Kodava food or cooking from Kodagu/Coorg in Karnataka is unique for reflecting its forest ecology, martial culture and agriculture, starkly different from the typical rice-and-coconut heavy coastal cuisines of South India.
After winning hearts in De De Pyaar De 2, Rakul Singh jets off to the Maldives to holiday with husband Jackky Bhagnani.
Adrika Anand delves into the world of Bohri food to learn how to make the mutton-in-porridge Khichada and the nut-based mutton curry.
Across continents and cultures, people unknowingly cook similar dishes -- same idea, different ingredients or different method of preparation. Many Indian favourites have surprising global twins that nearly mirror our flavours, techniques or eating style.
Sehili was placed in a pre-trial detention centre in Ussuriysk, about 100 km (60 miles) north of Vladivostok. He could have faced up to two years in a Russian jail.
Drizzle some chilly sauce or tomato ketchup for added flavour.
Try your hand at yummy dry fry Mangaluru clams. Or attempt this delicious Bengali preparation of prawns with taro leaves.
A popular Chinese green like bok choy does very well in soup too.
Kolkata Police detectives on Wednesday visited the house, where three female members of a family were killed last month, and reconstructed the crime scene with an accused -- the husband of one of the deceased.
The two brothers were solely responsible for the killing of the two women and the teenage girl of their family and no outsiders were involved in the crime, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma said on Tuesday.
Police in Kolkata are investigating the murders of two women and a teenage girl found dead in their home. The post-mortem confirmed murder, raising suspicions about the husbands' involvement and the motive behind the crime. The husbands, who are brothers, initially claimed a suicide pact, but police are skeptical and are questioning them once they are medically fit. The investigators are also exploring the possibility of external involvement in the murders. The family's financial difficulties are being investigated as a potential factor.
Incorporating millets into your breakfast is always a good idea.
The star athlete recalled that during the Los Angeles Olympics of 1984, where she missed a medal by one-hundredth of a second, she was forced to eat just rice porridge with pickle at the Games Village.
Kastha or flaky lijjat papad-accented parathas dipped in creamy black dal is a must have.
While the days are still not that warm, nourish your soul with two unusual khichdis.
Lauki's high-water content makes it the perfect summer vegetable.
People turn a corner and overhear secrets, men change stripes so as to acquire shades of villainy most convenient to advancing the plot, secondary characters confess to past sins just so that the leading women are absolved of all responsibility, notes Sreehari Nair.
It's easy, hassle-free and simple to prepare.
Mother's Day reminded me of how my mom learned to cook Indian food.
Can't get enough of millets? Try these recipes from Rediff Food.
This simple kind of upma, made from cracked wheat, is a great beginning to a day.
What can you do with common leftovers -- bread, coconut chutney, dal, rice, rotis.
The Lok Sabha contest in Thiruvananthapuram is shaping up to be a significant battle involving key candidates like Shashi Tharoor, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Panniyan Ravindran. This three-cornered fight highlights the political dynamics in Kerala's capital city, with each candidate bringing their own vision and promises for the region's development, notes Rajeev Srinivasan.
A six-inch pipe has been laid at the Silkyara tunnel through which nutritious food and medicines could be supplied to the 41 labourers, trapped for over a week after parts of the under-construction structure collapsed following a landslide.
The harvest festival is incomplete without this humble and easy-to-make porridge.
Pasta made with mealworm flour, sweet potato, and sauteed insect larvae -- are just some of the dishes you will be served at Parisian chef Laurent Veyet's restaurant -- Inoveat. Laurent Veyet's tasting menu is not for the faint-hearted, but may point to the future of feeding a booming world population -- there is a prawn salad with yellow mealworm, crunchy insects on a bed of vegetables, and chocolate-coated grasshoppers.
Find comfort in this quick and yum poha and mung dal khichdi.
Raksha Bandhan celebrations calls for rich, sweet fare to toast our siblings.
Ramapriya Suresh shows us how to make a traditional Pongal recipe.
England's double Olympic champion Laura Trott, who has been suffering with a kidney infection, claimed gold in a dramatic women's 25km points race at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
The controversy over the goods and services tax (GST) rate on food products refuses to die. Now, the Gujarat-based authority of advance rulings (AAR) has ruled that 'parathas' would attract 18 per cent GST. The applicant, Vadilal Industries, sought to know whether various kinds of 'parathas' supplied by them would attract five per cent GST in line with 'khakhra', plain chapati or 'roti'.
'I run four times a week -- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.'
The model's workout routine looks effortlessly simple.
I thought Saudi Vellakka a glancing, loving depiction of the judicial system as a pageantry filled with performers trying to do right by everyone, do everything by the book, and failing despite their best attempts, observes Sreehari Nair.
Not a big fan of mushrooms? Then try porridge. It's a known cure for low sex drive, says study.
Pilates trainer Sheetal Shah suggests the right way to eat and diet.
A plain dal-chawal can be turned into a wholesome set meal bowl of veggies, seeds, lentils, rice and herbs when tweaked, suggests Radhika Iyer. Talati.
Chef Vijesh Modi from The Deltin Daman shared these easy, healthy recipes.
The traditional porridge is a hit among farmers of Tamil Nadu.
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