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Festive cooking: Share your special recipes!

Festive cooking: Share your special recipes!

Rediff.com22 Oct 2015

The season of festivities and celebrations is here! Help help us celebrate it better with some mouth-watering traditional recipes!

Party Recipe: Coconut Candies

Party Recipe: Coconut Candies

Rediff.com26 Dec 2024

A simple microwave recipe that will provide treats for your home New Year bash.

Enjoy these low-cal festive recipes!

Enjoy these low-cal festive recipes!

Rediff.com23 Dec 2009

Here's how to whip up four tasty treats for the festive season without packing in the calories -- or packing on the pounds!

Makar Sankranti Recipe: Jaggery Halwa

Makar Sankranti Recipe: Jaggery Halwa

Rediff.com14 Jan 2025

Make a simple, delicious jaggery and suji halwa in your microwave.

Diwali Recipe: Jayanti's 20-Minute Sukhdi

Diwali Recipe: Jayanti's 20-Minute Sukhdi

Rediff.com1 Nov 2024

Jaggery and wheat come together to make the fastest and most perfect Diwali sweet.

Recipe: Jayanti's Rice Laddoos

Recipe: Jayanti's Rice Laddoos

Rediff.com17 Sep 2024

The sweet taste of a laddoo is believed to attract prosperity and abundance.

Ulundu Kozhukattai, Tamil Nadu's Savoury Modaks

Ulundu Kozhukattai, Tamil Nadu's Savoury Modaks

Rediff.com22 Aug 2025

In Tamil Nadu a steamed, spicy delicacy, looking like a modak, is made for Vinayak Chaturthi.

Share your Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri recipes

Share your Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri recipes

Rediff.com13 Jan 2020

Share your special recipes for the festival season.

Recipe: Bethica's Basanti Pulao

Recipe: Bethica's Basanti Pulao

Rediff.com20 Nov 2024

This traditional pulao is a key part of any Bengali comfort meal.

Holi Recipe: Chef Bhatt's Matcha Gujiyas

Holi Recipe: Chef Bhatt's Matcha Gujiyas

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

Matcha tea lovers, this recipe is meant for you!

Odia Recipe: Shristi's Chitau Pitha

Odia Recipe: Shristi's Chitau Pitha

Rediff.com4 Apr 2025

Chitau Pitha is a traditional rice cake prepared during festivals in Odisha for Chitalagi Amavasya or Chitau Amavasya celebrations.

Recipe: Kele Ki Sabzi

Recipe: Kele Ki Sabzi

Rediff.com12 Oct 2024

Eating after fasts is about lightly-prepared foods, like sauteed green banana sabzi.

Ganesh Chaturthi Recipe: Vaatli Dal

Ganesh Chaturthi Recipe: Vaatli Dal

Rediff.com10 Sep 2024

Serve this chatpata treat to your Bappa!

Chauthi At The Someshwars

Chauthi At The Someshwars

Rediff.com26 Aug 2025

Bewitching fragrances and a symphony of sounds would herald the arrival of Chauthi in the Someshwar home.

Recipe: How to make Saffron Badam Milk

Recipe: How to make Saffron Badam Milk

Rediff.com21 Nov 2015

Fareeha Ahmed from Chennai shares a healthy recipe.

Share your Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri recipes with us

Share your Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri recipes with us

Rediff.com11 Jan 2019

Tell us how you are preparing for the harvest season.

Recipe: Sandhyarani's Steamed Hilsa

Recipe: Sandhyarani's Steamed Hilsa

Rediff.com27 Sep 2024

Enjoy flavourful Odia-style hilsa!

Recipe: William Dalrymple's Tiger Prawns

Recipe: William Dalrymple's Tiger Prawns

Rediff.com23 May 2024

It's one big bowl of crunchy goodness.

Recipe: Heena's Sweet Potato Chaat

Recipe: Heena's Sweet Potato Chaat

Rediff.com12 Oct 2024

Have some chatpata chaat is always fortifying.

This Odia Sweet Is Part Of Lord Jagannath's Chappan Bhoga

This Odia Sweet Is Part Of Lord Jagannath's Chappan Bhoga

Rediff.com1 Jul 2025

The Jagannath temple has fostered Odisha's regional cooking styles and preserved local food traditions.

