A rich diverse culture and even diverse food tales across India is a reason every time I travel to another part of the continent my journey is incomplete without sneaking into the kitchen of a local household and grab some great recipes and experiences, which make the whole trip a joyous affair, ...

Fasting Navratra days, had always been a family treat time since ever I remember since my early childhood. I have always seen my mom laying a great spread after a day's long fasting and it would always amaze me as it always used to be more glamorous than our regular or festive meals. As a child, ...

Festivals are a special part of people's life in India, be it Onam in Kerala, or Baisakhi in Punjab. They embark special emotions in people of the  each region, where they are celebrated and bring along some amazing   spread   of special food, which holds a sacred place in the cook books across the ...

Fasting during  Navaratras bring a challenge to chose wisely from the available ingredients and cook in today's busy lives with minimal preparation. In the series of no-fuss festive fasting cooking, I would like to mention that mostly there is a notion about Buckwheat popularly known as Kuttu that ...

Strawberries have recently become widely popular in India, and easily available in the cooler months of northern India. There were times when I remember these were luxury possessions available only in gourmet stores, or we felt super lucky if some one travelling from Mumbai would get us a box of ...

We grew up in a urban home and the best of our memories of having a kitchen garden is this beautiful  climber of Tori (Rridge guard) in the corner of our land lady Mrs. Negi's little garden on a huge guava tree. Don't raise that brow as I was a little girl to whom that appeared to be a huge tree!! ...