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Spardha to stage ‘4.48 Montrash’ at Mahila Samity from Jan 5 to 13
Spardha, the independent theatre collective known for its unique and fascinating productions, will stage its acclaimed “4.48 Montrash” at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samity in Dhaka, starting from Thursday.
Adapted from the late British playwright and stage director Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis”, the Bangla version of the play translated by Shahman Moishan and Sharif Siraj is designed and directed by noted theatre personality Syed Jamil Ahmed.
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From January 5 to 13, a total of eleven shows of the play will be staged at the venue, according to the organisers.
Storyline of the play revolves around a young female artist and her psychosis, shedding light on issues including sexual assault, torture, murder, religious intolerance and turmoil in society.
It showcases a unique poetic style as opposed to the traditional linear narrative, in order to embrace a post-dramatic architecture by crafting an amalgamation of literary techniques including soliloquies and monologues, stream-of-consciousness, everyday dialogues, and direct narratives addressed to the audiences.
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Popular filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki was enthralled with the play in December 2020, and lauded the production for its excellence.
“A befitting production to end a depressing year! Jamil Ahmed once again didn’t fail to create magical moments, throw the right questions, and place us in front of a disturbing mirror! All the performers made me believe they hate to live this unjust and chaotic life! Mohsina Akhter (lead in the play) gave a powerful performance once again, she was so relatable!,” – Farooki wrote on Facebook at the time.
Two tiers of tickets are available for the shows – Tk 500 and Tk 1000. Students and theatre activists can watch the play at a discounted price (Tk 300) per show.
Ticket details are available on the Facebook page of Spardha and also at the event page of the play.
Quantum Foundation to observe first 'Total Fitness Day' Friday
Quantum Foundation will observe the first "Total Fitness Day" Friday to sensitise people about "total – physical, mental, social and spiritual – fitness" to help them lead a happy and healthy life.
The foundation will organise a special awareness session at the capital's Jatiya Press Club, where it will arrange body balance tests, meditations, yogas, exercises, and discussions.
Also, the foundation will organise such sessions in open spaces in different parts of the country. Some volunteering organisations promoting fitness and wellness will also observe the day.
From now on, Quantum will mark the first Friday of January every year as Total Fitness Day. This year's theme of the day is "healthy body and peaceful mind, busy happy life."
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Curtain rises on Dhaka Lit Fest 2023 Thursday
The tenth edition of the Dhaka Lit Fest will be held at the Bangla Academy from January 5 to 8.
The fest will host many award-winning authors and internationally acclaimed speakers, including Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah; winners of the Booker and International Booker, Neustadt International, PEN/Pinter, Prix Médicis, Academy Award, Windham-Campbell Prize, Albert Medal, Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and Aga Khan Award.
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This year's line-up also features Nuruddin Farah, Amitav Ghosh, Hanif Kureishi, Pankaj Mishra, Tilda Swinton, Jon Lee Anderson, Onjali Rauf, Sarah Churchwell, Geetanjali Shree, Daisy Rockwell, Esther Freud, Alexandra Pringle, Dame Sarah Gilbert, Marina Mahathir, Joy Goswami, Anisul Hoque, Mashrur Arefin, Kamal Chowdhury, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, Marina Tabassum, Syed Manzoorul Islam, Imdadul Haq Milan, Kaiser Haq, Shaheen Akhtar, Amitabh Reza, Azmeri Haque Badhon and more.
Over 500 speakers, performers, and thinkers representing five continents will participate in the four-day event with over 175 sessions.
Along with a diverse mix of conversations and dialogues, and sessions on science and technology, there will also be activities for children, and young adults, film screenings, and theatrical, music, and cultural performances at the fest.
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Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune are the event's title sponsors, City Bank platinum sponsor, and British Council is the strategic partner.
Online registration for the fest is now open. Tickets are available for Tk200 and Tk500, and entry will be free for children under 12.
5 Delightful Tartare Recipes to Add to Your Repertoire
In the late 19th century, tartare was introduced on a few menus in French bistros and restaurants. However, this cuisine became more common and popular in the early 20th century. It became famous in the 1950s. You can prepare this cozy dish with beef, mutton, shrimp, mutton, duck, and so on. We are here with 5 mouth-watering tartare recipes for New Year's Day or any other family occasion.
