The most satisfying venture is to turn leftovers into tasty, fresh dishes. Kitchen recycling has its own joy. It reduces food waste, saves time and calls for great culinary imagination.
Darker varieties of millets are rich in beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant that your body turns into vitamin A to boost your immunity, according to WebMD. A good source of fibre, protein, prebiotics, cooking with millets, an ancient grain, is the enlightened way.
From Uttarakhand comes a simple, tasty meal.
Mushroom soup that gets its creaminess from healthy nuts.
Date palm jaggery and tapioca go into making this delicious pudding.
When the urge for pakodas starts up every variation of this irresistible snack deserves to be savoured. And believe us when we say the varieties are limitless. All species taste best with a steaming cup of chai.
Chicken cooked up in a charred masala is a rural Maharashtra treat and tastes divine with rice or bhakri.
Bengali food... Who doesn't love it? Especially if you're a fish lover or hard-core non-vegetarian. Machh, mangsho, shorshe... If you've ever said "Machh-mangsho na thakle bhalo lage na!" then this roundup of Bong recipes, that will make feel like you're in a Kolkata kitchen, is for you. Ebar pet pujo hok!
Nuts, whiskey, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cream... Can anything be more wicked?
Have some chatpata chaat is always fortifying.
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.
Overripe bananas, fit for discarding, can make the most gorgeous addition to a chocolate cake.
Mint, fried potatoes and yoghurt elevates this easy recipe for a spicy chicken rice.
As it starts getting hotter and hotter, there is an inexplicable urge to add cucumber to all your food/meals. Or even have chilled cucumber all by itself, sliced and dressed with chaat masala and lemon juice. After all it contains more than 90 per cent water. We present a few recipes to satisfy the kakdi bingeing.
Mango shrikhand with garam puri is a classic combo.
Bewitching fragrances and a symphony of sounds would herald the arrival of Chauthi in the Someshwar home.
This delicious bowl of coconut milk kheer is hard to resist.
Bhindi, also known as okra or lady's finger, is an all-India fave. Some like it hot hot, sprinkled with chilly. Some like it crispy. Some like it stuffed. Some like it in a rich curry.
Bhindi, also known as okra or lady's finger, is an all-India fave. Some like it hot hot, sprinkled with chilly. Some like it crispy. Some like it stuffed. Some like it in a rich curry.
Fast, finger lickin' good, let this pasta salad, overflowing with veggies, brighten up your table and takes only 10 minutes to assemble, promises Mayur Sanap.
Fast, finger lickin' good, let this pasta salad, overflowing with veggies, brighten up your table and takes only 10 minutes to assemble, promises Mayur Sanap.
The smoky, charred goodness of foods cooked in a tandoor or tandoori-style is a flavour strongly associated with north Indian cuisine. Anything you stick in a tandoor -- be it meats, seafood or veggies -- gain a scorched exterior, but when you bite into them it's all juiciness and succulence.
High on taste and designed to cure all ills, a cup of Shwetal Rai's tangy, peppery Rasam is a great way to warm up.
High on taste and designed to cure all ills, a cup of Shwetal Rai's tangy, peppery Rasam is a great way to warm up.
There are foods that fight inflammation and it's one of the best weapons you have to prevent the onset of a clutch of chronic diseases, be it diabetes or heart illnes. Thus it is important to plan meals that contain anti-inflammatory foods.
Yoghurt Culture: How to cook, bake, sip, spoon up of one of the healthiest foods.
Yoghurt Culture: How to cook, bake, sip, spoon up of one of the healthiest foods.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged all stakeholders to come together and invest in people for skill development, nurturing talent and promoting innovation which are essential for job creation and boosting the economy. Participating in post-Budget webinar on employment, Modi said the government has provided skill training to 3 crore youth since 2014 and decided to upgrade 1,000 ITIs and set up five centres of excellence.
Go experimental while making your modaks! Try unusual stuffings and coverings.
This thanda thanda tamarind sherbet makes for a refreshing drink on a hot summer afternoon, says Mayur Sanap.
The very thought of certain deep-fried snacks gets your digestive juices going. Why not make them healthier?
Learn how to convert this healthy, probiotic, slightly bland soybean cake into something gourmet.
Learn how to convert this healthy, probiotic, slightly bland soybean cake into something gourmet.
A healthy recipe with coriander seeds and nuts.
Jackfruit season heralds the arrival of its tasty stirfry on our tables or better as part of banana leaf meals
A raseela aloo that incorporates nutritious drumsticks.
Grab a small bunch of phodshichi bhaji the next time you spot it in the market and rustle up a healthy dish for your family.
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