Pulaus can gussy up a meal, especially when you are having guests over.
Go experimental while making your modaks! Try unusual stuffings and coverings.
What can you do with common leftovers -- bread, coconut chutney, dal, rice, rotis.
Diwali is a season in India for sweet-making. A treasure of traditional Diwali recipes from all corners of our India.
Food blogger and Rediff reader Charulatha Rao sent us this yummy dessert recipe.
A delicious Mangalorean dish that is served with steamed rice or neer dosas.
This special Maharashtrian sweet is made by the CKP community just before Ganesh Chaturthi.
Weight watchers have often avoided rice for chapati. But is it the best option?
We publish readers' responses to our recipes invite. Here's how to prepare Nutty Veggies, Baby Corn Manchurian, Ghee Rice and Bitter Gourd Curd Kurma.
While the days are still not that warm, nourish your soul with two unusual khichdis.
This engineer makes modaks with scientific precision.
Jahnavi Patel shares three delicious Navratri recipes she learned from her mother Namrata Patel.
No vegetables in your larder? Never mind. Worry not. Use peanuts.
This simplest of lentil recipes had with rice and some crispy onions makes for a deeply-satisfying meal.
A popular South Indian sweet dish, it's made from rice flour, jaggery and grated coconut.
The customary naadan or home-cooked meal is rather memorable fare.
A marriage of stuffed eggplant or brinjal and South Indian-flavoured rice has a new outcome.
Jayanti Soni and her family return each year to Bhinmal, when they can, to celebrate Diwali in her family home.
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An intriguing pulau that could be a great lunch fixture
Your mornings are made if you start them with this spiced vermicelli dish.
You can't go through life without a jar of South Indian tomato chutney in the you fridge.
Two Indian sweets magically combined into one.
"In celebration of the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and in conjunction with 'Sewa Pakhwada', the historic and world-famous 'Big Shahi Deg' at Ajmer Dargah Sharif will once again be used to prepare and distribute 4000 kg of vegetarian 'Langar' food, continuing a tradition that has been upheld for over 550 years," an official statement from the Dargah authorities said.
A special, handed-down-through-the-generations recipe of Yakhni Pulao.
A piquant curry to jazz up steamed rice. Have it with papad.
Make the ragi batter in advance and store it in the refrigerator. It comes handy when you're short of time in the kitchen.
Dress up any fresh seasonal greens with an imli-dal-coconut koottu-style preparation.
Make your Diwali lovelier with this flaky, sugary traditional snack.
Swati Sodhi, 36, a mum of two, tells us how she went from 92 kg to 60 kg in a year.
An adaptation of one of the signature dishes of Himachal Pradesh.
These delightful idlis are great for breakfast or nashta.
Adore Dalmia Sayani offers her late father's favourite recipe.
While most kofta curries are made with lamb, Hitesh makes his dish with chicken meatballs.
When in need of a delightful Ramzan dish with a royal touch, make Murgh Musallam.
A vrat special, this recipe requires just few ingredients.
