Vegetables

Alu Jira (Potatos with cumin)

This is a very simple yet very flavorful rendition of potatoes. This goes with rice, polau, or bread.

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Begun Bhaji – Fried Eggplant – 1

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Lauer Khosha Bhaji – Fried Bottle Gourd Peel

Bengalis tend to not waste any food and will come up with innovative ways to make even the toughest food tender, delicious and appetizing. Here is a very simple recipe where we turn the peels of a bottlegourd into a tasty morsel.

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Tomato Begun – Eggplant with tomato

There are many variations of eggplant and tomato. This is a simple one that appeals to the “just home from work, nothing cooked, feeling hungry, and the eggplant needs to be dealt with now” crowd. It may be short on steps but it is long on flavor.

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Lau Bhaji – Bottlegourd Bhaji

The lau or the bottle gourd (calabash) is a very versatile vegetable of the Bangladesh kitchen. This would be fairly common in the sumer months when various kinds of gourds are aplenty. Rummaging through the fridge, I came across half of a gourd that I had set aside. The other half went into a shrimp

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Acorn Squash Bhaji with Panch Phoron

I was in the mood for some Mishti Kumra – also known as the Sweet Gourd. I hit the local specialty grocery store to see if I could find some. As I walked past the rows upon rows of different kinds of gourds and squashes, my gaze rested on some acorn squash. I think I

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Chichinga Bhaji – Fried Zuchhini

This is a very simple recipe that can be used with similar other vegetables like gourds, eggplants etc.

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Cauliflower with Bengali five spice

I have been particularly fond of cauliflower – it does help that is good for me. It is a great low-carb cruciferous vegetable that can hold it’s own in many dishes but can also play subservient role in others.

As usual for a Bengalil dish, panch phoron plays a major role in this very simple

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Palong Shaak Bhaji

Spinach Bhaji

If there is rice to be had, there will have to be an accompaniment of vegetables in Bangladeshi meals – often leafy greens that grow so plentifully in the verdant country side. Spinach is fairly common and this recipe I present is a simple yet delicious way to prepare spinach.

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