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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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#13557236

10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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#13557239

10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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#13557240

10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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10 Apr 2026

An elderly woman chops and seasons banana stem with salt before cooking it in the traditional Bengali style, using various spices over a wood-fired stove in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on April 10, 2026. The banana stem, known as Thor, is a fibrous, edible core of the banana plant stem, commonly used in Bengali and Indian cuisine for its crunchy texture and nutritional benefits. It is often prepared as Thor Ghonto, a dry curry with coconut, or fried.

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#12983067

13 Nov 2025

Puffed rice is made using the traditional muri method, in which parboiled rice is roasted with hot sand until it pops. An elderly woman in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, prepares puffed rice using coconut and jute sticks on Oct. 28, 2025, a practice now fading with modern machinery.

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#12983069

13 Nov 2025

Puffed rice is made using the traditional muri method, in which parboiled rice is roasted with hot sand until it pops. An elderly woman in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, prepares puffed rice using coconut and jute sticks on Oct. 28, 2025, a practice now fading with modern machinery.

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#12983070

13 Nov 2025

Puffed rice is made using the traditional muri method, in which parboiled rice is roasted with hot sand until it pops. An elderly woman in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, prepares puffed rice using coconut and jute sticks on Oct. 28, 2025, a practice now fading with modern machinery.

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#12983072

13 Nov 2025

Puffed rice is made using the traditional muri method, in which parboiled rice is roasted with hot sand until it pops. An elderly woman in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, prepares puffed rice using coconut and jute sticks on Oct. 28, 2025, a practice now fading with modern machinery.

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#12983074

13 Nov 2025

Puffed rice is made using the traditional muri method, in which parboiled rice is roasted with hot sand until it pops. An elderly woman in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, prepares puffed rice using coconut and jute sticks on Oct. 28, 2025, a practice now fading with modern machinery.

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#12983077

13 Nov 2025

Puffed rice is made using the traditional muri method, in which parboiled rice is roasted with hot sand until it pops. An elderly woman in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, prepares puffed rice using coconut and jute sticks on Oct. 28, 2025, a practice now fading with modern machinery.

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