Satvik food is de rigueur this time of the year in most Western and Northern Indian homes, say chefs and food historians Arundhuti Dasgupta and Shally Seth Mohile.
Sonal Gupta shares with us this spicy, yet healthy, recipe for this Diwali
Bethica Das offers a special version of the traditional Gujarati style Methi Nu Thepla.
Make a speedy omega-3 rich breakfast or entree with kale, salmon and walnuts.
'It was a machinery of death. A large number of Hindus were first converted and then persecuted from 1560 all the way to 1812!' says novelist Richard Zimler.
Rediff reader Souvik Mukherjee shares the recipe of the yummy Milk Kalakand. Enjoy!
End your Republic Day celebration with these tricolour treats.
These recipes will tickle your tastebuds and ensure good health, says Sahana Shivprasad Shetty.
Kumudini Shetty tells you how to dish up some traditional savouries.
Here are a few traditional preparations to help you sweeten Raksha Bandhan celebrations on August 21.
The good folks at The Bohri Kitchen share this recipe of a divine concoction of rice, curd and sugar.
This Diwali, surprise your loved ones with your extra-ordinary culinary skills.
In the summer, eat light, fresh meals so that your digestive system is not over burdened.
Get transported to Bengal with this simple, yum meal.
Cakes, brownies and cookies -- you name it and this MasterChef India Season 6 contestant can make it, and make it healthy.
Rediff reader Debjani Chatterjee shares the recipes of this delicious Bengali sweet also known as Pran Hara.
Sonal Gupta shares this totally gluten free recipe made from brown rice flour and urad dal flour.
Some food historians believe idli was derived from some steamed rice preparations from Indonesia.
Chef Manish Kusumwal of Keys Hotels shares his special recipe.
This restaurant channels the spirit of laidback Goa in the heart of frenetic Mumbai.
Reader Sarani Tarafder tells us how to make Jalebis in 30 minutes.
Master Chef Vikas Khanna conceived a seven-course, 26 dish, menu for Prime Minister Narendra Modi' Fortune 500 dinner in New York. His recipes, exclusively on Rediff.com
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.
'I'm following my heart and would like to go where the road leads me. I want to do things that will excite myself and people too,' says Tanushka D'Silva.
'On this day, recollecting all our divine memories, we paid obeisance to our father's beloved deity -- Lord Ganesha -- to bestow on all of us the happiness and joy and to remove all hurdles and obstacles throughout this journey of mortal life.'
Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran criticised those who were trying to give a communal colour to the tourism department tweet on the Kerala delicacy -- "Beef Ularthiyathu" and said in the southern state none links food with religion.
Bollywood has been practising self-isolation for a few days now, especially on Sunday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Janta curfew.
Wendell Rodricks's passion for fashion has its roots in food, he reveals in this heartwarming essay.
When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. What does Katrina Kaif like to include in her dabba? She tells us here.
December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.
Chitrita Banerji's new book, Bengali Cooking, takes readers into the kitchens of West Bengal and Bangladesh through the changing seasons. And if it starts to rain, nothing matters more to the Bengali palate than the hilsa fish and the many ways it can be consumed.
Explore ingredients that you may have never thought to use or need to use better.
Rava Ladoo, Besan Ladoo, Paneer Kheer and more. You can share yours too!
You had been eating sehri in the morning and iftar in the evening for the past month, fasting for nearly 12 hours in between. Now that you are switching back to your old lifestyle, you'll need to follow a few guidelines to get your body back on course, advises nutritionist Ryan Fernando.
Misal Pav, the delicious Maharashtrian snack served at Mumbai's Aaswad restaurant bags the prize at the global Foodie Hub Awards in London.
The Blake Diet is just the opposite of what the doctor might order.
