Dina Begum writes: ‘Like so many of us I was feeling a bit helpless at the beginning of lockdown and wasn’t sure what to do with the sudden extra time. I was getting requests to share cooking videos and finally decided to start up a YouTube cooking channel, with a focus on Bangladeshi recipes. As you may know I am passionate about highlighting Bangladeshi cuisine so I thought I’d teach people how to prepare dishes which are the mainstay of Bangladeshi home cooking and provide food inspiration during these difficult times. So far I’ve shared a variety of easy to do recipes which are family friendly and use store cupboard essentials. Recipes range from curries and naans to traditional Bangladeshi puddings. The whole point is to keep things simple and achievable, so I do hope you will enjoy the recipe videos!

‘Please pop over to my channel Dina’s Food Story on YouTube to take a look and hopefully subscribe! I’ll be uploading at least one recipe a week and occasionally sharing foodie vlogs about what we’re cooking at home. Many thanks everyone!’