5 Yummy Tartare Recipes to Try at Home
Lamb Tartare Recipe
Ingredients
12 ounces lamb, 1 tbsp capers (drained, chopped), 1 Tbsp. chopped fresh mint, 2 tsp. lemon peel (finely chopped), 2 tsp. Shallot (finely chopped), 1 tbsp sea salt, 1 tbsp black pepper (ground), 2 egg yolks (large), ½ Olive oil, ½ lemon, 2 bread, toasted (Thinly sliced) (for serving)
Instructions
First, cut the lamb and separate the bones from the meat, and preserve it for further use. Now cut the meat into ¼”-thick slices and do crosswise small cubes. Wrap the bowl of meat and keep it rest until ready to serve.
Now before serving, mix together lamb, capers, mint, preserved lemon peel, and shallot in a bowl. Mix salt and pepper with the mixture and mix smoothly. Divide the lamb tartare into 2 parts and put an egg yolk on the top of each part. Sprinkle oil and salt if required. Add lemon juice also and serve with toast.
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Beef Tartare Recipe
Ingredients
8 oz top round beef steak fresh, 2 tbsp parsley (finely chopped), 2 tbsp capers (drained and finely chopped), 2 tbsp cornichons (finely chopped), 2 tbsp shallots (finely chopped), 5 tsp sauce (Worcestershire), 1 ½ tbsp dijon mustard, ½ tsp salt, 2 egg yolks fresh
Instructions
First, take the beef on a plate and keep it in the freeze for 20 minutes to firm it up slightly. Then cut the beef into 1/4-inch slices and then nicely chop it. Keep the chopped beef in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Now chop the other vegetables into fine dice and add Worcestershire sauce and mustard and mix well. Then add the beef and salt and mix again. Divide the beef tartare into 2 parts. Place each part on a plate and put an egg yolk on top of each part. Sprinkle oil and salt if required. Serve with cornichons and a spoonful of mustard.
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Shrimp Tartare Recipe
Ingredients
14 ozs cooked shrimp (peeled), ½lemon (juiced), 2 ozs (purple, seedless grape), 1 tbsp Salt, 1 cayenne pepper, 1 tbsp ground peppers
Instructions
First, clean the shrimp, pat dry, and finely chop. Put the chopped shrimp in a bowl and mix the lemon juice with the shrimp. Now clean halves, roughly chop the grapes, and add to the shrimp. Then mix pepper. Now divide the shrimp tartare into 2 parts. Place each part on a plate and put a dollop of crème fraîche and some freshly cracked pepper and serve.
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Mutton Tartare Recipe
Ingredients
1 ¼ cup fine bulgur, ½ lb mutton, freshly ground, 4 Tbsp Aleppo Pepper, 1 Tbsp Lebanese 7-Spice, ground, 1 tsp cumin, ground, ½ Tbsp tomato paste, 1 Tbsp pepper paste, 2 Tbsp olive oil, 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped, 4 scallions, minced, 1 medium onion, minced, 5 cloves garlic, chopped, ½ Tbsp salt
Garnish
2 lemons, quartered, 1 onion, sliced, lettuce leaves
Instructions
First, Dip bulgur in boiling water for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes drain the bulgur and keep it resting for another 30 minutes.
First, take the mutton on a plate and keep it in the freeze for 20 minutes to firm it up slightly. Then cut the mutton into 1/4-inch slices and then nicely chop it. Keep the chopped mutton in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
Now before serving, mix together mutton and the other ingredients except garnishes and mix together. Refrigerate until serving. Shape tartare into little two or three balls. Pur a lettuce leaf, onions, and lemon slices on top of each ball and serve.
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Duck Tartare Recipe
Ingredients
1 duck breast, skin off and fat trimmed, 2 tbsp. shallots, diced fine, 1 tbsp. sweet pepper, diced fine, 2 tsp. scallions, minced, 1 tsp. parsley, minced, ¼ lemon zest, chiffonade, half avocado (diced), 1 tbsp oil (avocado), Salt, and pepper (as per required)
Instructions
First, take the duck breast on a plate and keep it in the freeze for 20 minutes to firm it up slightly. Then cut the duck breast into 1/4-inch slices and then nicely chop it. Keep the chopped duck breast in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Mix the remaining ingredients and season with salt and fresh ground pepper to taste. Keep cold and serve immediately with toasted bread or crackers.
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Bottom Line
so far, we have discussed 5 amazing tartare recipes with beef, mutton, shrimp, mutton, and duck. You can customize these recipes as per the precise taste of your family members and guests. However, the taste, color, and flavor of the food will depend on the raw material's quality and your cooking skill.
