Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Start the day with some whole grains or oats. Include a good source of fibre-containing food with every meal or snack.
Chef par excellence Satish Arora recalls his days working as a chef to prime ministers to Chandrima Pal.
August 15 needs a colourful menu. We have tiranga options galore, served up just for you.
Living away from home can be tough, especially if you have to cook on your own or rely on takeaways. Simple solutions for you!
'I always say you really cannot own a recipe.' 'In India, where, we have been cooking for thousands of years, how can you put a finger and say, 'This is mine'?'
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday shared pictures of samosas, saying he would have liked to share the popular snack with the Indian leader.
According to Dr Mickey Mehta, if you control what you eat for a month, you will be able to lose weight get back in shape.
This flavour-packed dish can be cooked at home even without a shawarma machine.
Green Tomato Days are here. Make the most of them.
Sundays are generally quiet days for air travel, but this Sunday was a tad different. There was quite an excitement at Gate 28 of Mumbai airport's Terminal 1 as Akasa Air, India's newest airline, prepared to take to the skies on Day 1. With a new fuel-efficient Boeing 737 Max aircraft and soft cushioned seats equipped with USB ports, Akasa Air hopes to bring freshness to the flying experience.
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The classical Middle Eastern snack gets a chicken twist.
A simple but deightful paneer dish for entertaining,
In 2021, India ordered 115 biryanis per minute, or 2 biryanis per second, says Swiggy.
The company, which has recently made a foray into the frozen food segment under ITC Master Chef brand targeting both retail and food services players, is also planning to expand its reach to over 30 cities in the retail segment and 100 cities in food services segment during the period. ITC will be the third major organised player in the frozen food segment after McCain, which is mainly in the vegetarian segment and Venky's, which is in non-vegetarian.
To celebrate the new trade deal with India, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday took to Instagram to post a picture showing him preparing khichdi, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's favourite dish.
Vegetarian diets do not contain enough protein! Late night snacking makes you fat! Are these facts or just silly myths handed down to us?
A diet rich in vegetables and fruits can help regulate blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, prevent colon cancer, lower risk of eye and digestive problems, regulate diabetes and can help keep appetite in check, suggests Dr Eileen Canday.
Ajit Pal Singh tells us how and why he fell in love with Gujarati food.
Farsan, an Indian food company based in the east Midlands town of Leicester, has opened a new factory in Gujarat to produce snacks such as samosas and bhajis.
Snacking is largely about fun and to ride on the fun aspect fast food company KFC has added an innovative new product on its menu - chicken popcorn- small morsels of boneless chicken, battered and fried. Indeed, the company has shown a lot of aggression over the past one year, adding new products and opening new outlets.
With tomato selling at Rs 120 to Rs 160 per kilo, these desi curries will be your saviours.
Sachin Tendulkar loved the biryani so much that he wanted to have it the next day as well.
United Stated President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama served chicken samosa among other mouthwatering dishes at a White House reception hosted for ambassadors including Indian envoy Meera Shankar. Though samosa in India is a vegetarian preparation but in the West, where it has become one of the most popular Indian snacks, it is served with fillings of minced meat. But Obamas served samosas with chicken fillings with yogurt dip to his guests in White House.
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Dietary suggestions for those fasting during the holy month.
Make sure you are hydrated and arrange a healthy snack after your workout ends.
Make your tea-time extra special with these crispy snack recipes.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
A pinch of turmeric in a glass of milk or with honey in hot water would be ideal for the monsoon.
Nayantara Patel lists four hotels to visit for the fabulous food they serve.
Devaki Vijayaraman shares her inspiring journey from a homegrown baker to being the first winner of Masterchef India Tamil.
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.
Gujarati popular dish kela methi nu shaak, mouth-watering chicken chettinad from Tamil Nadu, Punjab's dal makhani and Bengali dish Potol Dorma will be served at a private dinner hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee for visiting foreign dignitaries on Monday.
'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.'
Rediff readers share their experience of eating on the Indian Railways.
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