Maamouls are classic Middle Eastern cookies that have a festive appeal even before you take a bite.
The milky bread-based sweet is softened by sugar syrup and garnished with pistachios.
Let's venture to deeper Tamil Nadu and sample two dishes that showcase the famous Chettinad cuisine -- a chicken curry and a rice pudding.
'The recipe is very simple with very few ingredients, but the end product is just amazing and mouthwatering. They are visually very attractive with their vibrant dark pink/red colour.'
Create a shrikhand using dragon fruit and enjoy the awesome results.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana do a different kind of rice-jaggery-coconut sweet for Ganesh Puja -- steamed balls that taste just as delightful.
The Jagannath temple has fostered Odisha's regional cooking styles and preserved local food traditions.
A soft, juicy mithai, totally delicious, that 'hails' from the eastern part of India, especially Odisha.
This sweet dish from Odisha is the perfect representation of the region's rich culinary heritage.
Chenna Poda translates to mean burnt cheese. That's precisely what this delightful sweet is.
Tomato? Yup, tomato is the mainstay of this gorgeous halwa.
The Bengalis have their own special variety of spicy-sweet tomato chutney usually had at the end of a meal.
Chitau Pitha is a traditional rice cake prepared during festivals in Odisha for Chitalagi Amavasya or Chitau Amavasya celebrations.
Make a simple, delicious jaggery and suji halwa in your microwave.
Phirni can taste astoundingly good with nutritious black rice.
'We are Indians irrespective whether we are Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayali or Tamilian.' 'I am the best example of this integration.'
Mango shrikhand with garam puri is a classic combo.
Food blogger Siddhi Panchal shares her secret recipe.
Using easy-to-access ingredients, like boondi, bread and milk, conjure up kuch wonderful meetha.
Date palm jaggery and tapioca go into making this delicious pudding.
Mango puree, chia seeds and sago make this an irresistible treat.
This delicious bowl of coconut milk kheer is hard to resist.
We dare you to stop at one serving of this crowd-pleasing dessert.
Incorporating millets into your breakfast is always a good idea.
'Rava roasted in shudh desi ghee, garnished with saffron and cardamom, sweetened with sugar or jaggery is heaven on a plate' says Taruna.
Time to surprise your family and friends with a really unusual dessert.
This sweet is vegan, gluten-free and not very sugary.
The malai of a coconut is a unusually good addition to sama millet kheer
Enjoy a healthy, guilt-free Diwali as you embrace 2023's superfood.
A flavourful twist on traditional Indian kheer!
A traditional drink for mercury impossible days.
Earthy mushrooms, stuffed, pair well with the fresh cream and hung curd-cheese sauce.
Vidhya Pant remembers the Diwalis celebrated in her home in Shillong in the 1960s.
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