10 Foods to Eat for Good Luck in New Year
As the new year approaches everyone is wishing to have a happy and prosperous year. Interestingly, some food traditions are believed to be a lucky way to start the next. People in diverse cultures try different types of good luck foods to bring fortune in the coming year. Let’s take a look at 10 top New Year's foods to bring you and your family good luck in 2023.
10 Best New Year’s Day Foods to Bring Prosperity in 2023
Black-Eyed Peas
The origin of this food is Europe. If you are celebrating New Year's dinner in the South, you can serve the dish of black-eyed peas that are prepared with meat, celery, and onion. It is a traditional dish that has been consumed for luck for more than 1,500 years. They are special as they got their start as part of the Jewish New Year. Most importantly, they are packed with important nutrients including fiber and vitamin A.
Pomegranates
Probably the main origin of Pomegranates is Persia. The people of Greece think that pomegranates have brought good luck to them but they use it differently. Instead of eating, Greek families crush a pomegranate on the threshold of their home at the start of the New Year thinking to bring good luck to them. However, that doesn't mean you can't add extra fruit to your sparkling drink when you toast at midnight or turn it into a delicious drink.
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Lentils
Lentils are originated in Europe and eaten all over the world for the new year because these tiny and yellow colored legumes suggest gold coins and they are considered to bring prosperity in the coming year. The people of most of the continents of the world eat lentils and it is considered to help you pad out your bank account in the progressing months.
Whole Fish
Chinese believes that serving fish whole with both head and tail brings prosperity, abundance, and a good year to come from start to finish. Legend also says that eating a whole fish—generally with the head, tail, and all—brings good fortune for the new year. Fish is packed with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins like D and B2 (riboflavin) and is rich in calcium and phosphorus. It is also a great source of minerals, including iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and potassium.
Cookies
Cookies are the right kind of food to Kick off the New Year with messages of luck, hope, and prosperity for your friends and family. You can slide each personalized message into your handmade cookie. If your loved ones have a good sense of humor, you can consider preparing cookies and drawing something laughing on each cookie. If you're really busy all time, you can use your pre-made fortune cookies.
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Grapes/Raisins
According to Spain culture 12 grapes or raisins are eaten just before midnight, one for each month of the year will bring good fortune for all 12 months of the year. It is also the tradition of Mexico also. They believe that the luck you’ll possess each month is dependent on the deliciousness of the grapes.
Buttered Bread/Cornbread
The people of Ireland love to celebrate their New Year's Day with Buttered Bread. Traditionally, it is believed that buttered bread placed outside the front door epitomizes an absence of hunger in the household and presumably for the year to come. Cornbread is also considered lucky because of its golden brown color. People of the USA believe that cornbread can bring gold and wealth in the upcoming year.
Green Veggies
Leafy greens vegetables have deep emerald colors and so hearty greens like kale, spinach, and collards are considered to bring wealth and health to you if you enjoy them early and often in the New Year. It is also believed that a garnish of parsley can fend off evil spirits. You need to embrace this New Year's food tradition if you wish to have health and wealth for the coming year.
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Cake
You can joyously consume cake for any occasion, so this whole luck thing just feels like a bonus. Round cakes are said to be lucky because of their shape. As they look like coins, they are thought to bring forth wealth in the new year. In Greek culture, friends and family gather around and enjoy a round cake that often has a coin baked inside. If you receive the slice with the coin in it, you will get extra luck for the new year and usually a gift or prize.
Oranges
Oranges are usually passed out during Lunar New Year to call forth prosperity. It is natural that these citrus fruits have made their way to our Gregorian calendar celebrations as well. The bright color of oranges evokes joy and happiness. The Chinese called the mandarin orange, Kam. You can take the mandarin orange an extra lucky piece of fruit for you and your family.
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Bottom line
So far, we have mentioned 10 New Year's Day foods to bring good luck and prosperity. However, there is no scientific evidence that foods can bring good luck. Still, people of different cultures across the world follow News Year’s day food traditions to get a prosperous new year. Why don’t you try these foods and try your luck?
South Asian eateries try ‘going local’ as recovery strategy
Hotels and restaurants across South Asia have had to adapt and reimagine dining out since the pandemic ripped through the region, forcing many out of business.
Those that have survived are tapping local sources and going online.
In India, from hole-in-the-wall casual eateries to fine dining, restaurants were devastated by lockdowns and virus outbreaks, with millions losing their jobs since COVID-19 hit in early 2020.
In neighboring Sri Lanka, where the tourism-driven economy also has been hammered by political upheavals and shortages, the situation remains dire.
