Election results may be shifting the political landscape in Bihar. But the state's culinary legacy stands firm. As the new government prepares to take charge, let's look at the timeless flavours and a few recipes that define Bihar.
Lauki's high-water content makes it the perfect summer vegetable.
A dish is meant for those who would like something light, healthy that goes well with parathas or rotis.
You can't go wrong with this recipe for a winter favourite.
A creamy raita made with grated bottle gourd, hung curd and spices.
This hearty soup is perfect for a chilly winter night.
Panchayat Season 4 is watchable, mainly because of the wonderful actors, who, over the seasons have developed a warm rapport, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Try this quick and easy recipe at home and let us know how the dish turned out.
Hitesh Harisinghani tells us how to give an interesting spin to the regular bottle gourd.
Will you try the actor's version of the popular Mumbai street-side snack?
The celeb chefs show us fun ways to incorporate fruits and veggies into your Diwali menu.
While most kofta curries are made with lamb, Hitesh makes his dish with chicken meatballs.
A stir-fried preparation with gourd and Bengal gram.
Want to shed the calories you gained during the festive season? One glass of bottle gourd juice is all you need!
'The real India lives in the villages where everyone is trying to improve the other.'
Bottle gourd is far more tasty than you realise especially when had in steamed dumplings along with Dahi Kadhi.
Pankaj Bhadouria, winner of Masterchef India shares with us these special Diwali recipes. Read on!
It is hard to resist this mouthwatering sweet dish.
Bihar has been cleaning its homes and surroundings, including the narrowest of lanes, and especially the roads leading to the Ganga ghats and the ponds. Devotional songs can be heard every where you go during Chhath, says M I Khan.
Some of the easily digestible spices during monsoon are garlic, asafetida, pepper, ginger, turmeric, cumin and coriander. They also provide excellent nutrition.
Vegetable traders in Bhopal are a worried lot. The recent death of a scientist in Delhi after consuming lauki (bottle gourd) juice has left residents of the Madhya Pradesh capital paranoid.
Have any special Holi recipes you'd like to share with us? Simply write in to us! Meanwhile here are some recipes you can try out this weekend!
My son and his wife are now spending a holiday in pursuit of chicken, says Kishore Singh.
With markets closed and meat supply hit due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown, Muslims are in for a Ramzan without their favourite kebabs and other chicken and mutton dishes.
'Will you declare MSP for 100 odd crops that the farmers of India grow?'
For far too long, people in J&K have felt the government doesn't exist for them.' 'My first priority is to make them feel that not only does it exist, it is there to work for them.
A month ago, on March 25, Floyd Cardoz, chef extraordinaire, passed into the ages, a victim of coronavirus. Ranjita Ganesan remembers the culinary genius.
Enjoy these sumptuous traditional delicacies, courtesy chef Ranveer Brar.
'When you are a vegetarian who isn't terribly fond of cottage cheese, choices become somewhat limited, but I have never understood why everyone also conspires to gang up against the vegetable eater?' asks Kishore Singh.
'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.'
Known for making controversial remarks, senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan outdid himself when he alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Lahore at the residence of his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif last December. Sharat Pradhan/ Rediff.com reports from Lucknow.
Time unkindly has a sole endeavour: To drag the person, whose death you are mourning, further and further away from your presence, to some far edge of your falsely anesthetised mind. So your memories are drained of colour, growing faint and grainy. You are left with a more and more distant recollections of that person, their laugh, their embrace, their voice and the moments surrounding their final departure. Vaihayasi P Daniel mourns her beloved father who passed away one December morning last year.
Sushma Swaraj has fought battles fearlessly, lost a few, and won many. By rights, according to many, she is the one who should have been declared the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate for this year's general elections. But that didn't happen. Is that why she is so quiet these days?
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