Election times in India are also Laddoo Times. Politics and laddoos have always gone together and laddoos really come into their own post chunavs.
A recipe for starters for your weekend menu.
Swap your regular dosas for a healthier option that's nutritious.
The zestful, satisfying mixed vegetable Italian soup makes for a special meal.
The star ingredient of many a delicious preparation is, of course, cheese!
An open sandwich that will bring delight to the faces of your children when they open their lunchboxes.
Raw green chickpeas is nicest lightly boiled with chopped onion. But try this take.
Ditch your plain cauliflower sabji for gorgeous Gobi Musallam this weekend.
Why throwaway leftover dal vadas when you can whip up a fresh dish with them?
Green Tomato Days are here. Make the most of them.
A khatta-meetha amti with fresh coconut milk and undertones of garlic.
It's hard to believe that something as nutritious as Sai Bhaji can taste so good.
A rice cooked with dahi kadhi is a soothing evening or weekend meal.
If you have never tasted Hyderbadi Mirchi Ka Salan you have missed something in life.
Prep and marinate the paneer overnight or a day in advance so that you can whip this dish up in just 30 minutes before your guests arrive.
Cubes of cottage cheese dunked in a thick gravy of tomatoes, onion, walnuts and Indian masala.
Rajma makes far better kebabs than you imagined.
A glass of well-made gazpacho is more refreshing than a Bloody Mary or a lassi.
Rasam is my Amma's go-to solution for all ailments, be they a cold, cough, fever or a headache.
Dig into soft Chef Saby's soft Dahi Vadas for Raksha Bandhan.
Everyone must sample these tiny pan-fried idlis stuffed with onions or vegetables once before they die.
Like a kulcha or a baida roti, this Turkish street food is made from maida and may have a variety of stuffings.
All-purpose recipe -- great for tiffins or for starters. Crispy and fun.
It's a perfect curry when served hot, topped with a dollop of butter, with rotis.
Enjoy this healthy dal with steamed rice, jeera rice, naans or tandoori rotis.
A simple recipe made without onion and garlic.
Two unique Indian snacks that can be munched with drinks.
These Kerala-style accompaniments will add a pop of colour and an authentic touch to your Onam spread.
This versatile lentil salad can be a whole meal by itself or an accompaniment to a light evening repast.
A healthy meal for either breakfast or lunch or sometime in between.
This recipe, handed down from my grandmother, marries a yoghurt gravy with okra or bhindi.
A mildly-spiced, sans too much garam masala 'hotel'-style potatoes with peas in a thick gravy that goes well with butter naans.
You would be surprised how wonderful homemade Pav Bhaji tastes and you can monitor the salt and butter.
A hearty filling vegetable soup made with simple ingredients.
Reshma Aslam tells us how to whip up a popular South Indian dish for breakfast.
'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.
Each region in India has its own culinary narrative that speaks through its distinct dishes. Each cuisine packs within itself, textures, layers, ideas and historical nuggets so that all of Indian food cannot be pigeonholed together to say that there is one Indian cuisine. A fascinating extract from Sonal Ved's Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?.
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