Recipes worth cooking twice.

Locus Blueberry Pancakes

• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour • 2 tablespoons white sugar • 1 tablespoon baking powder • ½ teaspoon salt • 1 ¼ cups milk (warm or room temperature) • 1 large egg • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted (plus extra for the pan) • 1 teaspoon vanilla extrac

Nutmeg and Cinnamon Pancakes

Spiced Poached Pears and Apricots

Spiced Red Bean Chili with Cinnamon and Clove

Spiced Sweet Potato Mash

Cardamom and Coffee Cake

Cinnamon and Nutmeg Pancake Syrup

Cinnamon and Cardamom Infused Fruit Iced Tea

Sweet-Spiced Fruit and Seed Granola

Breakfast Potatoes

Spiced Popcorn

Spicy Fried Chicken

Easy Banana Muffins with Clove and Cinnamon

Chela Fish Curry

Small Chela Fish with Sponge Gourd

Chanda Fish: Small Indigenous Fish in Bangladesh

One of the great things about small indigenous fish in Bangladesh is that they’re not just a main dish, they make for a fantastic snack too. Take Chanda nama…

Another small wonder: Dhela Mach

We who grew up in Bangladesh know the importance of small fish. I have heard “ mola dhela mach khele choker jyoti bare” a thousand times over, meaning eating…

Indian Salmon (Tailla) Curry

Spicy Indian Salmon Curry

Modhu Pabda: The Honey Fish

Modhu is the Bengali word for honey. This name is given to the fish likely because of its sweet taste. Modhu Pabda has a buttery flavor and delicate, tender…

Kuli, Bhut Bailla

I know most Bengalis living abroad miss the abundant variety of fish we have back home. In Bangladesh, we have access to so many fish species that other…

Vegetable Soup

Tara Baim with Radish and Eggplant Bhaji

Pretty Pink and Delicious: Pink Perch – Meet Bangladesh’s Rupban

Living in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, I was always a bit envious of people from Bangladesh’s coastal areas. Why? Because they had access to fish…

Thai Sharpunti with Flat Beans (Shim Diye Sorpunti)

Laupatai Sarpunti Mach (Leaf-Wrapped Fish)

Pounded Stir-Fried Beef (Checha Mangsho)

Merryland Chicken

Maita/Ghora Mach: The Mighty Migratory Fish

Many of the fish found in Bangladesh’s rivers are not local. We get a lot of migratory fish in our rivers, which are seasonal, meaning they are only available…

Murbaila/Bartail Flathead: The Prized Catch from The Bay of Bengal

Most people, when they think of Bangladeshi fish, usually think of the fish found in the Bangladeshi rivers. Which is right, as we have more rivers than most…

Luchi (Puffed Flatbread) Recipe

Thai Style Vegetable

Special Mutton Biriyani (Kacchi Biriyani)

Duck Curry

Chicken Pulao (Morog Pulao)

Vegetable Korma

Sondesh/Sandesh – A Traditional Bengali Sweet Recipe

Roshogolla – Famous Bengali Sweet

Spiced Meat Curry

Lemony Chickpeas

Milk Caseine or Chhena

Slow-Cooked Fish Curry (Koshano Mach)

Pagash Fish Thai Style Fish Fillet

Chinese Style Steamed Thai Pangas Fish

Rice Cooker Pangasius Fish with Capsicums

Kata Phasa Mach: Calling Out to Some Homely Warmth in the Beginning of Winter

Kata Phasa Mach: Calling Out to Some Homely Warmth in the Beginning of Wintery Autumn is almost gone here in Finland. It’s not fully snowing yet, or maybe it…

Roasted Chicken

Mrigal/White Carp: A True Champion of the Carp Family

Mrigal/White Carp: A True Champion of the Carp Family Bengalis and their love for large fish is a timeless affair. We cannot go long without our beloved…

Rani Mach Bhuna (Bengal loach bhuna)

Bou Fish Curry with Vegetables