News for 'kokum'

Recipe: Chef Varun's Homestyle Prawn Curry

Recipe: Chef Varun's Homestyle Prawn Curry

Rediff.com24 Mar 2026

Chef Varun Inamdar incorporates millets in a coastal Homestyle Prawn Curry.

Recipes: Ek Handi Ka Dal Chawal, Zaali Cutlets

Recipes: Ek Handi Ka Dal Chawal, Zaali Cutlets

Rediff.com1 Jun 2026

Gujarati Khoja or Ismaili dishes are simple yet deliciously prepared in a unique traditional way.

Inside GSB Cuisine Queen Komal Prabhu's Kitchen

Inside GSB Cuisine Queen Komal Prabhu's Kitchen

Rediff.com29 Jun 2026

Discover the inspiring journey of Komal Prabhu, called the Queen of GSB Cuisine, that saw her switch professions -- a Bharata Natyam dancer became a celebrated chef devoted to preserving traditional Gaud Saraswat Brahmin food traditions.

Hypertension Day: 10 Foods That Are Bad For Your Heart

Hypertension Day: 10 Foods That Are Bad For Your Heart

Rediff.com17 May 2026

On World Hypertension Day, Dr Anup Taksande, clinical director-cardiology and cardiac interventions at KIMS Hospitals, Thane, explains why you must think twice before reaching out for that pack of chips, sugar-free cereals or instant noodles.

8 Kokum Recipes For Summer Wellness

8 Kokum Recipes For Summer Wellness

Rediff.com16 Apr 2025

When the heat comes rolling along, in killing waves, it's time to take out your best ammunition. Yup, we need the cooling magic of kokum in all our foods and drinks.

Rediff's Top 10 Recipes For 2025

Rediff's Top 10 Recipes For 2025

Rediff.com6 Jan 2026

We looked back at the 10 Recipes Rediff Readers Loved Most.

Finding The Perfect Goan Seafood Curry

Finding The Perfect Goan Seafood Curry

Rediff.com13 Jan 2026

Sona Bahadur's Goa currython yielded interesting results.

Recipe: How to make Tapioca kokum chaat

Recipe: How to make Tapioca kokum chaat

Rediff.com20 Aug 2019

Jerson Fernandes, executive chef of Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia Resort shares his special recipe.

Recipe: Smita's Karandi Or Prawn Relish

Recipe: Smita's Karandi Or Prawn Relish

Rediff.com28 Feb 2025

Very small prawns can be made into a kind of chutney that greatly soups up your average meal.

Recipe: Manisha's Valacha Birda

Recipe: Manisha's Valacha Birda

Rediff.com29 Aug 2024

This classic Maharashtrian dish is made without onions.

Recipe: Anita's Bombil Fish Curry

Recipe: Anita's Bombil Fish Curry

Rediff.com31 Jul 2024

The simple pleasures of Bombay Duck curry.

Travelling Across India On Your Stomach In Summer

Travelling Across India On Your Stomach In Summer

Rediff.com4 May 2023

The best summer foods of India

Recipe: How to make Tangy Potatoes

Recipe: How to make Tangy Potatoes

Rediff.com7 Apr 2021

Kokum Aloo or Tangy Potato can be munched with your evening tea.

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!

Recipe: Summer Fig Rocket Salad

Recipe: Summer Fig Rocket Salad

Rediff.com11 Apr 2024

Figs in a salad? Gorgeous to the tongue.

6 Natural Ways to Keep Your Body Cool

6 Natural Ways to Keep Your Body Cool

Rediff.com6 May 2024

Wearing white and lighter colours will prevent heat retention, thus reducing the risk of heat exhaustion, suggests Dr Karthiyayini Mahadevan.

Lok Sabha proceedings begin in new Parliament building

Lok Sabha proceedings begin in new Parliament building

Rediff.com19 Sep 2023

Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday began in the new Parliament building, located adjacent to the old one, starting a new chapter in the parliamentary history of India.

Recipe: Beetroot Rasam With No Tomatoes

Recipe: Beetroot Rasam With No Tomatoes

Rediff.com24 Jul 2023

Beetroot Rasam is a great soup for a chilly day or may be relished with steamed rice and poriyal/upperi/bhaji.

Recipe: Chef Brar's Peanut Curry

Recipe: Chef Brar's Peanut Curry

Rediff.com10 Jan 2023

A quick rescue-the-meal curry.

5 Curries That Don't Need Tomatoes

5 Curries That Don't Need Tomatoes

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

With tomato selling at Rs 120 to Rs 160 per kilo, these desi curries will be your saviours.

