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Recipe: Roopa's Grilled Mustard Fish With Broccoli

Recipe: Roopa's Grilled Mustard Fish With Broccoli

Rediff.com29 Dec 2025

Mustard-crusted air-fried fish is a refreshing start-the-week entree. Chef Roopa Nabar serves it with lightly-cooked broccoli.

Winter Recipe: Anita's Mithi Dabal

Winter Recipe: Anita's Mithi Dabal

Rediff.com9 Jan 2026

The milky bread-based sweet is softened by sugar syrup and garnished with pistachios.

Get Fizzical! 9 Ultimate Cocktail Recipes

Get Fizzical! 9 Ultimate Cocktail Recipes

Rediff.com14 Feb 2026

Creating cocktails is like painting. Your canvas is the liquor you choose. Art strokes are the ingredients you add to take the concoction to a new high, making spirits bright.

Little Red Hearts: 45-Min Recipe

Little Red Hearts: 45-Min Recipe

Rediff.com14 Feb 2026

These are little morsels of jammy perfection.

Recipe: Sarab's Rose Harissa Fettuccini

Recipe: Sarab's Rose Harissa Fettuccini

Rediff.com11 Jan 2026

Try this elegant adaptation of a traditional creamy Italian pasta.

11 Amazingly Different Recipes For India's Beloved Kadhi

11 Amazingly Different Recipes For India's Beloved Kadhi

Rediff.com10 Dec 2025

Kadhis made from yoghurt have many avatars all over India. It takes on countless forms. Creamy and thick in the north with the addition of besan and malai-wallah dahi. Coconut-rich in the south or the thinner Mor Korumbu. Much sweeter in the west.

Recipe: Roopa's Air-Fried Roast Chicken

Recipe: Roopa's Air-Fried Roast Chicken

Rediff.com6 Jan 2026

Golden, crispy Air-Fried Roast Chicken is an entree that's show-stopping enough for a special meal, but healthy enough for a weekday dinner.

Christmas Recipes: Pudicherry's Vivikum, Bengal Chicken Curry

Christmas Recipes: Pudicherry's Vivikum, Bengal Chicken Curry

Rediff.com19 Dec 2025

Christian communities across different states of India have unique family recipes for home-cooked meals to celebrate Christmas,

9 Mouthwatering Chocolate Recipes For Valentine's Day

9 Mouthwatering Chocolate Recipes For Valentine's Day

Rediff.com13 Feb 2026

Chocolate recipes for Valentine's Day that will bring love at first bite!

Ganache For V-Day: 15-Min Recipe

Ganache For V-Day: 15-Min Recipe

Rediff.com13 Feb 2026

You will never know how easy it is to make ganache till you try this recipe!

Recipe: Vidhya's Pahadi Jakhiya Alu

Recipe: Vidhya's Pahadi Jakhiya Alu

Rediff.com5 Feb 2026

A traditional pahadi preparation, it uses a Garhwali spice called jakhiya, also called wild mustard or dog mustard, that gives a special kick.

Valentine's Day Chocolate Tarts: 30-Min Recipe

Valentine's Day Chocolate Tarts: 30-Min Recipe

Rediff.com11 Feb 2026

Luscious. Lovely. Quick. Yum. Home Chef Inderpreet Nagpal's tarts are designed for romantic dinners.

9 Aphrodisiac Recipes To Spice Up Your Life

9 Aphrodisiac Recipes To Spice Up Your Life

Rediff.com14 Feb 2026

Certain foods, it is believed, fuel passion and intensify lust. Though not strictly scientific, these food ingredients do have components that amplify dopamine levels, jack up testosterone production or alter mood.

8 Recipes That Define Parsi Food

8 Recipes That Define Parsi Food

Rediff.com24 Nov 2025

From festive breakfasts to iconic fish preparations, Parsi cuisine is a beautiful blend of sweet, sour and spicy traditions that have been passed down for generations. Explore the flavours, stories and culinary personalities behind each recipe which balances comfort, nostalgia and celebration in every bite

Recipe: Apple And Walnut Crumble Cake

Recipe: Apple And Walnut Crumble Cake

Rediff.com26 Dec 2025

A soft, fruit-studded cake with crumble topping that turns golden as it bakes. You will find it impossible to stop at just one slice.

Scoop Up! 10 Desi-Flavoured Ice Cream Recipes

Scoop Up! 10 Desi-Flavoured Ice Cream Recipes

Rediff.com13 Feb 2026

View our scrumptious collection of some of the most unusual ice creams recipes, just in time for February 14, all with special Indian tadka or highlights.

10 Wonderfully Tasty Makhana Recipes

10 Wonderfully Tasty Makhana Recipes

Rediff.com2 Feb 2026

Makhana or fox nuts/lotus seeds are another one of those wonderfoods -- said to contain plenty of antioxidants and micronutrients -- that needs a spot in your daily diet. Presenting 10 lovely makhana recipes.

Calling Cheeseheads! 10 Cheesy, Cheesy Recipes

Calling Cheeseheads! 10 Cheesy, Cheesy Recipes

Rediff.com6 Feb 2026

Cheese is one of the most addictive of foods and it operates in a stealthy manner. How many times have cut slice after slice off an irresistable block of cheese, till it almost all gone? Many cheeses -- mozzarella, cheddar, cottage cheese -- are healthy, probiotic foods, as long as you limit your portions.

Recipe: Sarab's Mediterranean Tandoori Cauliflower And Broccoli

Recipe: Sarab's Mediterranean Tandoori Cauliflower And Broccoli

Rediff.com9 Feb 2026

Mediterranean meets tandoori in Chef Sarab Kapoor's inspired Mediterranean Tandoori Cauliflower And Broccoli.

