The people of Bihar, usually cook food in mustard oil that adds pungency. They enjoy cooking and eating, tasty and healthy food using seasonal ingredients with aromatic local spices. Garlic, ginger and green chillies play a special role.
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Karwar, a coastal town in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is known for its many culinary traditions, reflecting the numerous communities that make this region their home.
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Kodava food or cooking from Kodagu/Coorg in Karnataka is unique for reflecting its forest ecology, martial culture and agriculture, starkly different from the typical rice-and-coconut heavy coastal cuisines of South India.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar shared a breakfast of 'nati koli saaru' at Shivakumar's residence, in an apparent show of unity amid a simmering power tussle in the state Congress.
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Kadhis made from yoghurt have many avatars all over India. It takes on countless forms. Creamy and thick in the north with the addition of besan and malai-wallah dahi. Coconut-rich in the south or the thinner Mor Korumbu. Much sweeter in the west.
Spice up your home menus preparing a creamy prawn curry and Bengali-style potatoes.
The biryani, happily, was the very definition of simple. light-textured, with a subtle tomato-ey twang, it reminded me a lot of a North Indian pulao. The flavour whack came from the sweet-sour Khatta Baingan simmered in a gravy of tamarind, jaggery, fried mustard seeds, and spices, served with it.
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Kerala pumpkin curry has to be the best way to eat kadu. And ever tried an imli-ginger relish?
You will be as smitten with this Singaporean soup as I was.
Bewitching fragrances and a symphony of sounds would herald the arrival of Chauthi in the Someshwar home.
Two South Indian recipes to be served with rice.
Parliament introduces a new 'Health Menu' featuring millet-based dishes, salads, and lean protein options to promote healthier eating habits among lawmakers, officials, and visitors.
This curry is Bethica Das' take on an old Bengali recipe.
This versatile Thai red curry takes any kind of vegetable or protein in it and is served with steamed rice and garnish.
Over the years, with some amount of experimenting, I have learnt exactly what freezes well and what does not.
'These beach shacks were meant to protect the employment of local Goans who in turn would showcase Goan cuisine and culture on the beaches of Goa.'
With tomato selling at Rs 120 to Rs 160 per kilo, these desi curries will be your saviours.
Fresh vegetables in a green coconut curry with basmati rice is a sumptuous meal.
The customary naadan or home-cooked meal is rather memorable fare.
Rajbaris are a link to Bengal's rich past, of grand mansions, classical fine dining, and allow guests to be pretend zamindars for those few hours or days that they stay.
'When you are a vegetarian who isn't terribly fond of cottage cheese, choices become somewhat limited, but I have never understood why everyone also conspires to gang up against the vegetable eater?' asks Kishore Singh.
Amboli is a quintessential Malvani dish prepared with rice and mixed dal batter, soaked and grounded, then left to ferment overnight.
A vegetable curry made using the signature vindaloo paste.
On the occasion of Onam, whip up a baby onion curry and a raita made from beets
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