This festive season, Indian homes are mixing global luxury with personal touches using heirloom fabrics, handmade decor, and nostalgic menus to create celebrations that feel both grand and intimate.
Turn your leftover chapattis into a hearty snack.
Start your day with walnuts, chia, fruit. You can't go wrong.
This sweet that uses edible gum and nuts is a winter favourite.
Crispy corn tortillas don't have to always be matched with guacamole or salsa. How about a walnut and bean topping, with mango salsa?
This sweet dish from Odisha is the perfect representation of the region's rich culinary heritage.
Make the raw mango cooler jhatpat, courtesy a recipe by Manisha Deshpande Kotian.
The sweet taste of a laddoo is believed to attract prosperity and abundance.
Eat meat the way Mughal emperors did and cook up a storm and win hearts with this mutton delight.
France today increasingly resembles the Italy of the past, when governments fell with bewildering regularity, prime ministers came and went in rapid succession, and political instability became the norm rather than the exception, point out Krishnan Srinivasan and Manoj Mohanka.
Love for pasta is growing by leaps and bounds in India, especially amongst younger generations. In Mumbai, for instance, there are roadside stalls on main thoroughfares selling Penne Alfredo and other types, as per their colourful menu banners. We are getting more experimental, although we need a little mirchi on whatever pasta we tuck into. A few select recipes for passionate pastawallahs...
"Chai, chai!" How often we have heard that call. If May 21, International Tea Day needs a celebration, it ought to be in India. Tea is woven into the rhythm of our lives.
Winters call for a heartening rasam made from this healthy legume.
Chicken mince, arbi, mushrooms and bok choy in one neat package. Delicious!
Discover the wonderful variety of pulau dishes in this flavourful collection. Each type of rice preparation offers tradition, home-style goodness and loads of taste, of course, in every forkful.
Hearty foods from a Sindhi rasoi will always have meat, usually mutton. They will also showcase a wide variety of sabziyan, especially beeh or lotus stem which is very dear to Sindhi hearts.
A no-onion, no-garlic potato dish for Pitru Paksha.
In Tamil Nadu a steamed, spicy delicacy, looking like a modak, is made for Vinayak Chaturthi.
Millets, dal and a bunch of spices can be steamed together for an awesome version of this rice cake.
Avocado, one of the healthiest fruits, has a bland but signature flavour that accommodates brilliantly the zesty Indian ingredients that Mayur Sanap adds to his chutney recipe. The result is this creamy, buttery, spicy condiment that goes well as a side with a variety of dishes.
Yet another one of India's wonderful flatbreads, this variety of thalipeeth, which contains protein and fibre-rich rajgira or amaranth, makes for a filling and appetising breakfast, discovers Hitesh Harisinghani.
Simple. Refreshing. Healthy. Mayur Sanap/Rediff.com perfects his version of the tasty Maharashtrian drink.
Water chesnuts can be magically converted into a toasty warm winter evening snack.
India has gained a worldwide reputation for its scrumptious flatbreads, some of them stuffed, courtesy TasteAtlas polls. While Alu Parathas are, hands down, the nation's favourite, there are many, many kinds of stuffed parathas out there.
India has gained a worldwide reputation for its scrumptious flatbreads, some of them stuffed, courtesy TasteAtlas polls. While Alu Parathas are, hands down, the nation's favourite, there are many, many kinds of stuffed parathas out there.
Chitau Pitha is a traditional rice cake prepared during festivals in Odisha for Chitalagi Amavasya or Chitau Amavasya celebrations.
The mango season is upon us and in India we use mangoes to make everything, starting from a breakfast juice, to a midday summer cooler, to a currry, in chaat, in parathas, in rice, as dessert or ice cream, as chutney and pickle. Every bit of a mango is used in different stages of ripening as well.
Learn how put your air-fryer to best use. Many a deep-fried delight can become magically no-oil or less-oil dishes with this wonderful appliance. Everything from crispy snacks to satisfying main courses do well in the fryer, allowing you to eat healthier without sacrificing on taste.
A meal of hilsa curry with vegetables mixed in, poured over steamed rice, can make your Sunday perfect.
When the heat comes rolling along, in killing waves, it's time to take out your best ammunition. Yup, we need the cooling magic of kokum in all our foods and drinks.
Parathas made from buckwheat, water chestnut flour and alu have a different texture, and an altogether unusual taste.
One of the most beloved traditions associated with Pana Sankranti is the preparation of the unique Pana drink. What is so special about Pana? Read on
It's the Season For Biryani. During Ramzan many might have already dug into the best of biryanis. But as Eid al-Fitr approaches and the faithful wait for the moon, preparations will begin for the most glorious editions of biryani of all.
Will you try the actor's version of the popular Mumbai street-side snack?
Eggplant, also known as brinjal, aubergine, baingan and kathirikkai, is a most misunderstood and underrated vegetable that rocks a pulau, fish curry, stir fries, pasta, sandwiches and tastes soooo good just fried, as the Bongs will roundly tell you.
How to make a satisfying comfort food from leftovers.
Can Christmas be any more festive with this magnificent dessert all the way from Romania?
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