Saman Nayanananda, a food and beverage manager at a hotel chain in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, says going local for food sourcing and menu offerings is vital.
Nayanananda, who was in New Delhi recently for the South Asian Food for Thought festival, survived a devastating tsunami in 2004 that killed 230,000. He lived through a prolonged civil war that ended in 2009 and witnessed the aftermath of deadly 2019 Easter terrorist attacks. After every calamity, the economy managed to get back on its feet.
The struggle to recover for the nation of 22 million is infinitely tougher given Sri Lanka's troubles with debt, fuel and food shortages, said the 50-year-old hospitality industry veteran.
“We had lot of challenges, including raw materials and the transport problems. A year after COVID, all hotels started food delivery. We were slowly recovering and then this economic crisis came. We ran out of both imported and local materials. Again back to zero,” said Nayanananda, who lost his job at a tourist resort in 2020 as everything shut down.
“We recovered from terrorism, from the tsunami, but this crisis, it has broken the middle class,” he said. With food inflation at 70% and hard currency to buy from abroad in short supply, going local both in terms of food sourcing and menu offerings is the only option.
“We came out with the concept of grow and sell. We replaced imported production with local production, coming up with innovative food items,” he said, mentioning dishes using locally grown sweet potatoes, cassava, yams and cowpeas, or black-eyed peas.
Across the region, hotels and restaurants are finding past business models obsolete. That's forcing a reset in strategies as investments recover to meet rising demand from hungry diners eager to eat out again.
India’s food services market is expected to grow to $79 billion by 2028 from $41 billion in 2022, according to a report by the Francorp and restaurantindia.in. But the sector will still face supply delays or shortages, the report says.
Maneesh Baheti, founder and director of the South Asian Association for Gastronomy, said that the pandemic has raised awareness about health concerns and food sourcing, leading the industry to adopt more sustainable practices.
That includes offering dishes made with locally sourced ingredients.
“Eating fresh local produce according to season, returning to diets rich in nuts, legumes and green leafy vegetables, are trends that are here to stay as they engage customers who are now a health conscious-aware segment with deep pockets,” Baheti said.
“The entire food industry has realized the importance of promoting better health and the potential of wellness-based menus,” Baheti added. “Eating local and eating fresh also helps in reducing the carbon footprint since the dependence on transportation and refrigeration reduces the emission of green house gases," he said.
As the food services industry rebuilds itself, restaurant owners say some practices born out of necessity during the pandemic can offer a way forward.
Many urban communities are experimenting with plant-based diets and growing farm produce on their rooftops and in backyards.
Siddharth Bandal, a partner at the Hideaway café and bar in the western Indian state of Goa, said they've learned to be nimble enough to adapt to changing customer behavior.
“It possibly made the sector stronger by exposing the weak spots and the industry has shown its resilience by adapting quickly. The pandemic made everyone more alert about hygiene. There is a renewed focus on guest experience and the eateries are evolving as they respond to the shift towards healthier food,” Bandal said.
In Colombo, Nayanananda began cycling to work and growing food at home after markets ran dry and it became difficult to feed his family of four.
In Sri Lanka and elsewhere in Asia, a wave of COVID-19 infections in China after it dropped its pandemic controls has revived worries over the risk of a return to shutdowns and other restrictions. But Nayanananda says he's hopeful.
“What is important is to learn to live with what we have in our hands,” he said.
Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81
Vivienne Westwood, an influential fashion maverick who played a key role in the punk movement, died Thursday at 81.
Westwood’s eponymous fashion house announced her death on social media platforms, saying she died peacefully. A cause was not disclosed.
“Vivienne continued to do the things she loved, up until the last moment, designing, working on her art, writing her book, and changing the world for the better,” the statement said.
Westwood’s fashion career began in the 1970s when her radical approach to urban street style took the world by storm. But she went on to enjoy a long career highlighted by a string of triumphant runway shows and museum exhibitions.
The name Westwood became synonymous with style and attitude even as she shifted focus from year to year, her range vast and her work never predictable.
As her stature grew, she seemed to transcend fashion. The young woman who had scorned the British establishment eventually became one of its leading lights, even as she kept her hair dyed that trademark bright shade of orange.
Andrew Bolton, curator of The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, said Westwood and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren — her onetime partners — “gave the punk movement a look, a style, and it was so radical it broke from anything in the past.”
“The ripped shirts, the safety pins, the provocative slogans,” Bolton said. “She introduced postmodernism. It was so influential from the mid-70s. The punk movement has never dissipated — it’s become part of our fashion vocabulary. It’s mainstream now.”
