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Eid Recipe: Reshma's Arabian Pudding

Eid Recipe: Reshma's Arabian Pudding

Rediff.com31 Mar 2025

A silky, creamy dessert made from milk and cream that melts in the mouth.

7 Nations For Vegan-Friendly Holidays

7 Nations For Vegan-Friendly Holidays

Rediff.com12 Dec 2025

Where are the best places to get vegan food in the world?

Reshma's Chicken Onion Pakoras: 20-Min Recipe

Reshma's Chicken Onion Pakoras: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com24 Sep 2025

Yes, chicken is a great combo with onions in bhajias. Reshma Aslam blends shredded chicken with onions in a spiced batter for a flavourful crunchy snack that meat lovers will adore.

Reshma's Chicken Onion Pakoras: 20-Min Recipe

Reshma's Chicken Onion Pakoras: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com24 Sep 2025

Yes, chicken is a great combo with onions in bhajias. Reshma Aslam blends shredded chicken with onions in a spiced batter for a flavourful crunchy snack that meat lovers will adore.

Recipe: Swiss Chocolate Rolls

Recipe: Swiss Chocolate Rolls

Rediff.com10 Feb 2025

Rediff reader Ria Ganwani sent us this recipe of Swiss Chocolate Rolls.

How Indian Institutions Can Shine On Global Stage

How Indian Institutions Can Shine On Global Stage

Rediff.com5 Dec 2025

The recipe for Indian higher education institutions to succeed in the global markets is excellence in academics, promoting contemporary socially relevant material, and enabling individuals (learners) to realise their full potential, suggests N Ravichandran.

Paneer Cutlets: 20-Min Recipe

Paneer Cutlets: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com4 Sep 2025

Much-loved paneer takes centre stage in this jhatpat, yum snack. After spicing them up, Reshma Aslam shapes them into patties and fries till golden.

Malai Modak: 8-Min Recipe

Malai Modak: 8-Min Recipe

Rediff.com3 Sep 2025

Malai tastes good in anything, including modaks.

Green Bonda: 25-Min Recipe

Green Bonda: 25-Min Recipe

Rediff.com2 Sep 2025

Green Bonda: 25-Min Recipe

Crispy Bread Rolls: 15-Min Recipe

Crispy Bread Rolls: 15-Min Recipe

Rediff.com10 Sep 2025

Spiced potato filling wrapped in bread and then fried is just the snack for a late afternoon piping hot cup of tea or coffee, when the hunger pangs come calling. Recipe courtesy: Swetha Iyer.

Kaju Modak: 10-Min Recipe

Kaju Modak: 10-Min Recipe

Rediff.com1 Sep 2025

Kaju/Cashew Modak: 10-Min Recipe

Recipe: Rajesh's Cabbage Szechuan Rice

Recipe: Rajesh's Cabbage Szechuan Rice

Rediff.com18 Jun 2025

Two types of cabbage give this Chinese rice its crunchy but excellent flavour.

Recipe: Paneer Dumplings In Makhani Sauce

Recipe: Paneer Dumplings In Makhani Sauce

Rediff.com8 Sep 2025

Paneer Dumplings, in a rich buttery sauce, with rice or pulau, is just the most cheering end-of-the-day meal.

Aloo Shak: 15-Min Recipe

Aloo Shak: 15-Min Recipe

Rediff.com29 Aug 2025

In addition to sweets, Ganesh Puja is a time for simple, elegant meals. Tasty Aloo Shak -- shak means vegetable -- can be made in 15 minutes.

Dalitoy: 20-Min Recipe

Dalitoy: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com18 Aug 2025

Pradeep Suresh Pai shares his mother's treasured recipe for Dalitoy, a nourishing, warming Konkani classic from coastal Mangaluru that's super spicy.

'Great to be back again'

'Great to be back again'

Rediff.com9 Dec 2025

'I'm feeling strong. I am feeling fit, and I am feeling ready to go,'

'Zarine Was The Unifier Of Our Family'

'Zarine Was The Unifier Of Our Family'

Rediff.com10 Nov 2025

'Zarine spent her last autumn this year with my sister in Kashmir.' 'There, almost as a gentle premonition, Zarine said to my sister, "When I go, let my ashes be scattered across this valley".'

8 Delish Green Methi Recipes

8 Delish Green Methi Recipes

Rediff.com24 Aug 2025

Healthy greens fenugreek or methi leaves needs a regular place in your menus. Also because it adds great extra flavour too.

10 Chatpata Chaat Recipes

10 Chatpata Chaat Recipes

Rediff.com24 Feb 2025

There's no reason why you can't recreate street chaat recipes in your kitchen and make them healthier and more hygienically.

From Sweets to Salads: 9 Recipes That Are All About Figs

From Sweets to Salads: 9 Recipes That Are All About Figs

Rediff.com3 Oct 2025

From royal kitchens to festive feasts, figs have long symbolised richness and warmth. In every form -- sweet or savoury -- they bring flavour, balance, goodness.

8 Recipes With Super Greens

8 Recipes With Super Greens

Rediff.com11 Mar 2025

It's not so hard to incorporate a variety of health-giving, glorious greens in your daily meals. Eight recipes that show you how.

