As we await the monsoon, here's a perfect recipe to welcome the rainy season.
A dish is meant for those who would like something light, healthy that goes well with parathas or rotis.
In Tamil Nadu a steamed, spicy delicacy, looking like a modak, is made for Vinayak Chaturthi.
Why throwaway leftover dal vadas when you can whip up a fresh dish with them?
A stir-fried preparation with gourd and Bengal gram.
Tomatoes, before they ripen, make a great sabji.
Jayanti Soni and her family return each year to Bhinmal, when they can, to celebrate Diwali in her family home.
These crispy masala vadas are called Chattambade in Karnataka.
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.
This creamy, buttery gravy goes well with jeera rice or roti.
Millets, dal and a bunch of spices can be steamed together for an awesome version of this rice cake.
Bewitching fragrances and a symphony of sounds would herald the arrival of Chauthi in the Someshwar home.
Give your favourite dal an upgrade with this recipe featuring a host of veggies.
Winter ushers in fat red chillies ideal for a exceptionlly tasty pickle.
Who would have guessed that hemp seeds could be so tasty?
Enjoy this healthy dal with steamed rice, jeera rice, naans or tandoori rotis.
A no-onion, no-garlic potato dish for Pitru Paksha.
Candice Pinto shows you how to make the classic lentil curry at home.
Make your chai time exciting with deep-fried kachcha kela fritters!
Edamame + truffle oil + basmati rice = an exquisite combo.
Parathas made from buckwheat, water chestnut flour and alu have a different texture, and an altogether unusual taste.
The humble soy nuggets -- called often soya nuggets --is what people reach out for from their kitchen shelves to make a quick, high-protein meals. And they are usually delicious.
Eating after fasts is about lightly-prepared foods, like sauteed green banana sabzi.
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.
Jackfruit season heralds the arrival of its tasty stirfry on our tables or better as part of banana leaf meals
Any time is an excellent time to eat moringa or drum sticks. Considered one of those wonder foods, it's good for blood sugar and is an anti-inflammatory and an anti-oxidant.
These delightful idlis are great for breakfast or nashta.
Yoghurt and kheera or cucumber go together beautifully in this Pahadi raita.
Quick, flavourful, wholesome... This egg recipe is a lifesaver when you come home on an empty stomach!
Using black rice in your idlis makes them more nourishing.
Raksha Bandhan celebrations calls for rich, sweet fare to toast our siblings.
These healthy small bites can be either boiled or steamed and then stir fried.
Gouri Venugopal's sambar is unparalleled as far her daughter Durga and granddaughter Maya are concerned.
'Modi's charisma may have weakened as last year's Lok Sabha poll results showed but in the eyes of the Sangh Parivar, it has not waned.' 'Minus a strong BJP government at the Centre for another decade and more, there is apprehension that an anti-Hindutva government could reverse many of the ideological gains that the Modi dispensation has achieved through its three terms,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Manasi Sadarangani shared these recipes.
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