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Pomelo is known as Chakotra, Batabi lebu, Robab tenga, etc and is grown in India, China, Fiji, Malaysia, Thailand. They are a staple fruit in many Chinese and Japanese diets. This is the largest out of all citrus fruits. They look yellow and pale green in color but they aren’t as juicy as grapefruit, sweeter…
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…
“Pumpkin Flower Fritters” This crunchy pumpkin flowers are very easy to make and gets ready within a few minutes and can be a great vegan starter. It looks as good as it tastes, this is the reason I am sharing this with you. 2 days ago while walking down the lane for morning walk, I…
This Sattu Drink is a desi summer cooler from Bihar, which is made in both sweet and savory version. However, I love the savory version, which is made with roasted chickpea flour, black salt, and some spices. This drink is originated from Bihar and very popular for its cooling properties and loved almost everywhere in…
You will find this sour and green color raw mangoes abundantly in the markets during this season of the year. According to Ayurveda, it is known for its cooling properties and is often used to make refreshing drinks and chutneys. Aam Pora Shorbot drink is made with raw mangoes that are burnt or charred on…
Fava beans, this shell bean has a unique flavour, meaty and slightly herbaceous. Fava beans are succulent and sweet while young, becoming floury and more strongly flavoured as they age. This with edible pod should be bright green and firm, bend one and it should snap cleanly in half. Older beans which will be dull…
Sheem in the Bengali name of Lima beans or Butter beans which available towards the ends of winter through early summer and is the best season for buying fresh beans. When eaten as a shelling bean rather than dried, lima beans have mildly sweet earthy flavour, creamy flesh, and slightly chewy skin. They become tough…
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.
In a typical Bengali meal something bitter like Kerela fry, Sukto, Neem leaves fry, Neem begun, Moringa flower etc is served at the beginning as it is believed having something bitter at the start of a meals, cleanses the impurities of our body. Neem begun is a very simple and easy to make dish, with…
“Kala Chana Soup”, it is known as Pallah in Patiala (Punjab). Now days in some restaurants it is served as “Chane ka shorba”. I had this first time at my in-laws place in Patiala as this soup is a specialty of Patiala and this is made using the boiled water of Black chickpeas (Kala Chana)…