This simple dish of raw banana can be enjoyed with rasam and rice.
Make the ragi batter in advance and store it in the refrigerator. It comes handy when you're short of time in the kitchen.
Try making two not so preferable vegetables -- tinda and kadoo -- with these recipes.
South African legend AB de Villiers has mooted the idea of a women's SA20 league, as the success of the men's version across the three editions has given them a "model and recipe" to follow.
Kerala pumpkin curry has to be the best way to eat kadu. And ever tried an imli-ginger relish?
You need exactly four ingredients to make this pickle.
A rice cooked with dahi kadhi is a soothing evening or weekend meal.
The heat of the spices in the rasam will make you sweat out the cold.
Everyone must sample these tiny pan-fried idlis stuffed with onions or vegetables once before they die.
Welcome the king of fruits with an unusual cake.
Rasam is my Amma's go-to solution for all ailments, be they a cold, cough, fever or a headache.
Green Tomato Days are here. Make the most of them.
This interesting Mangalorean dish can be eaten with coconut chutney, Fish Gassi or Chicken Gassi.
Sutta Kathirikkai goes well with idli, dosa, chapattis and even rice.
It's a fusion dish with a South Indian touch.
Treat yourself to two of Chef Satish Arora's signature five-star dishes.
This mutton curry will win hearts at the dinner table.
This rare dish derives its name from 'vetrilai', the Tamil word for betel leaf.
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Delight family you might visiting abroad with a gift of homemade theplas.
Time to bring out your chef's hat and whip up a Christmas delicacy that's no-fuss, no-sweat and utterly deicious.
This eggplant preparation is a marriage of several Indian flavours.
A South Indian curry bursting with spice and tanginess.
Trumponomics, poor growth, and high valuation certainly don't make a bullish recipe for Indian markets, warns Debashis Basu.
Dress up any fresh seasonal greens with an imli-dal-coconut koottu-style preparation.
If you have never tasted Hyderbadi Mirchi Ka Salan you have missed something in life.
Bookmark this recipe to add to your Christmas menu. When you bite into the chops Jenny D'Souza promises you will experience 'heaven on earth'.
French beans cooked with dal, like -- how it's made in South India, specificlly Tamil Nadu -- is a tasty addition to a Sunday lunch menu.
Amboli is a quintessential Malvani dish prepared with rice and mixed dal batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight.
Alamelu Vairavan Wisconsin-based culinary instructor and author introduces readers to the lesser-known delicacies of a Chettinad kitchen.
Who knew Egg + Coffee would make such a stunning pairing!
These Kerala-style accompaniments will add a pop of colour and an authentic touch to your Onam spread.
The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of understanding -- a world view -- is popularly expected from its leadership. From a country identified with freedom, constitution, debate, democracy and the likes of Abraham Lincoln even as it had the most powerful military around, the US, following Trump's actions, seemed repositioned as militarily powerful with other qualities secondary, observes Shyam G Menon.
'I had got some offers from the South and most of them were negative roles.' 'I used to think that whatever I would play, the character would stay inside me and corrupt my value system.' 'So I was very scared of getting out of character, especially negative roles.'
Rice goes down far lighter and smoother in summer when turned into a cooling Thayir Sadam.
Indian sailor Vishnu Saravanan is taking an unconventional approach to prepare for the Paris Olympics.