The prime ingredient in Nannari Sherbat is sarsaparilla syrup, made from a tropical root or vine,
Mini Ribeiro gets top chefs to share the best chutney recipes.
Have you tasted Besan ke ladoo cookies?
Bang in the middle of Chennai, A Ganesh Nadar experiences a culinary delight that brings back fond memories of his childhood.
'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.
'My God, we could win half the world over just by our food alone.'
These recipes will tickle your tastebuds and ensure good health, says Sahana Shivprasad Shetty.
At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most likely have been hanging out with Dua Lipa.
'Our recipes come from our real-life experiences and have a story behind them.'
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
Shobhaa De recalls the splendid glowing Diwalis of her childhood.
'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.
The traditional Onasadhya is incomplete without these sumptuous preparations made from rice, coconut, milk and assorted veggies.
Cakes, brownies and cookies -- you name it and this MasterChef India Season 6 contestant can make it, and make it healthy.
This delicious appetizer can be steamed or fried. Share your recipes too!
'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.
The home-chef put Indian cuisine on the world map with her cooking experiments on MasterChef Australia.
Gajendra Muddeli from Gurugram tells us how he made the most of the lockdown.
'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.
How does Bollywood like its tea? Well, they'll tell you all about it!
Ahmedabad is home to the strangest of cuisines and is a city of contrasts, if you look beyond the tourist places.
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.
MasterChef Australia Season 13 winner Justin Narayan speaks about his Indian roots.
Rahul, believing in his philosophy of 'less is better', curbed his once-infamous impetuosity
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?
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.
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?.
'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.
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