Every round of tossing colour and playing Holi is punctuated with a tall cold glass of Thandai.
It's not so hard to incorporate a variety of health-giving, glorious greens in your daily meals. Eight recipes that show you how.
Corn rotis fried in ghee with white butter-topped mustard greens has a firm place in culinary heaven.
Parathas made from buckwheat, water chestnut flour and alu have a different texture, and an altogether unusual taste.
There's no reason why you can't recreate street chaat recipes in your kitchen and make them healthier and more hygienically.
Bengali food... Who doesn't love it? Especially if you're a fish lover or hard-core non-vegetarian. Machh, mangsho, shorshe... If you've ever said "Machh-mangsho na thakle bhalo lage na!" then this roundup of Bong recipes, that will make feel like you're in a Kolkata kitchen, is for you. Ebar pet pujo hok!
Darker varieties of millets are rich in beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant that your body turns into vitamin A to boost your immunity, according to WebMD. A good source of fibre, protein, prebiotics, cooking with millets, an ancient grain, is the enlightened way.
March 21 is World Tiramisu Day. It's the day to honour that extraordinarily light, melt-in-your-mouth, boozy dessert that originated in northern Italy (some say the region of Veneto, some say further east in Friuli-Venezia Giulia).
Steamy weather brings a surfeit of fruit, especially in India. Each of them lends flavour and quality for drinks sipped when the mercury goes haywire.
Steamy weather brings a surfeit of fruit, especially in India. Each of them lends flavour and quality for drinks sipped when the mercury goes haywire.
The runaway popular Cilbir, poached eggs served with hung yoghurt, is made umpteen ways in Turkey. Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com seasons with paprika and fresh dill.
The runaway popular Cilbir, poached eggs served with hung yoghurt, is made umpteen ways in Turkey. Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com seasons with paprika and fresh dill.
Eating after fasts is about lightly-prepared foods, like sauteed green banana sabzi.
A hara mince uses a paste of fresh coriander and other herbs to give it its colour and distinctly different swaad.
When the urge for pakodas starts up every variation of this irresistible snack deserves to be savoured. And believe us when we say the varieties are limitless. All species taste best with a steaming cup of chai.
Will you try the actor's version of the popular Mumbai street-side snack?
The most satisfying venture is to turn leftovers into tasty, fresh dishes. Kitchen recycling has its own joy. It reduces food waste, saves time and calls for great culinary imagination.
These hot and crispy vadas are perfect with hot chai.
The most satisfying venture is to turn leftovers into tasty, fresh dishes. Kitchen recycling has its own joy. It reduces food waste, saves time and calls for great culinary imagination.
Jasprit Bumrah said it is his self belief which has allowed him to complete almost a decade in international cricket.
How to make a satisfying comfort food from leftovers.
As it starts getting hotter and hotter, there is an inexplicable urge to add cucumber to all your food/meals. Or even have chilled cucumber all by itself, sliced and dressed with chaat masala and lemon juice. After all it contains more than 90 per cent water. We present a few recipes to satisfy the kakdi bingeing.
Many of our dishes need a dash of sweetness. Choose recipes that opt for honey as the sweetener, to add more honey to your diet.
Mushroom soup that gets its creaminess from healthy nuts.
There are foods that fight inflammation and it's one of the best weapons you have to prevent the onset of a clutch of chronic diseases, be it diabetes or heart illnes. Thus it is important to plan meals that contain anti-inflammatory foods.
Mint, fried potatoes and yoghurt elevates this easy recipe for a spicy chicken rice.
The smoky, charred goodness of foods cooked in a tandoor or tandoori-style is a flavour strongly associated with north Indian cuisine. Anything you stick in a tandoor -- be it meats, seafood or veggies -- gain a scorched exterior, but when you bite into them it's all juiciness and succulence.
'Rava roasted in shudh desi ghee, garnished with saffron and cardamom, sweetened with sugar or jaggery is heaven on a plate' says Taruna.
Iyer, who led KKR to IPL title last year, played one of the finest knocks under pressure in a high stakes knock-out game to chase down a target of 204 in just 19 overs.
Time to surprise your family and friends with a really unusual dessert.
A fanciful air envelopes Aap Jaisa Koi's modest drama, of a story lost in its own bubble that's only burst by villains in the form of judgemental jerks and heroes in need of rescuing, observes Sukanya Verma..
This dish is for fans of creamy, coconut milk-based soups.
An appetiser or meal far tastier than tandoori chicken.
Adding greens to your dal transforms it into to the best companion for your rice.
Bhindi, also known as okra or lady's finger, is an all-India fave. Some like it hot hot, sprinkled with chilly. Some like it crispy. Some like it stuffed. Some like it in a rich curry.
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