From festive breakfasts to iconic fish preparations, Parsi cuisine is a beautiful blend of sweet, sour and spicy traditions that have been passed down for generations. Explore the flavours, stories and culinary personalities behind each recipe which balances comfort, nostalgia and celebration in every bite
The love-affair between kappa and meen gets a fresh twist.
Try your hand at yummy dry fry Mangaluru clams. Or attempt this delicious Bengali preparation of prawns with taro leaves.
Parliament introduces a new 'Health Menu' featuring millet-based dishes, salads, and lean protein options to promote healthier eating habits among lawmakers, officials, and visitors.
Assamese Tenga is a light and tangy dish, and is one of Assam's signature food.
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Stop frying your masala fish. Eliminate excess oil by baking it.
Very small prawns can be made into a kind of chutney that greatly soups up your average meal.
A fragrant, spiced yoghurt-cashew curry is the place for fillets of rohu.
The customary naadan or home-cooked meal is rather memorable fare.
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Spice up your home menus preparing a creamy prawn curry and Bengali-style potatoes.
Kerala pumpkin curry has to be the best way to eat kadu. And ever tried an imli-ginger relish?
MDH Spices has denied allegations that its products have traces of cancer-causing agent ethylene oxide (ETO), calling them "untrue" and "lacking any substantiating evidence." "Amid speculations doing rounds that there is presence of ETO in our products, we clarify and state unequivocally that these claims are untrue and lack any substantiating evidence," a statement released by the company said.
Cook a full meal of intriguing Arunachali food and surprise a foodie loved one.
Countries that raised concerns about the quality of Indian spices have called for urgent attention and action, Delhi-based think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said on Wednesday. The stakes are high since India exported spices worth about $692.5 million to the United States (US), Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Maldives in the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), it said. During FY24, India's spice exports were worth $4.25 billion, accounting for a 12 per cent share of the global spice exports.
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Those who don't eat fish may include alternatives like chia seeds, flax seeds, walnuts, soybeans and kidney beans, which are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and offer major health benefits, says Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan.
You will be as smitten with this Singaporean soup as I was.
A tantalising mix of Bedgi chillies, coriander and tamarind, make the MasterChef winner's dish taste so heavenly.
A green banana fish curry for the vegetarian in you.
Over the years, with some amount of experimenting, I have learnt exactly what freezes well and what does not.
This spicy fried fry served with crunchy curry leaves and sliced lemon is a crowd-pleaser.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has commissioned a quality check on MDH and Everest products. This follows complaints that several popular spice mixes of the two leading brands contained traces of ethylene oxide more than the permissible levels, official sources said. This move by FSSAI comes after Hong Kong and Singapore recalled variants of the two masala majors' products in their countries.
A parval or pointed gourd dish that's tangy and mustardy.
This interesting Mangalorean dish can be eaten with coconut chutney, Fish Gassi or Chicken Gassi.
Two homemade treats that will transform your Christmas celebration into a glorious one.
Here's a simple recipe or breakfast or as an evening snack at home.
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.
Jazz up your dinner menu with Kerala-style nethili or anchovies fish fry which goes well with steamed rice and a comforting bowl of dal.
Raakhee, who turns 77 on August 15, remains an enigma wrapped in a riddle. Dinesh Raheja remembers Raakhee telling him how she loves the rains and how she would drive down to Tulsi Lake in the 1970s and float paper boats in the water. He would like to imagine that Raakhee still does that at her farmhouse.
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Rajbaris are a link to Bengal's rich past, of grand mansions, classical fine dining, and allow guests to be pretend zamindars for those few hours or days that they stay.
A delicious Mangalorean dish that is served with steamed rice or neer dosas.
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You can call it 'a friend for your nervous system'.
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