The real joy of eating a mango is peeling off the skin and eating it right away, with delicious juice runs down your hand; it might be offensive to many, but a true Bengali would love to eat it that way. However, the civilised way to eat a mango would be to slice it into pieces and have the pulp with a fork. Now that the season is over and we have satiated most of those cravings, we can safely shift our attention to chilled sweet mango desserts for this scorching summer. Mangoes are high in calories; hence, everyone will ask you to keep your mango count in check. But, if you pair it with cool foods like yoghurt, you can have that extra one too. So, no reason to stop the mango binge.

With Eid-ul-Azha now over, you should have a refrigerator full of meat for you to cook up a storm. And here are the perfect recipes to accompany you in said cooking adventure.

Salads can be delicious; salads can be gorgeous. And yet, we have a bittersweet relationship with salads. At least now, we have come far from the thought that healthy food equals boring food. Salads, if done right, can be something worth shamelessly devouring — and there are a million ways you can do it! With so many combinations of the contents in a salad along with endless possibilities of what to put in the dressing — the sky is really the limit once you have cracked the perfect equations.

Mangoes are simply irresistible. Some can devour five of them in the time it takes you to count to four. And they are just as irresistible once you involve them in recipes, some of which has become iconic enough to be considered a staple monsoon dish. Here are just some ways you can take advantage of this delicious fruit in some recipes for this monsoon.

Cooking various dishes of meat is a time-tested culture of the Eid-ul-Azha festival. Every family has their favourite recipes, and Eid day traditions of Qurbani activities. Nothing quite brings out the foodie side of people like the festival of sacrifice.

Eid-ul-Azha is just around the corner, and that usually means a refrigerator full of meat for you to cook up a storm. And here are the perfect recipes to accompany you in said cooking adventure.

‘Shining in my Kitchen’ was Star Lifestyle’s recipe competition for the year 2022 where we asked our valued readers to send their best meat recipes ahead of Eid ul Adha. Selecting the best recipes from a host of entries is never easy. Kazria Kayes, Sheulee Akter, and Arshia Idris Talha have shone their way through the strenuous selection process and emerged as winners. So try out these top recipe entries this festive season.

While mango has a cemented spot as the king of summer fruits, in its many varieties it also easily overshadows our other seasonal favourites like jaam or the java plum. The festivity around mangoes often makes for a lacklustre season for other bounties of summer. This dark purple, bordering on burgundy, lozenge sized fruit is fleshy, juicy with a hard seed and stains everything it touches a deep purple, including your mouth.

What is the difference between all the soft and delicious fruit spreads? They all might seem the same but each has different special features, and thus the different names. They are easy to make and hard to resist. There are four main ingredients in all soft spreads: fruit, sugar, pectin and acid. The consistency of soft spreads varies from a firm set for jellies to a soft, honey-like consistency for preserves, and thus require slightly differing prep techniques.

Mango is versatile fruit and can be used to make delicious dishes and desserts. If you are a mango lover like me, you will love this collection of recipes that include both ripe and green mangoes!

What initiated as a sensational flavour of chips, coming as a complete game-changer in the world of potato crisps, salt and vinegar has now moulded itself as an indispensable part of contemporary cooking. However, it would be unwise to limit this amazing flavour pairing to crisps only. With these two rudimentary kitchen condiments, the sky is really your limit when it comes to elevating the flavour profile of any dish! Thus, here are a few lip-smacking recipes highlighting this classic combination along with a delicious salad dressing.

Whether used to prepare a quick sandwich or create mouth-watering appetizers such as prawn balls, All Time Milk Bread stands as the shining ingredient. Here are four recipes for you to try using All Time Milk Bread.

One of the outstanding celebrations taking place to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years of reign is the Platinum Pudding Competition 2021.

Dried fish is one of the key ingredients of most recipes in hilly cuisine, and their popularity is on par with any other meat dish.

Pithas have always been a Bengali household favourite.

Recipes to try for the coming Christmas Holidays.

The baking community in Dhaka has grown hugely in the span of past few years. There are plenty of home bakers and professionals coming up with exceptional creativity and talent.

Matcha, a form of tea that has its roots in China and translates to “ground tea” in Japanese, is a proud representation of the shared love for tea in Eastern Asia.

Fish dishes are a dime a dozen in a country where it constitutes as one of the main components of its diet. However, there are unique dishes out there, and here are two such recipes.

The season for delectable hilsa is back. For your dinning pleasure, we present two of the most popular dishes made from hilsa. Bhorta, the simpler of the two, is easy on the palate.