News for 'rainy day food'

Monsoon recipes: Crispy pakore for a rainy day

Monsoon recipes: Crispy pakore for a rainy day

Rediff.com5 Aug 2010

Readers share their favourite rainy day recipes with us. You can too!

Monsoon recipes: Deep-fried treats for a rainy day

Monsoon recipes: Deep-fried treats for a rainy day

Rediff.com4 Aug 2010

Readers share their favourite rainy day recipes with us. You can too!

A Rainy Day Check-List for Chennaiites

A Rainy Day Check-List for Chennaiites

Rediff.com18 Dec 2023

If only you had thought ahead, you would have stocked snacks and biscuits, bread and cake, and vegetables suited for Amma or pondatti to make your favourite bajji and pakoda, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.

Quick tips for a rainy day

Quick tips for a rainy day

Rediff.com19 Jun 2006

What Keeps Nimrat Cosy On A Rainy Day?

What Keeps Nimrat Cosy On A Rainy Day?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2023

The actor has many reasons to fall in love with the rains.

What I learned on a rainy day in Mumbai

What I learned on a rainy day in Mumbai

Rediff.com11 Sep 2019

Divya Nair spent eight hours getting home September 4. Thankfully she reached safe. And was able to appreciate the human side of her journey. Her story is not any more unusual than that of so many other city residents last Wednesday. But why should anyone have to spend eight hours getting home on an average rainy day in Mumbai? Why?

'Contradiction Isn't Conflict'

'Contradiction Isn't Conflict'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2025

Shriya goes desi... Bhumi gets ready for her birthday week... Mithali keeps her tummy happy...

Favourite Monsoon Recipes: Tera, Patolis

Favourite Monsoon Recipes: Tera, Patolis

Rediff.com11 Aug 2025

We ask chefs and home cooks for their rainy season specials.

Recipe: Mayur's Curry Noodle Soup

Recipe: Mayur's Curry Noodle Soup

Rediff.com3 Sep 2024

This dish is for fans of creamy, coconut milk-based soups.

Delicious food pics that will make you hungry

Delicious food pics that will make you hungry

Rediff.com2 Aug 2019

Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week.

Recipe: Manisha's Raw Banana Fry

Recipe: Manisha's Raw Banana Fry

Rediff.com25 Jul 2024

Make your chai time exciting with deep-fried kachcha kela fritters!

What Kriti LOVES to eat

What Kriti LOVES to eat

Rediff.com13 Sep 2019

The actor has mastered the art of eating healthy.

Heavy rains lash TN as cyclone 'Fengal' nears; train, flight ops hit

Heavy rains lash TN as cyclone 'Fengal' nears; train, flight ops hit

Rediff.com30 Nov 2024

Cyclone Fengal expected to make landfall near Puducherry.

Monsoon recipes: Mysore Bajji and Veg Chop

Monsoon recipes: Mysore Bajji and Veg Chop

Rediff.com6 Aug 2010

Readers share their favourite rainy day recipes with us. You can too!

Oh, Kolkata!

Oh, Kolkata!

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

5 Must Do Things in Kolkata.

Recipe: Sauteed Butter Garlic Mushrooms

Recipe: Sauteed Butter Garlic Mushrooms

Rediff.com24 Jun 2022

These luscious mushrooms swimming in a silky butter garlic sauce are great as a side dish/nice appetizer/ afternoon snack.

How to create an emergency fund that will save you

How to create an emergency fund that will save you

Rediff.com1 Jul 2019

This rainy season, don't just prepare for storms but also make your finances rain-proof, says Amar Pandit.

The Raakhee You Never Knew

The Raakhee You Never Knew

Rediff.com15 Aug 2024

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.

Monsoon: 10 Foods To Stay Healthy

Monsoon: 10 Foods To Stay Healthy

Rediff.com14 Jul 2022

A pinch of turmeric in a glass of milk or with honey in hot water would be ideal for the monsoon.

Amsterdam Is Always A Good Idea

Amsterdam Is Always A Good Idea

Rediff.com19 Jul 2024

The City of Bikes is like no other.

Food inflation will moderate post-monsoon: Pranab

Food inflation will moderate post-monsoon: Pranab

Rediff.com30 Sep 2010

Food inflation increased in the week ended September 18 as the prices of cereals, fruits, select vegetables and milk rose on account of supply disruptions caused by heavy rains and floods.

