Whether it's adding richness to festive desserts or lending silkiness to everyday meals, malai brings an unmistakable depth of flavour to a dish, lifting it into the realm of the scrumptious.
The cuisine of Rajasthan is primarily vegetarian, is also known for its delicious meat dishes.
India has a tradition of stuffing its vegetables. Usually with a pungent masala and fresh ingredients, but sometimes even with mince meat. The stuffing of the sabzi turns simple vegetables into particulalry tasty delights.
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.
Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week.
A raseela aloo that incorporates nutritious drumsticks.
Sharjah-based food blogger Bethica Das shares her recipe for the classic Rajasthani rice-based dessert.
An easy recipe for a mid-week meal.
A sumptuous meal of Dal, Bati, Churma or Jodhpuri Kabuli pulao, followed by a lip-smacking dessert of Bikaneri ghevar or Jodhpuri mawa kachauri.
Thakur Man Singh of Kanota cooked Rajasthani Sula Meat for us. Here's the recipe!
Homechef Vindhya Karwa celebrates her mother.
The addition of green tomatoes make this dish tangy and different, while the extra green chillies pep it up.
Jaggery and wheat come together to make the fastest and most perfect Diwali sweet.
A healthy recipe with coriander seeds and nuts.
Jayanti Soni and her family return each year to Bhinmal, when they can, to celebrate Diwali in her family home.
Food blogger Swati Pareek tells us how to make this spicy side dish.
While the days are still not that warm, nourish your soul with two unusual khichdis.
Bottle gourd is far more tasty than you realise especially when had in steamed dumplings along with Dahi Kadhi.
Mango time: Recipes for a sweet-salty mango rice, green mango dhokla and a desert sabzi.
Before winter ends, it's time to give undhiyu a try!
Everything about Sharmila was a gift from the Divine: The graceful way she twirled her paintbrush, the naughtiness with which she teased his desperate attempts at cooking her favorite dishes, the gentleness when her lips touched his, the softness of her hair as it fell on his face, the flowery smell of her perfume when he nuzzled her neck, the mole near her quivering lips that he kissed every opportunity he got.
Reshma Aslam tells us how to cook a healthy, relishing breakfast.
Mumbai's Jayanti Soni shares a step by step method to make the traditional dish.
Surprise, surprise, your kids, who were no karela fans earlier, will love this recipe.
Pack a punch with this chutney that goes well with just about everything.
Your Rajasthani dish can be put together in 30 minutes.
This dish is sure to get your tastebuds grooving.
Sama or samak rice is a great source of energy and has lesser calories than rice and when made into a traditional vrat pulau is very tasty.
Several ingredients come together to create this savoury, fiery curry that will knock your socks off.
We're fully in winter mode and it's recommended you try out this traditional Gujarati dish with warm rotis and have a feast.
The home-chef put Indian cuisine on the world map with her cooking experiments on MasterChef Australia.
Readers share their favourite food memories.
'In two years there will be consolidation. Look at the Indian brands now. Only three of us are surviving, many others have died. What will differentiate us are two things -- timing of our launches in the market and the communication to the consumer," Narendra Bansal, CMD of Intex, tells Arnab Dutta.
Tigmanshu Dhulia's earthy touches, perverse humour, and queasy depiction of the upscale and underbelly revels in pulpy and devious twists, notes Sukanya Verma.
Get set to burrrrrrp! Presenting the real taste of India!
Some people are shining through India's gravest health emergency by offering to run errands and home kitchens delivering meals to organisations and individuals stepping in to supply oxygen cylinders, oximeters
Celebrated chef Gaggan Anand answered readers' queries on June 9. For those who missed the live chat, here is the unedited chat transcript.
Quikr founder & CEO Pranay Chulet tells Raghu Krishnan and Bibhu Ranjan Mishra why money has never been an issue for Quikr and that someday he will make a romantic comedy.