Westwood’s long career was full of contradictions: She was a lifelong rebel honored several times by Queen Elizabeth II. She dressed like a teenager even in her 60s and became an outspoken advocate of fighting climate change, warning of planetary doom.
In her punk days, Westwood’s clothes were often intentionally shocking: T-shirts decorated with drawings of naked boys and “bondage pants” with sadomasochistic overtones were standard fare in her popular London shops. But Westwood was able to transition from punk to haute couture without missing a beat, keeping her career going without stooping to self-caricature.
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“She was always trying to reinvent fashion. Her work is provocative, it’s transgressive. It’s very much rooted in the English tradition of pastiche and irony and satire. She is very proud of her Englishness, and still she sends it up,” Bolton said.
One of those contentious designs featured a swastika, an inverted image of Jesus Christ on the cross and the word “Destroy.” In an autobiography written with Ian Kelly, she said it was meant as part of a statement against politicians torturing people, citing Chile’s Augusto Pinochet. When asked if she regretted the swastika in a 2009 interview with Time magazine, Westwood said no.
“I don’t, because we were just saying to the older generation, ‘We don’t accept your values or your taboos, and you’re all fascists,’” she responded.
She approached her work with gusto in her early years, but later seemed to tire of the clamor and buzz. After decades of designing, she sometimes spoke wistfully of moving beyond fashion so she could concentrate on environmental matters and educational projects.
“Fashion can be so boring,” she told The Associated Press after unveiling one of her new collections at a 2010 show. “I’m trying to find something else to do.”
Her runway shows were always the most chic events, drawing stars from the glittery world of film, music, and television who wanted to bask in Westwood’s reflected glory. But still she spoke out against consumerism and conspicuous consumption, even urging people not to buy her expensive, beautifully made clothes.
“I just tell people, stop buying clothes,” she said. “Why not protect this gift of life while we have it? I don’t take the attitude that destruction is inevitable. Some of us would like to stop that and help people survive.”
Westwood’s activism extended to supporting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, posing in a giant birdcage in 2020 to try to halt his extradition to the U.S. She even designed the dress Stella Moris wore when she married Assange this past March at a London prison.
Westwood was self-taught, with no formal fashion training. She told Marie Claire magazine that she learned how to make her own clothes as a teenager by following patterns. When she wanted to sell 1950s-style clothes at her first shop, she found old clothes in markets and took them apart to understand the cut and construction.
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Westwood was born in the Derbyshire village of Glossop on April 8, 1941. Her family moved to London in 1957 and she attended art school for one term.
She met McLaren in the 1960s while working as a primary school teacher after separating from her first husband, Derek Westwood. She and McLaren opened a small shop in Chelsea in 1971, the tail end of the “Swinging London” era ushered in by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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The shop changed its name and focus several times, operating as “SEX” — Westwood and McLaren were fined in 1975 for an “indecent exhibition” there — and “World’s End” and “Seditionaries.”
Among the workers at their shop was Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock, who called Westwood “a one off, driven, single minded, talented lady” in a statement to The Associated Press.
He said it was a privilege “to have rubbed shoulders with her in the mid ’70s at what was the birth of punk and the worldwide waves it created that still continue to echo and resound today for the disaffected, hipper and wised up around the globe.”
“Vivienne is gone and the world is already a less interesting place,” tweeted Chrissie Hynde, the frontwoman of the Pretenders and another former employee.
Westwood moved into a fresh type of designing with her “Pirates” collection, exhibited in her first catwalk show in 1981. That breakthrough is credited with taking Westwood in a more traditional direction, showing her interest in incorporating historical British designs into contemporary clothes.
It was also an important step in an ongoing rapprochement between Westwood and the fashion world. The rebel eventually became one of its most celebrated stars, known for reinterpreting opulent dresses from the past and often finding inspiration in 18th century paintings.
But she still found ways to shock: Her Statue of Liberty corset in 1987 is remembered as the start of “underwear as outerwear” trend.
She eventually branched out into a range of business activities, including an alliance with Italian designer Giorgio Armani, and developed her ready-to-wear Red Label line, her more exclusive Gold Label line, a menswear collection and fragrances called Boudoir and Libertine. Westwood shops opened in New York, Hong Kong, Milan and several other major cities.
She was named designer of the year by the British Fashion Council in 1990 and 1991.
