'We all grew around our mom's love for cooking and obviously we took it for granted. But now, I really miss it... I miss her.'
3 recipes that will help you beat summer blues.
Shobhaa De recalls the splendid glowing Diwalis of her childhood.
'Our recipes come from our real-life experiences and have a story behind them.'
These recipes will tickle your tastebuds and ensure good health, says Sahana Shivprasad Shetty.
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
'The way desi food is cooked in our homes makes it so delicious and yummy.' 'It is a great digestive meal.'
'So South Indian, it would be idli with... a really good sambar, and then north Indian -- probably any kind of tikka.' Hmm. You can take a girl out her mom's country, but you can't take the country out of the girl!'
With tomato selling at Rs 120 to Rs 160 per kilo, these desi curries will be your saviours.
Chef Aditi Handa, who is deeply invested in baking, makes the most delicious sourdough.
When Twinkle Khanna asked her celebrity friends what was in their dabba, everyone wrote in and sent their recipes as well. What does Katrina Kaif like to include in her dabba? She tells us here.
For those looking to follow a healthy diet, a combination of stir fried crunchy veggies makes for a delicious option.
Cakes, brownies and cookies -- you name it and this MasterChef India Season 6 contestant can make it, and make it healthy.
The traditional Onasadhya is incomplete without these sumptuous preparations made from rice, coconut, milk and assorted veggies.
'Live a simple lifestyle where you eat well, sleep on time and take care of your body.'
A plain dal-chawal can be turned into a wholesome set meal bowl of veggies, seeds, lentils, rice and herbs when tweaked, suggests Radhika Iyer. Talati.
This delicious appetizer can be steamed or fried. Share your recipes too!
The home-chef put Indian cuisine on the world map with her cooking experiments on MasterChef Australia.
'I'm following my heart and would like to go where the road leads me. I want to do things that will excite myself and people too,' says Tanushka D'Silva.
Gajendra Muddeli from Gurugram tells us how he made the most of the lockdown.
Ahmedabad is home to the strangest of cuisines and is a city of contrasts, if you look beyond the tourist places.
How does Bollywood like its tea? Well, they'll tell you all about it!
Rahul, believing in his philosophy of 'less is better', curbed his once-infamous impetuosity
MasterChef Australia Season 13 winner Justin Narayan speaks about his Indian roots.
Relishing a dramatic turnaround of fortunes in the series against India, England captain Alastair Cook has said it was his wife who convinced him not to give up captaincy when his team was on a losing streak.
What can Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor tell you about being pregnant that you didn't already know about?
Whoever thought an Australian chef would represent India so beautifully in the MasterChef kitchen?
Each region in India has its own culinary narrative that speaks through its distinct dishes. Each cuisine packs within itself, textures, layers, ideas and historical nuggets so that all of Indian food cannot be pigeonholed together to say that there is one Indian cuisine. A fascinating extract from Sonal Ved's Whose Samosa Is It Anyway?.
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.
'I've lost count of the number of times I've said no to sex, because I am tired, and how it has led to air punches, banging of doors, muffled expletives by the other half.' 'With time, we've learned to talk it out and have an arrangement that I'd like to believe works for both of us,' notes Radha Yadav, our newest columnist.
Gits now has super food mixes like brown rice and flax seeds idli mix, oats idli mix and such other products. It has also launched an organic and vegan version of ready meals abroad. It also has an e-store, besides selling through Flipkart, Amazon and Big Basket.
They will seduce your taste buds with tempting food pics of ghee idli, chicken ghee roast biryani and mysore pak.
Bowlers have often found themselves short-changed since the 2011 decision to have one new ball from each end which, many believe, has rendered the already batsman-friendly format even more lop-sided.
Woods said amputation "was on the table" during the three-week hospital recovery in California.
'Waging battle over a jar of marmalade seemed petty beyond belief so I simply lost my craving for the preserve,' Kishore Singh writes
While the traditional masala portfolio continues to hold its sway, the brand is up against stiff competition from food delivery apps and the thriving community of restaurants that they support for its ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat fare.
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