Video: A festive recipe for Spanish sausages

Video: A festive recipe for Spanish sausages

Rediff.com24 Dec 2009

Head chef Sagar Tithe and Sahil Timbadia, partner of Bonobo Bar and Restaurant in Mumbai show you how to cook up Spanish Chorizo Sausages for the festive season.

Video: A festive recipe for Roast Turkey

Video: A festive recipe for Roast Turkey

Rediff.com24 Dec 2009

Jr Sous Chef Dhaval Ajmera of ITC Grand Central in Mumbai shows you how to make roast turkey breast this festive season -- don't miss it!

Recipe: How to make Chikki

Recipe: How to make Chikki

Rediff.com17 Sep 2014

Traditionally made from peanuts, this candy also comes in different variants now.

Recipe: Jayanti's Magical Dhaniya Panjiri

Recipe: Jayanti's Magical Dhaniya Panjiri

Rediff.com5 Jun 2024

A healthy recipe with coriander seeds and nuts.

Ganesh Puja Recipe: Manisha's Ninaav

Ganesh Puja Recipe: Manisha's Ninaav

Rediff.com6 Sep 2024

This special Maharashtrian sweet is made by the CKP community just before Ganesh Chaturthi.

Recipe: Mayur's Khawa Poli

Recipe: Mayur's Khawa Poli

Rediff.com24 Apr 2024

C'mon have a midweek sweet surprise...

Ganesh Puja Recipe: Shalaka's Vaal Alu Sabzi

Ganesh Puja Recipe: Shalaka's Vaal Alu Sabzi

Rediff.com16 Sep 2024

A tad sweet, but chatpata too, this distinctive Mahrashtrian dish is a festive special.

Recipe: How to make Doodhi Halwa

Recipe: How to make Doodhi Halwa

Rediff.com11 Sep 2014

It is hard to resist this mouthwatering sweet dish.

Recipe: How to make Carrot Barfi

Recipe: How to make Carrot Barfi

Rediff.com12 Sep 2014

Relish the goodness of carrots and nuts at its best.

Recipe: How to make Badaam Pak

Recipe: How to make Badaam Pak

Rediff.com10 Sep 2014

We bring you a simple recipe to sweeten up the festive season.

Recipe: Sharad's Ragi Laddus

Recipe: Sharad's Ragi Laddus

Rediff.com27 Oct 2024

Everyday laddus to sweeten the end of a meal.

Recipe: Neha's Tender Coconut Kheer

Recipe: Neha's Tender Coconut Kheer

Rediff.com12 Oct 2024

The malai of a coconut is a unusually good addition to sama millet kheer

Recipe: Lemon Rice

Recipe: Lemon Rice

Rediff.com9 Apr 2024

Whip up this light Ugadi meal without much ado.

Recipe: Chef Nayak's Banana Kheer

Recipe: Chef Nayak's Banana Kheer

Rediff.com8 Apr 2024

This one is made with banana and walnuts!

Recipe: Hemasri's Gujiya

Recipe: Hemasri's Gujiya

Rediff.com2 Nov 2023

A traditional recipe to entertain guests on Diwali.

Recipes: Sreeja's Ulli Theeyal and Beetroot Pachadi for Onam

Recipes: Sreeja's Ulli Theeyal and Beetroot Pachadi for Onam

Rediff.com15 Sep 2024

On the occasion of Onam, whip up a baby onion curry and a raita made from beets

Recipes: Healthy Carrot Laddoos, Walnut Coconut Balls

Recipes: Healthy Carrot Laddoos, Walnut Coconut Balls

Rediff.com16 Jan 2024

Simple, easy laddoos to up the festive mood.

Diwali recipes: Barfi, cakes and more!

Diwali recipes: Barfi, cakes and more!

Rediff.com4 Nov 2012

We invited readers to share their festive recipes with us. Here is the next set of responses.

Diwali Recipe: Kabita's Matar Kheer

Diwali Recipe: Kabita's Matar Kheer

Rediff.com30 Oct 2024

A flavourful twist on traditional Indian kheer!

Recipe: P Chidambaram's Crab Masala

Recipe: P Chidambaram's Crab Masala

Rediff.com23 Feb 2024

A finger-licking dish of crabs and moringa leaves.