Her uneasy relationship with the British establishment is perhaps best exemplified by her 1992 trip to Buckingham Palace to receive an Order of the British Empire medal: She wore no underwear, and posed for photographers in a way that made that abundantly clear.
Apparently the queen was not offended: Westwood was invited back to receive the even more auspicious designation of Dame Commander of the British Empire — the female equivalent of a knighthood — in 2006.
Westwood is survived by her second husband, the Austrian-born designer Andreas Kronthaler who had a fashion line under her brand, and two sons.
The first, fashion photographer Ben Westwood, was her son with Derek Westwood. The second, Joe Corre — her son with McLaren — co-founded the upscale Agent Provocateur lingerie line and once burned what he said was a collection of punk memorabilia worth millions: “Punk was never, never meant to be nostalgic,” he said.
5 Exciting BBQ and Grilling Recipes for New Year’s Eve
Who doesn’t like to celebrate special occasions like new year's eve with exciting recipes? Barbeque grilling recipes are always famous for celebrations, especially New Year parties. The new year celebration with family members, friends, relatives, and neighbors can be special and vibrant with our 5 best BBQ grilling recipes.
5 BBQ Grilling Recipes for New Year’s Eve
Grilled Vegetable Recipe
Ingredients
For Dressing
2 tbsp vinegar, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 2 tbsp mustard, 2 tsp lemon & herbs (signature blends), 1/4 cup oil
For Veggies
2 bell peppers (sliced), 2-5 carrots (large & sliced), 2 zucchini (sliced).
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Directions
First, combine all the ingredients of the dressing in a bowl and mix well. Set aside to use further.
Now cut all of the vegetables into pieces and make sure you cut each pepper into 4 or 5 pieces and some do in the cases of zucchini and carrots. Then pour the dressing mixture into the vegetables and toss nicely.
Prepare the BBQ from 400°F (200°C) to 450°F (230°C). Now grill everything over direct heat and heat for about 5-7 minutes. Then turn over the veggies and grill for another 5-6 minutes. Remove the veggies from the heat and serve with burgers, kabobs, or paratha.
Majestic Silks of Bangladesh Exhibition by Maheen Khan: Fashion in silk gets the heritage touch
Showcasing the rich history of Bangladesh's illustrious silk industry as well as efforts to support and promote local designs, a three-day exclusive solo fashion exhibition titled ‘Majestic Silks of Bangladesh Exhibition by Maheen Khan’, is currently underway at the Nordic Club, Gulshan in the capital.
The solo design exhibition began on Tuesday (December 27, 2022), featuring some of the unique designs of eminent Bangladeshi fashion designer Maheen Khan, the founding president of the Fashion Design Council of Bangladesh (FDCB) and the founding managing director of Mayasir, a trend-setting brand that emphasizes the nation's traditional embroidery.
Sharing her motifs and visions with UNB regarding her major solo exhibition in a long time, Maheen Khan said that this event is proudly showcasing some of the exclusive, handmade crafts as a befitting tribute to the country’s majestic silks.
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5 Delightful Chinese Recipes for Bangladeshi Kitchen
China is a large country and there are huge geographical differences in cuisine because of the diverse climates, history, local ingredients, dining customs, etc. Chinese dishes are worldwide popular and familiar for their color, bouquet, taste, meanings, and surfacing. Let's find out 5 yummy Chinese Recipes for Bengali Kitchen.
5 Mouth-watering Chinese Recipes to Try at Home
Chinese Fried Rice Recipe
Ingredients
3⁄4cup finely (chopped onion), 2 1⁄2 tablespoons oil, 1egg (lightly beaten), 3 drops soy sauce, 3 drops sesame oil, 8 ounces chicken (chopped & cooked), 1⁄2 cup finely chopped carrot, 1⁄2cup peas (frozen & thawed), 4 cups rice (cold & cooked), 4 green onions (chopped), 2 cups bean sprouts, 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
Directions
First, take a pan and fry onions for 8-10 minutes or as long as the onions turn a nice brown color. Drain the onions and put them aside to further use. When the onions become cool, mix egg and 3 drops of soy and 3 drops of sesame oil put aside. Then add 1/2 tbsp oil to the pan and add the egg mixture. Fry the egg on both sides and remove it from the pan when done and chop it into small pieces.
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Now put 1 tbsp oil in the pan and add meat, carrots, peas, and cooked onion and cook for 2 minutes. Then add rice, green onions, and bean sprouts, combine them together and cook for 3 minutes. Finally, add 2 tbsp of light soy sauce, and chopped egg to the rice mixture, fry for 1 minute and serve.