Whether it's adding richness to festive desserts or lending silkiness to everyday meals, malai brings an unmistakable depth of flavour to a dish, lifting it into the realm of the scrumptious.
The biryani, happily, was the very definition of simple. light-textured, with a subtle tomato-ey twang, it reminded me a lot of a North Indian pulao. The flavour whack came from the sweet-sour Khatta Baingan simmered in a gravy of tamarind, jaggery, fried mustard seeds, and spices, served with it.
Somewhere between the darshan queue and the fugadi dancing, between ancient stone pillars and the riverfront, my nine-year-daughter found her own understanding of pilgrimage, says Hemantkumar Shivsharan.
India's top information- technology (IT) services companies, all cash-rich, have been tightfisted about ploughing back their earnings in new projects or acquisitions and the bulk of the profits have been distributed to shareholders through dividend and share buybacks. In the past 10 years (that is, excluding the current one), the firms have reinvested in growth and expansion only around 13.5 per cent of the cash flow generated from their operations.
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.
How the world dines on Christmas.
India has a tradition of stuffing its vegetables. Usually with a pungent masala and fresh ingredients, but sometimes even with mince meat. The stuffing of the sabzi turns simple vegetables into particulalry tasty delights.
Tennis legend Monica Seles on Tuesday revealed that she was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis -- a neuromuscular autoimmune disease -- three years ago.
A South Indian curry bursting with spice and tanginess.
Try your hand at yummy dry fry Mangaluru clams. Or attempt this delicious Bengali preparation of prawns with taro leaves.
Bewitching fragrances and a symphony of sounds would herald the arrival of Chauthi in the Someshwar home.
Adding walnuts to koftas, that were moulded out of paneer and malai, adds an interesting smoky, nutty backbone to them. They are then popped into a chilly, tomato gravy.
Food blogger Ramapriya Suresh shows us how to make the perfect mutton gravy at home.
The dark green fleshy Malabar spinach adds special flavour to a Mangalorean crab curry.
An unusual preparation, this recipe can be made with homemade paneer and yoghurt.
This special biryani from north Kerala is known far and wide for its distinctive taste that comes from the use of a distinctive rice.
'We are Indians irrespective whether we are Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayali or Tamilian.' 'I am the best example of this integration.'
A zesty, fragrant chicken curry for a lovely Sunday lunch.
Dumplings of chickpea flour in a yoghurt gravy with rotis make for a simple, tasty meal
'Youngsters in India look up to the West as if it is the biggest accomplishment they need in life. It breaks my heart.'
A fragrant, spiced yoghurt-cashew curry is the place for fillets of rohu.
Over the years, with some amount of experimenting, I have learnt exactly what freezes well and what does not.
Make use of Shimla mirchis in the tastiest of ways.
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday targeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the ongoing war in Ukraine and said that the United States has spent $200 billion more than Europe, while Europe's financial contributions are 'guaranteed' and the US gets no return.
Swap your basic paneer mattar for delicious, creamy, melt-in-your mouth koftas.
The hit jodi of aloo and palak with a delicious tadka of garlic! What's not to love?
Coorg is famous for its pork curry and Anjali Ponnanna is famous for her scrumptious take on it.
An easy recipe for a mid-week meal.
A meal of hilsa curry with vegetables mixed in, poured over steamed rice, can make your Sunday perfect.
Trump knows by now that the western narrative of Biden's war is a load of bullshit peppered with falsehoods and outright lies, and that the war erupted only out of the diabolic western plot to poke the bear, which got provoked finally and hit out, explains Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The range of food at banquets at the Mughal court consisted of delicacies that commoners could not ever dream of.
Not all gravies for palak paneer need to be packed with onions, tomatoes. Try a methi-flavoured milky gravy.
Lower crude oil costs and higher marketing margins are expected to raise the fortunes of oil marketing companies (OMCs) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2023-24 (FY24), while city gas distribution (CGD) companies could also benefit from lower spot prices of liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, in a break from the past, growth trends are expected to diverge for various segments within the broad energy sector. Analysts expect the earnings from gas production to go down for upstream national oil and gas companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India (OIL) due to the introduction of the new domestic gas pricing regime on April 1. After showing steep losses over the first half of 2022-23 (FY23), the marketing margins of OMCs have steadily recovered in four months.
Spice up your home menus preparing a creamy prawn curry and Bengali-style potatoes.
A delicious fast, no-fuss one-pot dinner.
