Basic fermented rice is served up with a wide range of ingredients to make a wonderfully, comforting meal.
Agriculture, pharma, electronics, and engineering goods together accounted for over 50 per cent of India's merchandise exports in 2024-25, according to government data, highlighting the country's growing strength in diverse sectors amid efforts to boost manufacturing and value-added exports.
India has secured approval of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the export of domestic mangoes to America in the new season, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. The export of Indian mangoes has been restricted by the US since 2020 as the USDA inspectors were unable to visit India for inspection of irradiation facilities due to restrictions imposed on international travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 23, 2021, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the USDA signed a framework agreement for implementing the "2 Vs 2" agri-market access issues.
India's policy for agriculture trade must move commodity-by-commodity to gain maximum benefits as US President Donald Trump's 26 per cent tariff on exports from the country take effect, said agriculture economist Ashok Gulati in a recent policy paper.
Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it. Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of funds and wondering which item to mortgage next, Satyajit Ray was explaining Indians to themselves, discovers Sreehari Nair.
We invited Get Ahead readers to share their mango recipes with us -- great ways to enjoy the king of fruits in the sweltering heat. As part of an ongoing series, we present three such responses.
Take a delicious and simple comfort meal like Dal-Chaval and elevate it to a gourmet meal with plating technique and a few surprise ingredients.
A zesty, fragrant chicken curry for a lovely Sunday lunch.
The Lucknow-born Shukla, former NASA astronaut Mission Commander Peggy Whitson, Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski of Poland, and Tibor Kapu of Hungary are part of the Axiom-4 mission that marks the return to space for the three nations.
Warm up to winter with this delicious curry!
Five chefs from Mumbai share their special recipes.
Over the years, with some amount of experimenting, I have learnt exactly what freezes well and what does not.
The customary naadan or home-cooked meal is rather memorable fare.
Referring to the ED's claim about the politician eating mangoes, sweets, aalo-poori etc regularly, he said these were provided to him only a few times.
What can you do with common leftovers -- bread, coconut chutney, dal, rice, rotis.
The range of food at banquets at the Mughal court consisted of delicacies that commoners could not ever dream of.
Rediff reader and food blogger Sangita Agrawal shared these recipes.
Whether it's navigating the labyrinthine Cu Chi Tunnels, boating on the Mekong, marveling at ancient Champa temples, or the Mekong Bay, Vietnam promises a journey like no other.
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It's one big bowl of crunchy goodness.
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
A marriage of stuffed eggplant or brinjal and South Indian-flavoured rice has a new outcome.
Tangy and sweet, it will be a lovely addition to your weekend spread.
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Jazz up your summer lunch plate with this tangy potato curry.
Sharjah-based food blogger Bethica Das shares her recipe for the classic Rajasthani rice-based dessert.
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A parval or pointed gourd dish that's tangy and mustardy.
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It's the Maharashtrian version of kadhi pakoras.
This Bengali-style steamed mango and mustard prawn curry makes for top class weekend khana.
Quick, nutritious curry of butter beans that tastes wonderful slopped over rice or had with garam rotis.
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Get transported to Bengal with this simple, yum meal.