Recipe: Zelda's Devrani Lasagne

Recipe: Zelda's Devrani Lasagne

Rediff.com23 May 2023

The emperor of pasta dishes is lasagne with its layers and layers of richness and taste.

Recipes: 4 summer coolers to beat the heat

Recipes: 4 summer coolers to beat the heat

Rediff.com12 Apr 2016

Reshma Aslam tells us how to stir up refreshing summer drinks in a jiffy.

Indian Food: 20 Magical Secrets

Indian Food: 20 Magical Secrets

Rediff.com16 Jul 2022

Explore ingredients that you may have never thought to use or need to use better.

Heatwave: ASK KOMAL: How To Cope

Heatwave: ASK KOMAL: How To Cope

Rediff.com23 May 2022

Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides expert help.

Gudi Padwa recipes: Kothimbir vadi, Amti dal and more

Gudi Padwa recipes: Kothimbir vadi, Amti dal and more

Rediff.com1 Apr 2019

The Maharashtrian festival is incomplete without these traditional recipes.

Sorry, folks, the Samosa Is Not Indian

Sorry, folks, the Samosa Is Not Indian

Rediff.com3 Dec 2021

Where paneer came to India from... How sambar got its name... Gulab jamun does not have Indian roots...

How to EAT RIGHT after Eid

How to EAT RIGHT after Eid

Rediff.com14 May 2021

You had been eating sehri in the morning and iftar in the evening for the past month, fasting for nearly 12 hours in between. Now that you are switching back to your old lifestyle, you'll need to follow a few guidelines to get your body back on course, advises nutritionist Ryan Fernando.

IAF could save 100 million litres of fuel annually

IAF could save 100 million litres of fuel annually

Rediff.com3 Jun 2019

'This is a huge step in promoting the 'Make in India' mission as this bio-fuel would be produced from Tree Borne Oils sourced from tribal areas and farmers.'

There Is No One Indian Cuisine

There Is No One Indian Cuisine

Rediff.com16 Dec 2021

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?.

O Pedro serves Goan tradition, not cliches

O Pedro serves Goan tradition, not cliches

Rediff.com16 Nov 2017

This restaurant channels the spirit of laidback Goa in the heart of frenetic Mumbai.

What Vikas Khanna cooked for NaMo

What Vikas Khanna cooked for NaMo

Rediff.com7 Oct 2015

Master Chef Vikas Khanna conceived a seven-course, 26 dish, menu for Prime Minister Narendra Modi' Fortune 500 dinner in New York. His recipes, exclusively on Rediff.com

Not food poisoning, kids vomiting caused unease on Tejas Express: Railways

Not food poisoning, kids vomiting caused unease on Tejas Express: Railways

Rediff.com16 Oct 2017

The report said that the food served on board the premium train was "satisfactory".

Taimur gets a forest as a birthday present!

Taimur gets a forest as a birthday present!

Rediff.com21 Dec 2017

The nawabi celebrations continue...

Recipes: 6 chutneys that'll make your mouth water

Recipes: 6 chutneys that'll make your mouth water

Rediff.com15 Apr 2016

Mini Ribeiro gets top chefs to share the best chutney recipes.

How Floyd Cardoz redefined Indian cuisine

How Floyd Cardoz redefined Indian cuisine

Rediff.com24 Apr 2020

A month ago, on March 25, Floyd Cardoz, chef extraordinaire, passed into the ages, a victim of coronavirus. Ranjita Ganesan remembers the culinary genius.

Recipes: Fish Cutlets and spicy Fish Curry

Recipes: Fish Cutlets and spicy Fish Curry

Rediff.com29 Jul 2015

Reshma Aslam fishes these two recipes out of (what we imagine) must be her very thick recipe book! :-)

Kareena swears by her diet tips... Will you?

Kareena swears by her diet tips... Will you?

Rediff.com1 Apr 2019

She is Bollywood's favourite nutritionist. So why are some people in the medical fraternity raising red flags about Rujuta Diwekar's advice?

Indian summers: 8 natural hacks to beat the heat

Indian summers: 8 natural hacks to beat the heat

Rediff.com27 Apr 2017

Have you heard of the 'chillow' that can cool your pillow? Or the 'bedroom plant'?

5 food lessons I learned from my granny

5 food lessons I learned from my granny

Rediff.com20 May 2016

Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar's approach to nutrition is driven by her grandmother.

Shhh! Maharashtrian cuisine's best-kept secrets

Shhh! Maharashtrian cuisine's best-kept secrets

Rediff.com15 Dec 2017

There's more to the cuisine than just vada pav and kanda poha.