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A sweet, sour and spicy flavored sauce made with roselle flowers is always a hit at my home due to it’s sweet, tangy crisp tart berry and rhubarb taste. This sauce can be served as a condiment with a savoury dish, they also add rich fruity sweetness in sweet dishes. You can combine with sugar…
Star fruit also known as Carambola, when sliced, it resembles a star, due to which it is named as star fruit. Firm, shiny star fruit that are yellow in color can be very sweet and delicious, not sour at all.
Elephant apple is native to Asian countries and widely available in the Eastern part of India. In West Bengal we call it Chalta which is also known as Karambel in Nepali and Hindi and in Assam it is known as Ou tenga and widely used in many dish preparation. Elephant apple is hard and round…
Because of its hard wooden shell it is named as Wood apple with an appearance of Bael fruit and its pulp is greenish brown in color with many crunchy edible seeds. It is sour and pungent in taste and has little similarities of tamarind with funky smell. In India it is grown and found in…
Ambra which is also called as Umbra, Ambrella, Hop plum, June plum etc. It is a tropical fruit and possesses essential nutrients needed by the body, also one of the richest sources of Vitamin C. It is sour in taste and found during summers. It has anti-ageing properties, helps to treat a cough, improves vision,…
Very few people know that raw banana peel is edible and can be eaten. It contains fibre, protein, magnesium, potassium and Vitamin B. It also, helps in good sleep, protects your heart and controls depression. In the eastern part of India, it is eaten a lot with hot boiled rice. My mom always uses to…
Onion tomato chutney is a great accompaniment to Idli, Dosa, Upma and even Appams. This Tomato Onion Chutney is seriously a delight to have and is very simple to make and can be refrigerated. This is no-coconut chutney and tastes very good, the tamarind pulp and tomatoes make it simply irresistible as it provides tangy…
Tomato Chutney is something without which Bengali traditional meal is incomplete. This standalone dish can be served as a side dish to flatbreads and rice or even used as a condiment. It is usually served at the end of the meal as it is believed to help digestion and there is no better after-meal treat…
Here is a wonderful recipe for baba ganoush, which is a classic Middle Eastern eggplant- based dip originally from Lebanon. It has a very similar texture and taste as that of hummus, a chickpea dip. Flatbreads and pitas go perfectly with this beautiful fusion of Arab-Mediterranean cuisines. Baba Ganoush is made is eggplant, tahini, garlic…
Raw Green Mango Chutney is a summer special Bengali delicacy. Bengali Chaatni has to be sweet, salty, sour and sometimes with a hint of hot spices. In fact, it is a fine balance between all these flavours. Chutney belongs to neither condiment nor dessert category; it’s a class of its own. It is only served…