roast in Coconut Milk: A Home Recipe, Explained
On 27 January 2026 Jagonews24 published a home recipe for a whole chicken roast simmered in coconut milk with garam masala, nutmeg, mace and nut paste, finished with fried onion and ghee.
CookingGarlic-fried carrots: a simple recipe, its nutrition and the farms behind it
Frying a few cloves of chopped garlic gently in oil or butter before adding the carrots gives an everyday carrot fry a new, homely flavour. Alongside the recipe: what carrots and garlic supply, what research says about garlic, and how Bangladesh grows both.
FruitsBoroi, the winter jujube: rich in vitamin C, but not every claim holds up
Fresh boroi carries 65.8 to 76 mg of vitamin C per 100 g, making the seasonal fruit a good source of the vitamin. Popular claims about blood purification, diabetes and bone density are not backed by reliable evidence.
CookingVegetable lollies: a winter recipe built on potato, carrot and capsicum
On 20 January 2026 Jagonews24's lifestyle desk shared a recipe for crumb-coated, deep-fried vegetable lollies of potato, carrot, capsicum, yardlong beans, herbs and cheese, as a new way to serve winter vegetables to children.
CookingMatar paneer: a quick recipe for winter green peas and fresh paneer
Jagonews24 published a quick matar paneer recipe on 19 January 2026, at the height of the green pea season: fried paneer and peas in a tomato, butter and cashew gravy, served hot with naan, paratha or luchi.
CookingPumpkin Flower Bhorta: A Simple Bengali Recipe with Mustard Oil and Panch Phoron
On 18 January 2026, Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published a village-style recipe for pumpkin flower bhorta: cleaned flowers boiled in lightly salted water, then mashed with onion, green chilli, coriander leaves and mustard oil, and finished with a tempering of black cumin or panch phoron.
Fruits
Fruits to Eat in Moderation to Keep Your Teeth Healthy
Some fruits, eaten in excess, can erode tooth enamel, stain teeth or encourage bacteria, so moderation and good oral hygiene matter.
CookingChicken with Red Amaranth: A Home-Style Bengali Recipe for Lal Shak
Jagonews24 published a home-style recipe on 17 January 2026 for chicken cooked with lal shak (red amaranth). Here are its ingredients and steps, with what health and food-safety authorities say about the greens, iron and raw chicken.