Hitesh Harisinghani's mother learned to make sambhar from his nani. Packed with vegetables, it has a dash of sweetness from the jaggery, and sour from tamarind and tomatoes.
This delicious bowl of coconut milk kheer is hard to resist.
If you make prawns, using this very precise and methodical recipe, it is sure to turn out like it came all the way from Kerala straight to your plate.
'Rava roasted in shudh desi ghee, garnished with saffron and cardamom, sweetened with sugar or jaggery is heaven on a plate' says Taruna.
Something light, refreshing and healthy at the beginning of the week.
Incorporating millets into your breakfast is always a good idea.
Tomatoes, before they ripen, make a great sabji.
Very small prawns can be made into a kind of chutney that greatly soups up your average meal.
Sweet potatoes, with a light seasoning using coconut oil, and a touch of fresh grated coconut, makes a grand combo with rotis.
These crunchy, sugar-coated puri-like sweets are a significant part of the mahaprasad offered at the Jagannath temple in Odisha.
This sweet is vegan, gluten-free and not very sugary.
Tasty and filling, this soup is a bowlful of warmth on a winter evening.
Sprouts, walnuts, carrots, lemon, avocados on toast is bound to be a healthy way to start your day.
Make a simple, delicious jaggery and suji halwa in your microwave.
A simple, one-pot dish of fragrant basmati rice, spices and fresh fish.
A summer drink for combatting the heat.
A khatti-meethi chutney for snacks or a meal that can be made swiftly.
The use of freshly-made mango pickle makes all the difference to this recipe for a yum paneer starter.
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Soft on the inside, crisp on the outside, falafels taste divine eaten piping hot, dipped in hummus or rolled in pita or a flatbread.
The classical Middle Eastern snack gets a chicken twist.
A simple microwave recipe that will provide treats for your home New Year bash.
An age-old recipe for a savoury dish from Himachal Pradesh.
Crispy, sweet chicken snacks for the new year countdown.
Why settle for one grain when you can start your day with multiple super-friendly grains.
Winter ushers in fat red chillies ideal for a exceptionlly tasty pickle.
This hot beverage is a great substitute for tea.
Celebrate Mother's Day with a scrumptious mango dessert. Or a cocktail.
Who would have guessed that hemp seeds could be so tasty?
The dark green fleshy Malabar spinach adds special flavour to a Mangalorean crab curry.
Egg drop soups are much loved, but can you refuse boiled eggs and tofu cut into pieces and simmered in a hot broth.
The simplest prasad you can offer Lord Ganesha.
A recipe for starters for your weekend menu.
Jaggery and wheat come together to make the fastest and most perfect Diwali sweet.
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