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    Yogurt in a cup

    October 21, 2015 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    [ Yogurt in a cup ] I have always loved yogurt, and of course the sweet one, preferably bought from my favourite sweet shop. The creamy, thick sweet and little tangy flavour was my staple, that I regularly took with Chira or pressed rice. My mom always make yogurt in home. Every night she sets her milk in a left over yogurt mix for next day’s intake. But as she used to make sour one, I preferred to avoid it always. Sour yogurt used to make me vomit. Until very recently, two three years back, I first tried to eat…

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    Tea Ceremony: Office green tea

    October 2, 2015 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    [ Tea Ceremony: Office green tea ] My brother is out for a vacation and I am left alone to do the tea story for this week. As I have very little tea exposure, thus I have decided to talk about the green tea I drink in office. In fact it was the last bag of tea from that lot. My sweet colleague Shiropa gave me few bags of green tea few months back. I used to drink that, once in a while in office. Like most green teas, it was very refreshing and also had a strong taste. In…

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    The art of making butter…

    July 25, 2015 - By Aziza Ahmed Paula

    Hi folks… today we shall talk about making butter. If I could I would have become totally organic. However living in Dhaka doesn’t let me be so. Hence, I make homemade items as much as I can. In the process I make certain things at home that is healthy and also makes me happy doing it. So, let’s make some butter. You need fresh double cream to make butter. Double cream in simple bangla is “Dudher Shor”. You can buy a good quality cream and beat it till it forms butter or like me collect the cream for whole one…

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