From the Degchi kitchen

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What Can I Cook With Eggs? 9 Dinners and Breakfasts From Our Recipes

Eggs are the emergency dinner. Nine dishes from our recipes, from a 10-minute omelette to a Bangladeshi egg curry, with boiling times and food-safety basics.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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Harees Explained: The Wheat and Meat Porridge of the Gulf

Harees is wheat and meat cooked for hours, then beaten into a smooth, stretchy porridge. Here is what it is, how it differs from haleem, and how to make it, including a quick oat shortcut.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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What Can I Cook With Potatoes? 9 Dishes From Curry to Stuffed Paratha

A bag of potatoes is the most flexible thing in the cupboard. Nine dishes from our recipes, how to keep the potatoes themselves in good shape, and what to do with green ones.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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Dhaka-Style Tehari Explained: Mustard Oil, Beef and One Pot

Dhaka tehari cooks small beef cubes right into the rice with mustard oil and green chilli. Here is what makes it different from biryani, where the name comes from, and how to cook it.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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Pani Puri Recipe at Home: Shells, Pani and Filling

Pani puri is three small jobs: shells that puff, a water you taste and adjust, and a filling that is nearly effortless. Here are the numbers for each.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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How to Make Modak: Ukadiche Modak at Home

Ukadiche modak is a steamed rice-flour dumpling with a coconut and jaggery filling. Here is the method, the hot-dough rule that matters most, and how it differs from fried modak.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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What Is Sambousek? Fillings, Frying and How to Make It

Sambousek is the Gulf and Levantine pastry that looks like a samosa and isn't quite one. What it is, what goes inside, whether to fry or bake, and our meat version.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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How to Cook Mulukhiyah: Chicken, Garlic Tarqa, Rice

Mulukhiyah is a green, garlicky leaf stew ladled over rice. Here is the method from our recipe, how Egyptian and Levantine cooks differ, and what to do about the texture.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read

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How to Make Maqluba and Flip It Without Breaking

The flip is the only scary part of maqluba. Here is the full cook as a timeline, built around the 10 to 15 minute rest that decides whether the dome holds.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 6 min read

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Umm Ali Recipe: How to Make It at Home in 40 Minutes

Umm Ali is a warm Egyptian bread pudding made from torn pastry, milk, nuts and cream. Here is our recipe, what each step is doing, and what to watch for.

Usama Alam · 5 November 2026 · 5 min read