Snap melon (Futi)
Indian name: Futi
Scientific name: Cucumis melo var momordica
Part used: fruit
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucumis
Spicies: C. melo var momordica
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Snake gourd (Chichingga)
Indian name: Chichingga
Scientific name: Trichosanthes anguina
Part used: fruit
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Trichosanthes
Species: T. anguina
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Sponge gourd (Dhundul)
Indian name: Dhundul
Scientific name: Luffa cylindrica
Part used: fruit
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Luffa
Species: L. cylindrica
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Ribbed gourd (Jhingga)
Indian name: Jhingga
Scientific name: Luffa acutagula
Part used: fruit
Systematic position:
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Luffa
Species:L. acutagula
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Traditional full course Bengali meal:
Steaming Plain rice
1 spoonful ghee (clarified butter)
Sukto (bitter dish)
Dal (mung dal or musur
dal)
fried potato
fried brinjal
Torkari (vegetable dish)
Machher jhal
(fish with...
Drumstick recipe
Ingredients:
4-5 Drumsticks (wash & cut into medium pieces)
2-3 Potatoes (wash & cut into medium cubes)
2-teaspoon ...
Shutki (sutki) machher jhal (dry fish recipe)
Ingredients:
100 gm dried loittya fish
(Bombay duck) (cut into medium pieces and soak it in hot water)
100 gm ...
Masala tea
Ingredients:
4 cup of water
2-teaspoon tea-leaf
A pinch of ginger
1 cardamom
2-tablespoonful sugar
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Alu Vada (potato pakora)
Ingredients:
3-4 Potatoes (wash and cut into thick round slices)
200 gm Besan
A pinch of baking...
Cauliflower Pakora (phul-kopir vada)
Ingredients:
1 big Cauliflower (cut into medium pieces & soak into hot
water)
200 gm Besan
A pinch of baking soda (soda-bi-carb)
A pinch of...