Green Keema: 25-Min Recipe

Green Keema: 25-Min Recipe

Rediff.com6 Mar 2025

A hara mince uses a paste of fresh coriander and other herbs to give it its colour and distinctly different swaad.

Mushroom & Chicken: 20-Min Recipe

Mushroom & Chicken: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com21 Aug 2025

Chicken and mushrooms come together, along with other veggies like broccoli, bamboo shoots, in Aditi Bose's classic Chinese entree, that makes a meal with fried rice.

Holi Gujiya: 30-Min Recipe

Holi Gujiya: 30-Min Recipe

Rediff.com13 Mar 2025

Warm, flaky gujiya, that are just mildly sweet, are so Holi. Although they are just as popular at Diwali too.

Masala Chole: 20-Min Recipe

Masala Chole: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com18 Mar 2025

Chickpeas, darkened with tea leaves and spiced up with cinnamon, bay leaves and other spices is a fine accompaniment to puris, bhature, rotis or even rice.

When Do You Introduce Spice To A Baby?

When Do You Introduce Spice To A Baby?

Rediff.com18 Nov 2025

You can slowly build up spices over six to nine months by adding ajwain, jeera, coriander, cardamom and cinnamon powders for flavouring different recipes, says Madhavi Bhardwaj.

Khoya-Sounf Modak: 15-Min Recipe

Khoya-Sounf Modak: 15-Min Recipe

Rediff.com28 Aug 2025

Try all sorts of funky new stuffings while making modaks. Khoya or rich milk solids spiked with saunf makes a splendid variety of modaks.

Mother's Day Recipe: Chocolate Mousse

Mother's Day Recipe: Chocolate Mousse

Rediff.com10 May 2025

A fruity mousse, ready in 10 minutes... Make it for Mom!

9 Recipes For Fried Fish Feasts

9 Recipes For Fried Fish Feasts

Rediff.com21 Feb 2025

We have already introduced you to a bunch of delectable fish curry recipes. It's now time to delve into the best of preparations for frying up fish. We threw in too a grilled recipe and a partially baked dish. Read on and start drooling!

Recipe: Bethica's Bun Dosas

Recipe: Bethica's Bun Dosas

Rediff.com20 Mar 2025

A sister or cousin of paniyarams, these are akin to large pan-fried idlis but are dosas. And utilise millets.

Ganesh Puja Recipes From 6 States

Ganesh Puja Recipes From 6 States

Rediff.com26 Aug 2025

The Elephant God's big day is here on the morrow. Lord Ganesha will be feted all over India but especially in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He needs to be fed too...

21 Best Paneer Recipes Ever!

21 Best Paneer Recipes Ever!

Rediff.com5 Feb 2025

Paneer is a favourite food of all Indians everywhere. There has to be a paneer recipe on every restaurant menu, at every shaadi, for parties, inside pulavs, on cocktail snack platters, stuck into dosas or sandwiches, atop pizzas etc etc. Choose a scrumptious paneer recipe from any of our lucky 21 and hit the kitchen!

Sunita's Baby Prawns With Methi: 15-Min Recipe

Sunita's Baby Prawns With Methi: 15-Min Recipe

Rediff.com9 Sep 2025

It's a bewitching combo of greens with seafood.

Minty Chicken Pulav: 20-Min Recipe

Minty Chicken Pulav: 20-Min Recipe

Rediff.com11 Mar 2025

Mint, fried potatoes and yoghurt elevates this easy recipe for a spicy chicken rice.

Holi Papri: 10-Min Recipe

Holi Papri: 10-Min Recipe

Rediff.com13 Mar 2025

The tiny maida puris, flavoured with pungent carom seeds, are popular fill-me-ups at Holi.

Baby Corn Manchurian: 15-Min Recipe

Baby Corn Manchurian: 15-Min Recipe

Rediff.com21 Aug 2025

Monsoons are about corn. Reshma Aslam briskly transforms tender baby corn into a crispy, tangy rainy-day snack.

Cook With Honey: 8 Fantastic Recipes

Cook With Honey: 8 Fantastic Recipes

Rediff.com12 Mar 2025

Many of our dishes need a dash of sweetness. Choose recipes that opt for honey as the sweetener, to add more honey to your diet.

Recipe: Zelda's Black Carrot Halwa

Recipe: Zelda's Black Carrot Halwa

Rediff.com30 Apr 2025

Gajjar halwa made from this dark variety of carrots is slightly more earthy-tasting than standard GH.

Recipe: Masaledaar Akkha Masoor

Recipe: Masaledaar Akkha Masoor

Rediff.com30 Jul 2025

Meat lovers have tantalising tambda and pandhra rassa, with a variety of Kolhapuri-style mutton/chicken dishes. But the famed Kolhapuri Akkha Masoor will delight vegetarians, says Mayur Sanap.

11 Recipes That Say Holi Hai!

11 Recipes That Say Holi Hai!

Rediff.com11 Mar 2025

Holi celebration menus need planning. A good mix of sweets and savouries as well as ice-cold drinks because Holi is usually a hot day. We have handpicked 11 recipes just for you!