The humble Vada Pav gets a net-savvy avatar

The humble Vada Pav gets a net-savvy avatar

Rediff.com26 Aug 2010

Goli Vada Pav, a Mumbai-based fast food chain, is a hit on FaceBook and YouTube with over 9,700 fans. A look at how the company using social networking to connect with the youth and push sales.

Spend more, save less: New age mantra

Spend more, save less: New age mantra

Rediff.com17 Sep 2007

A social activist in Bhopal has grabbed the essence of consumerism to work out a social security programme that should give the proposed social security programme of the Government of India a run for its money.

We want your monsoon recipes!

We want your monsoon recipes!

Rediff.com24 Jun 2009

Write in to us with instructions on how to prepare lip-smacking rainy-day foods and we'll publish your recipes right here on rediff.com.

My favourite Maharashtrian recipes

My favourite Maharashtrian recipes

Rediff.com7 Aug 2006

Heroic missions: From 1989 Op Raniganj to Thai cave rescue

Heroic missions: From 1989 Op Raniganj to Thai cave rescue

Rediff.com21 Nov 2023

Arguably the 'most talked about' rescue mission in recent years, the story of a Thai youth soccer team and their coach trapped in the Tham Luang Cave, prompting a global rescue effort, gripped the world.

Tale of two sets of passengers on a rainy night

Tale of two sets of passengers on a rainy night

Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

'There were no airhostesses and stewards to bring us food, water and the news of when the journey would resume.'

Chinese New Year: Meet The Year of the Rabbit Celebs

Chinese New Year: Meet The Year of the Rabbit Celebs

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

The Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese calendar, began on Sunday, January 22.

Want to romance the rains? Here's the perfect monsoon getaway

Want to romance the rains? Here's the perfect monsoon getaway

Rediff.com18 Jun 2018

It's that time of the year when everything looks greener and prettier.

Monsoon: What To Eat. What To Avoid

Monsoon: What To Eat. What To Avoid

Rediff.com28 Jun 2022

A balanced diet should include steamed and boiled vegetables, milk products such as buttermilk and yoghurt, fresh fruits, herbal teas and bitter vegetables, suggests Zamurrud M Patel, CDE, RD, chief dietician, Global Hospitals, Mumbai.

I wanted to be the best and I worked hard for it: Suryakumar

I wanted to be the best and I worked hard for it: Suryakumar

Rediff.com27 Dec 2022

'I enjoy this game, whenever I go in to bat, I put up a show.'

Recipe: Harrods' Wild Mushroom Papparadelle

Recipe: Harrods' Wild Mushroom Papparadelle

Rediff.com4 Aug 2022

Buttery papparadelle buried under a wild mushroom sauce and topped with shavings of fresh Parmesan cheese is a meal made in heaven.

Meet The Finalists, Sony World Photography Awards 2022

Meet The Finalists, Sony World Photography Awards 2022

Rediff.com7 Apr 2022

Some of the Shortlisted finalists for the Sony World Photography Awards.

SCARY! 59,000 farmer suicides linked to climate change

SCARY! 59,000 farmer suicides linked to climate change

Rediff.com18 Sep 2017

'The number of deaths attributable to warming is likely to rise in the future.'

Census unlikely to take place before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Census unlikely to take place before 2024 Lok Sabha elections

Rediff.com16 Dec 2022

Although the Disaster Management Act for Covid containment measures, considered a hindrance in conducting the census, was withdrawn in March this year the Centre has not taken any further action on conducting the much-delayed population enumeration.

New restrictions in Maha from Wednesday. What's allowed and what's not

New restrictions in Maha from Wednesday. What's allowed and what's not

Rediff.com13 Apr 2021

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a statewide curfew for 15 days from 8 am on April 14 to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus in its second wave. With Section 144 being imposed across the state, Thackeray essential services have been exempted from the restrictions. The curfew will be in place till 7 am on May 1.

Priyanka, Alia, Katrina's Road Movie

Priyanka, Alia, Katrina's Road Movie

Rediff.com10 Aug 2021

Kareena turns producer... Kajol's fashion advice...

'The worst is over in Uttarakhand'

'The worst is over in Uttarakhand'

Rediff.com8 Feb 2021

'Joro shoro se rescue operation chal raha hai.'

How to build an emergency fund in three easy steps

How to build an emergency fund in three easy steps

Rediff.com29 Nov 2017

Financial planning advisor Amar Pandit explains the most important steps for accumulating a contingency fund but cautions that this money should be spent wisely.

QUIZ: Are YOU looking after your skin right?

QUIZ: Are YOU looking after your skin right?

Rediff.com15 May 2012

Answer these questions and find out just how healthy your skin really is!