Learning to make pittha was its own kind of education. The chana dal must be soaked for hours, then coarsely ground with ...

When Kritika Pant and I were travelling to Sikkim earlier in the year, we visited Dzongu, a region dominated by the Lepcha ...

Ikkis is based on Arun Khetarpal, who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his actions during the 1971 war.

The ritual of putting the bari out to dry was inseparable from the nimona-making process itself: the late-morning winter sun, ...

At the end of every year, Christmas feels like a reward for making it through – a week-long reward filled with cake, carols ...

After work, we went to the place. In the huge Malviya Nagar market, there was a small stall with yellow lights in the corner.

Thukpa is not for multitaskers. Born in the cold regions of eastern Tibet, this noodle soup was designed for survival. It ...

A lot of Malayali food is reasonably well-known across the country. Appam and stew, porotta and beef, egg roast and Malabar ...

Paul Feig’s screen version of Freida McFadden’s bestselling thriller The Housemaid requires abstinence. Viewers who can ...

For half of its runtime, Krantijyoti Vidyalay affectionately observes adults becoming children again. The episodic-nature of ...

Yet, Adivasi recipes are kept alive in Adivasi homes and haats or weekly bazaars. One of the most scrumptious dishes amongst ...

Growing up, a staple lunch or dinner in my household would comprise two vegetable dishes, one of which would most likely be a potato preparation. This routine was broken only when work or travel ...