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15 tips to make the most of your money at buffet

15 tips to make the most of your money at buffet

Nowshaba Achal 2023-01-22 16:17:49

If you want to experience a variety of cuisines within a limited budget, a buffet is your best bet.  However, many still feel they cannot make the best use of the money they spend for a buffet m...

Top late night food delivery services in Dhaka

Top late night food delivery services in Dhaka

Nowshaba Achal 2022-12-21 17:01:12

Craving to eat something good at midnight is a common situation. Even without hunger, our tummy sometimes wants fancy foods at night. Again, sometimes, we literally run out of food at home. And this i...

Alternatives for tea and coffee in chilly weather

Alternatives for tea and coffee in chilly weather

Nowshaba Achal 2022-12-17 15:53:18

Winter is already here. In this chilled weather, our body needs to have something warm. The most preferred winter drinks are tea and coffee.  However, other than these, some foods and drinks may...

Ways of eating Dragon Fruit

Ways of eating Dragon Fruit

Nowshaba Achal 2022-11-26 19:07:55

Dragon fruit has been making its way into the foodies' gossip on social media food groups and discussions recently. It is getting easily available in our country both in white and red colour inside as...

7 refreshing flavours of ice creams to have in this hot weather

7 refreshing flavours of ice creams to have in this hot weather

Nowshaba Achal 2022-08-21 17:36:05

Ice creams are comfort food in the summer. In scorching heat, it gives relief for a certain period. It helps our body to cope with the heat.  However, ice-creams are not about cooling and refres...

Food Blogger vs Food Vlogger vs Food Critic: What are the differences?

Food Blogger vs Food Vlogger vs Food Critic: What are the differences?

Nowshaba Achal 2022-08-06 18:37:15

Most people get confused over the terms like food vloggers, food bloggers and food critics. The confusion mostly comes from people claiming themselves food vloggers or bloggers without proper knowledg...

Getting through the Eid day in a healthy way

Getting through the Eid day in a healthy way

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-07-09 02:59:05

It’s the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha when capable Muslims around the world sacrifice an animal and distribute a large portion of the meat to relatives, neighbours and people in need. This is the day...

Bring variation in your eid day dessert

Bring variation in your eid day dessert

Nowshaba Achal 2022-05-03 00:28:03

On the day of Eid, every household makes some desserts. The most common and traditional desert is shemai. Some other deserts are payesh, jordabhat, pudding, faluda etc.  However, if you are plan...

Healthy drinks in iftar - doctor’s recommendation

Healthy drinks in iftar - doctor’s recommendation

Shuvodip Biswas Turja 2022-04-20 17:14:31

Who wants to have a typical healthy drink after fasting for at least 15 hot hours during the month of Ramadan?  Well, probably nobody, because everyone would like a tasty drink, a refreshing dri...

Spice up your boring food with Balachaw

Spice up your boring food with Balachaw

Sirajum Munira 2022-03-02 15:49:08

Balachaw is a traditional, mouth-watering food of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar which is made by dried shrimp, onion, garlic, and some other ingredients. There is another prawn-pickle recipe origi...

Did you know orange peels can be turned into candy?

Did you know orange peels can be turned into candy?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-03-01 14:12:24

We mostly throw the peels of citrus fruits away after we have used the flesh inside due to the bitter taste. But peels of citrus fruits like oranges can be turned into candies at home and they are bot...

Fabulous fish-oil: All the benefits you can get

Fabulous fish-oil: All the benefits you can get

Shuvodip Biswas Turja 2022-02-19 15:51:30

Fish oil? Well, that is quite something unnecessary and, in some cases, unknown in the daily life of most of the ‘Maachhe-Bhaate Bangali’ people.  As fish is the principal source of...

Reheating these foods can cause serious health issues

Reheating these foods can cause serious health issues

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-13 15:55:05

The invention of the refrigerator has reduced food wastage significantly and increased the tendency to reheat cooked food stored in the refrigerator to save time.  This is especially noticeable...

Sugar to sweeten tea/coffee? Have some Cinnamon instead

Sugar to sweeten tea/coffee? Have some Cinnamon instead

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-12 15:04:50

It is not mandatory to involve sugar to satisfy a sweet tooth.  Since, sugar raises cholesterol, increase the chances of diabetes, can overload your liver, affects teeth, impacts brain function,...

These Indian 'Rotis' are popular in Bangladesh

These Indian 'Rotis' are popular in Bangladesh

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-08 19:49:00

Suppose you went to try Indian cuisine in a restaurant, ordered Chola-Bhatura but the waiter came with Chanar-Dal and a huge size Luchi. Ordering an expensive dish, that too with an Indian name, but e...

2 game changers in regular meat curry

2 game changers in regular meat curry

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-07 12:17:36

There are few Bangladeshis who are not acquainted with the fame of Chui-Jhal Beef from Khulna and Shatkora Beef from Sylhet.  Chui is basically the stem of Piper Chaba or piper chilli which is u...

Foods that make you feel tired

Foods that make you feel tired

Sirajum Munira 2022-02-06 20:10:19

You might have lots of things to do but sometimes your body does not give permission at all. It is not like you are just about to sleep, you just feel sluggish.  Have you ever wondered if there...

Foods that bring back back the taste of the tongue

Foods that bring back back the taste of the tongue

Sirajum Munira 2022-01-24 15:41:36

There are few people who do not suffer from colds and coughs during the change of seasons, especially when it is winter. In case of cold or fever, the taste in the mouth also seems to fade away. In s...

Hyped Korean foods that you can prepare at home

Hyped Korean foods that you can prepare at home

Sirajum Munira 2022-01-15 14:18:53

Along with the popularity of K-Drama and K-Pop, Korean foods has also become hyped in Bangladesh recently.  Sometimes, those foods are introduced through Korean movies or series, sometimes throu...

Quick Golapjam and Roshmalai at home

Quick Golapjam and Roshmalai at home

Sirajum Munira 2022-01-08 13:17:37

Whether at the end of a big feast or with good news, sweet items are constant for Bangladesh people.  Delicious looking Golapjam and spongy Roshmalai are two items that might top the list for ma...

Kalavuna meets Pizza, Momo with chocolate - unique ideas that blend in fusion food

Kalavuna meets Pizza, Momo with chocolate - unique ideas that blend in fusion food

Nowshaba Achal 2022-01-03 16:05:17

“Once, out of curiosity, I ordered chocolate Falooda. It’s tasted horrible,” said Mashiat Monjur, 2nd-year student of Khulna Medical College. The taste was so bad that she still regr...

Food luxury in Humayun literature

Food luxury in Humayun literature

Anindeta Chowdhury 2021-11-13 19:20:25

When a sincere Humayun reader thinks of mouthwatering food items, burgers, pizza, french fry or any fancy foods are out of the equation.  Because they are obsessed with his deep description of n...

Fest in Bengali feast during Durga Puja

Fest in Bengali feast during Durga Puja

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-10-13 17:39:24

There is a proverb famous among the Bengalis - “Baro mashe tero parbon,” which means there are more festivals here than there are months in a year.  And every Bengali festival means...