'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 your Diwali lovelier with this flaky, sugary traditional snack.
Ameya Warty feels his concoction of stuffed paneer will be a showstopper at your home every time you make it.
There's nothing more satisfying than a meal of freshly fried puris served with a spicy raseela potato preparation.
Sachin Tendulkar showed off his culinary skills with a perfect flip of the omlette.
After five months of a rigorous training, the Agniveervayus passed out of the Airmen Training School, impressing the audience with the skills they had acquired in just 22 weeks of training at the IAF base.
An ensemble of musicians, some of whom played sursingar, mohan veena, dilruba and other rare instruments, regaled G20 world leaders during the ceremonial dinner hosted for them by President Droupadi Murmu.
They welcomed the guests before the start of the dinner from the reception dais, with its backdrop showcasing the ruins of the Nalanda University in Bihar besides India's G20 presidency theme -- 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam - One Earth, One Family, One Future'.
Tricolour cupcakes on Independence Day for the fam.
Struggling to find ways to incorporate millets tastily into your diet? Chef Vicky Ratnani has got you covered.
Aishwarya Sathe and her husband spent 13 days crisscrossing Japan and adored every minute of it.
Chef par excellence Satish Arora recalls his days working as a chef to prime ministers to Chandrima Pal.
With clean blue waters and golden-white sands, these super beaches have a magic that is hard to keep away from.
A simple recipe that will ensure you don't miss the joy of eating good food even during your Navratri fast.
A young couple sharing a laugh - in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the beach, in the rain - with the tagline, "Made for each other", hung from billboards at prominent street corners from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was a campaign for one of the largest selling cigarette brands in India, Wills (Navy Cut) from the ITC stable, that resonated with a generation of smokers and non-smokers alike till the curtains came down on tobacco advertising in 2004. As we prepare to welcome 2024, ITC has metamorphosed from a tobacco giant into a conglomerate straddling multiple large-sized businesses. In the mind space of Gen Z or millennials, the company represents a gamut of branded products - from frozen food (ITC Master Chef), noodles (YiPPee!), and cookies (Sunfeast) to snacks (Bingo!) and notebooks (Classmate), and so on and so forth.
The Old War Office (OWO) of Britain's World War II era prime minister Winston Churchill opened its doors as a brand-new luxury hotel in London with a glittering launch event, complete with surprise musical performances by musicians Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Andrea Bocelli. Princess Anne - the Princess Royal, the sister of King Charles III, officially unveiled the plaque for The OWO after a tour of the hotel with Hinduja Group co-chairman GP Hinduja on Tuesday evening. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also made a quick stopover, along with parliamentarians, entrepreneurs, hoteliers and stars of film and television.
An exhibition on the origins of Indian art, culture, handicrafts, and India's grassroots farming innovations is scheduled for September 9 and 10.
'When I was rejected last year, I told myself I won't give up.'
AFor a mega event like the G20 Summit -- being attended by so many heads of States and international bodies, top diplomats and bureaucrats -- nothing can be more important than security.
Food in India has fled the confines of the kitchen and become a national adventure... Food shows, now even on news channels, have transformed restaurateurs from humble khansamas to courted celebrities.
Time to celebrate the humble sweet potato. Extremely versatile, it lends itself for a festive dessert.
Amboli is a quintessential Malvani dish prepared with rice and mixed dal batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight.
Throwing a BBQ party for family and friends? It's time to take detailed notes from the Mehrotras.
Kangana Ranaut plays an Air Force pilot in Tejas, joining an increasing list of films and shows centered around women playing significant roles in their careers.
Shreekant Sambrani remembers P R S 'Biki' Oberoi, personal friend and hospitality icon, who passed into the ages this week.
Marinated millet, corn kernel salad and stuffed mushrooms are on the menu for 400 guests invited to the White House dinner being hosted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
When you heart would like to throw health to the winds and craves for bite-sized treats that are packed with in unhealthy calories.
Getaways near Mumbai, Nasik and Pune for memorable weekend day trips in the rains!
Perk up your weekend with a very different Malaysian-inspired dish.
When in need of a delightful Ramzan dish with a royal touch, make Murgh Musallam.
This useful paste should always be at striking distance in your kitchen.
Sukanya Verma gives us a lowdown on all those wonderful movies she saw and movies you need to see as and when they arrive to a screen or streaming space near you.
Why should the festival add to your calories?
And when in Gujarat, the CSK players were ready to feast on the state's delicacies -- dhokla and fafda, which no doubt the nation's premier Gujarati likes very much too!
Zombies, multiverse, tragedy, Japanese culinary traditions, you'll find it aplenty on OTT this week.
From croissants to Galouti kebabs and Medu vada, Indian carriers, both low-cost and full-service, are revising their in-flight menus to offer passengers a differentiated fare as competition is heating up amid the boom in air travel with the waning of Covid-19. On Monday, Air India, which was taken over by the Tata Group on January 27, unveiled its new domestic in-flight menu comprising gourmet meals, new appetizers, desserts, and local dishes. Air India's economy class passengers would now be served dishes such as Mushroom cheese omelette, Dry jeera aloo wedges, and Garlic tossed spinach and corn for breakfast, and Vegetable biryani, Malabar chicken curry, and mixed vegetable poriyal for lunch.
'The way desi food is cooked in our homes makes it so delicious and yummy.' 'It is a great digestive meal.'
Indians are becoming much more spendy and discerning travellers and look for places that can offer them a 'new' kind of experience.
A new research shows the 'magical' meal consisting of cardamom, ginseng, garlic, ginger, basil, lemon grass and asparagus is full of aphrodisiacs and eating them can make your bedroom life more adventurous.
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