The lowly kadu is promoted to an awesome pumpkin soup.
This sweetened flatbread is made during festivals or as a weekend snack/breakfast.
Delight family you might visiting abroad with a gift of homemade theplas.
Two unsual Indian desserts to brighten up your Holi celebration.
10 recipes our readers savoured this year.
Care to try this easy and yummy fusion dessert over the weekend?
Guilt-free millet modaks are a wholesome addition to your festivities.
Raw Jackfruit Curry, also called Ahuna Kathal, is a specialty in Champaran, Bihar.
Dress up any fresh seasonal greens with an imli-dal-coconut koottu-style preparation.
Escape the heat with two refreshing recipes by food blogger Vindhya Karwa.
Two wonderful recipes from Pratibha Karan's The Book Of Dals.
French beans cooked with dal, like -- how it's made in South India, specificlly Tamil Nadu -- is a tasty addition to a Sunday lunch menu.
Amboli is a quintessential Malvani dish prepared with rice and mixed dal batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight.
Everyone must sample these tiny pan-fried idlis stuffed with onions or vegetables once before they die.
All-purpose recipe -- great for tiffins or for starters. Crispy and fun.
A healthy meal for either breakfast or lunch or sometime in between.
Instead of serving the mince and bread separately, Shumaila Chauhan gives the dish a makeover and serves the kheema inside the pav.
The emperor of pasta dishes is lasagne with its layers and layers of richness and taste.
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
Always a winner, BBQ fare can be served with lime wedges and a side of green salad or Indian breads.
This recipe, handed down from my grandmother, marries a yoghurt gravy with okra or bhindi.
A mildly-spiced, sans too much garam masala 'hotel'-style potatoes with peas in a thick gravy that goes well with butter naans.
Readers share their Christmas recipes. You can share yours too!
Two unique Indian snacks that can be munched with drinks.
You would be surprised how wonderful homemade Pav Bhaji tastes and you can monitor the salt and butter.
A mouth-watering treat for your Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations.
Crunchy cabbage, yoghurt-based makes Mor Kuzhambu served with ghe rice, fried fish and rice papad makes for a satisfying dinner.
'I always say you really cannot own a recipe.' 'In India, where, we have been cooking for thousands of years, how can you put a finger and say, 'This is mine'?'
Make a speedy omega-3 rich breakfast or entree with kale, salmon and walnuts.
Protein helps you build muscle, improve metabolism, and keeps you satiated for longer.
With tomato selling at Rs 120 to Rs 160 per kilo, these desi curries will be your saviours.
Whip up spreads on the double, especially when supplies run low.
Have you tasted Besan ke ladoo cookies?
This recipe deserves a spot on your breakfast menu.
Where paneer came to India from... How sambar got its name... Gulab jamun does not have Indian roots...
Uncooked, fresh and unprocessed -- that's the diet a number of people are swearing by
When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. What does Bhumi Pednekar like to include in her dabba? She tells us here.
Zelda Pande recounts the specialness with which Diwali was celebrated in her home in Ranchi.
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