Recipe: Cucumber Millet Khichdi

Recipe: Cucumber Millet Khichdi

Rediff.com26 Nov 2025

Chef Sneha Singhi presents a millet version with cucumber for an extra boost of goodness. Once the pre-prep is done, her Cucumber Millet Khichdi will be ready in under 15 minutes and looks so yum, you would want a bowl right away.

Serve Up Love With Perfect Pairings: Food & Wine Guide

Serve Up Love With Perfect Pairings: Food & Wine Guide

Rediff.com13 Feb 2026

This Valentine's Day, put together a 10/10 meal with just the right liquor, be it a wine or a malt.

13 Insanely Yum Halwa Recipes

13 Insanely Yum Halwa Recipes

Rediff.com31 Jan 2026

One can grate, ghiso, grind a whole range of vegetables, fruit or nutty ingredients and magically, with a lil' food alchemy, transform them into a lip-smackingly good halwa. The amount of sugar or type of sweetener that goes into a halwa is in your hands. So is the amount of ghee.

Recipe: Anita's Chaawaran Ji Kheerni

Recipe: Anita's Chaawaran Ji Kheerni

Rediff.com30 Jan 2026

The Sindhi version of India's beloved rice pudding is thicker and more velevety.

Paneer Peppers Salad: 10-Min Recipe

Paneer Peppers Salad: 10-Min Recipe

Rediff.com2 Feb 2026

Plenty of sweet peppers are available this season. Deepa Mehrotra combines them with homemade paneer and air-fryer grilled zucchini & broccoli for a delicious salad.

10 Global Curries Loved By Millions

10 Global Curries Loved By Millions

Rediff.com1 days ago

These are the 10 best-rated curries in the world, according to TasteAtlas, a platform known for ranking traditional foods across the globe.

8 Types Of Halwas You'll Love

8 Types Of Halwas You'll Love

Rediff.com31 Jan 2026

Halwa, a timeless Indian sweet that came to us from the Silk Route, is cherished for its richness.

How Women Power India

How Women Power India

Rediff.com3 days ago

In which area of Indian life are women not running the show?

7 Recipes Of Must-Try Bihari Dishes

7 Recipes Of Must-Try Bihari Dishes

Rediff.com19 Nov 2025

Election results may be shifting the political landscape in Bihar. But the state's culinary legacy stands firm. As the new government prepares to take charge, let's look at the timeless flavours and a few recipes that define Bihar.

Festive Recipe: Filo Traybake Ginger Mince Pies

Festive Recipe: Filo Traybake Ginger Mince Pies

Rediff.com24 Dec 2025

A crisp, golden filo traybake which is layered with fragrant ginger-spiced butter and mincemeat and finished with crunchy walnuts.

Bangkok Love Story... And A Recipe

Bangkok Love Story... And A Recipe

Rediff.com2 Jan 2026

Bangkok is a fast, 24-hour megapolis, full of joie de vivre and buoyance that you will be instantly smitten, like I was.

9 Italian Dishes You Ought To Taste

9 Italian Dishes You Ought To Taste

Rediff.com28 Jan 2026

Italian cuisine is proof that great flavour doesn't need complicated techniques or hard-to-find ingredients.

The Most Favoured Election Sweet: 7 Laddoo Recipes

The Most Favoured Election Sweet: 7 Laddoo Recipes

Rediff.com16 Nov 2025

Election times in India are also Laddoo Times. Politics and laddoos have always gone together and laddoos really come into their own post chunavs.

Kashmiri Recipes: Gustaba, Chaman Kaliya

Kashmiri Recipes: Gustaba, Chaman Kaliya

Rediff.com20 Nov 2025

Kashmiri cuisine is predominantly non-vegetarian, but also has some flavourful and unique vegetarian dishes.

10 Tempting Recipes Using Super-Grain Ragi

10 Tempting Recipes Using Super-Grain Ragi

Rediff.com7 Nov 2025

Step into the world of wholesome eating and try these delicious ragi recipes, where ancient grains meet modern flavours.

Vada Pav, Alu Gobhi Among World's Top 50 Potato Dishes

Vada Pav, Alu Gobhi Among World's Top 50 Potato Dishes

Rediff.com30 Jan 2026

TasteAtlas, a globally-recognised digital guide to food, just unveiled its rankings for 50 Best Potato Dishes. Four of our Indian favourites qualified.

Bohri Recipes: White Mutton Curry, Khichada

Bohri Recipes: White Mutton Curry, Khichada

Rediff.com9 Dec 2025

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.

Vaala Che Birdhe: 30-Min Recipe

Vaala Che Birdhe: 30-Min Recipe

Rediff.com20 Jan 2026

This popular Maharashtrian legume dish uses the special field bean or vaal.

Recipe: Hitesh's Shakshouka

Recipe: Hitesh's Shakshouka

Rediff.com5 Jan 2026

North African delicacy in a desi avatar!

6 Special Foods For Goddess Saraswati

6 Special Foods For Goddess Saraswati

Rediff.com23 Jan 2026

On the eve of Saraswati Puja, devotees traditionally prepare a yellow-coloured prasad for the Goddess of Knowledge. The offering can vary from Kolkata's Bhoger Khichuri to Motichoor Ladoos -- each region having their own sacred bhog, but always something yellow, the goddess' fave rang.

Recipe: Walnut Key Lime Pie Smoothie

Recipe: Walnut Key Lime Pie Smoothie

Rediff.com19 Jan 2026

This creamy, tangy smoothie tastes like a treat but is healthy and fuels like a power drink. Walnuts and avocado add creaminess and omega-3 goodness, while lime and banana make it light and energising.