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If you have not sampled these Chinese greens before, today's the day to do it.
Characterised by simple flavours and local ingredients, Manipuri cuisine is about fish, rice and green leafy vegetables.
Andhra recipes for palate-pleasing pappu or dal.
Two special dishes to include in your Onam feast.
Red Square and VDNKh easily rank among the most striking places I've visited -- both for their historical significance and architectural splendour.
My admiration for Russian culture, vision and ambition grew with every step as I clocked the miles, Nitin Sathe tells us after a visit to Moscow and St Petersburg.
The dark green fleshy Malabar spinach adds special flavour to a Mangalorean crab curry.
When you heart would like to throw health to the winds and craves for bite-sized treats that are packed with in unhealthy calories.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea challenging the state's directive mandating the display of QR codes on all eateries along the kanwar yatra route, which reveal the names and identities of the owners.
This special biryani from north Kerala is known far and wide for its distinctive taste that comes from the use of a distinctive rice.
Stuffed Karela or Bharwa Karela is a much-favoured dish. Bitter gourd is given a neat slit, deseeded, filled with a spiced onion-tomato-garlic stuffing, before frying.
These luscious mushrooms swimming in a silky butter garlic sauce are great as a side dish/nice appetizer/ afternoon snack.
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh said it was not going into the other issues over display of names of the hotel or dhaba owner and the QR code, Tuesday being the last day of the Kanwar Yatra.
All-purpose recipe -- great for tiffins or for starters. Crispy and fun.
Chef de Cuisine Shadab Ahmed of Sofitel Mumbai BKC shares two simple and delectable recipes.
Two types of cabbage give this Chinese rice its crunchy but excellent flavour.
Dr Aniket Mule, consultant, internal medicine, KIMS Hospitals, offers practical advice to protect yourself from mosquitoes and water-borne diseases like malaria, dengue and chikungunya.
Over the years, with some amount of experimenting, I have learnt exactly what freezes well and what does not.
'For 40 years, India valued only technical skills. IITs, coding -- that became everything.' 'Soft skills were sidelined. But those are the skills that will keep you employable now, not technical skills.'
rediffGURU Dr Shyam Jamalabad offers advice on how to improve your dental health and hygiene.
Dr Rajeshwari Panda, head of the dietetics department at Medicover Hospital, shares a list of foods that promote gut health.
Very small prawns can be made into a kind of chutney that greatly soups up your average meal.
Winter greens served up with corn rotis must be had once before the cold weather departs.
Stunning landscapes, natural beauty, clean beaches, cultural wealth, mouth-watering food, shopping options, safety for solo travellers, warm hospitality, easy visas, and connectivity make Vietnam a must-visit destination, discovers Ramesh Menon.
'We are Indians irrespective whether we are Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayali or Tamilian.' 'I am the best example of this integration.'
The hit jodi of aloo and palak with a delicious tadka of garlic! What's not to love?
Planning to make a delicious appetiser for a get-together?
To feel better on a chilly day, dine on this soul-warming veggie soup.
The Aussie all-rounder 'invests' in himself with help of a Mumbaii-born chef Velton Saldanha.
If you make prawns, using this very precise and methodical recipe, it is sure to turn out like it came all the way from Kerala straight to your plate.
Soft on the inside, crisp on the outside, falafels taste divine eaten piping hot, dipped in hummus or rolled in pita or a flatbread.
A simple, one-pot dish of fragrant basmati rice, spices and fresh fish.
Chicken cooked up in a charred masala is a rural Maharashtra treat and tastes divine with rice or bhakri.
A zesty, fragrant chicken curry for a lovely Sunday lunch.
This flavourful mutton curry marries the flavours of Mangalore, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Corn rotis fried in ghee with white butter-topped mustard greens has a firm place in culinary heaven.
Chicken mince, arbi, mushrooms and bok choy in one neat package. Delicious!
Food blogger Kathryn Kannampuzha shares an interesting recipe.
The use of freshly-made mango pickle makes all the difference to this recipe for a yum paneer starter.