Festival Recipes

For foodies like us, the festival season is all about pampering ourselves with mouth-watering dishes and cherishing the true spirit of festivity with near and dear ones. However, while indulging in various toothsome delicacies, we are often caught by the guilt ...

Dahi aloo and kuttu ki puri is the most popular and favourite dish during Navratri fasting and Karva Chauth. You can try this easy recipe from Chef Ashwani Kumar Singh and savour the taste and flavours of the festivals. ...

Rasmalai is an authentic Bengali sweet that is popular in the rest of the country as well. The Bengali-style rasmalai is prepared by first making rasgullas and soaking them in sweetened and thickened milk. Rasmalai is a lip-smacking sweet that is ...

Phirni is an authentic North Indian sweet that is mainly prepared during festive seasons and special occasions. It is a classic sweet that is prepared by adding ground rice to milk and sugar; and cooking it. The rice phirni is similar ...

Maha Shivratri is a occasion when all of India celebrates the marriage of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati. On this day, millions of devotees keep a fast. Even when they break their fast, they have to eat only a certain kind ...

The festival of Lord Shiva is just a week away and devotees have already started their preparation. It is believed that on the night of Maha Shivratri, Lord Shiva married Parvati. To commemorate this day, the devotees of Lord Shiva fast ...

Black sesame seeds are often used to prepare ladoos. They are special Makar Sankranti sweets that are prepared for the auspicious Hindu festival. Black sesame seeds are mixed with melted jaggery, shaped into round or almost ball shaped ladoos. If you ...

Ugadi is a festival of neem and jaggery. This festival is celebrated for the taste of both sweetness and bitterness in life. Neem is bitter and jaggery is sweet. Both these ingredients are abundantly used in Ugadi recipes. Even the Ugadi ...

Easter is here and it is time to end the period of Lent with some great non-vegetarian recipes. In case you do not know, Lent is the 40-day period of fasting that is observed by Christians (especially Catholics) during which they ...

Holi is known as the festival of colours. But the magic of colours is not really complete with a plateful of Indian sweets. That is why Holi recipes are just as important as the colours and celebrations of this beautiful festival. ...

As the winter is receding, we have the auspicious festival of Makar Sankranti. This festival is celebrated across the country but it is named differently everywhere. For example, down South Tamilians call it Pongal which is their largest harvest festival. And ...

We have already covered one payasam, so its time for some sweet and tangy pachadi now. Pineapple pachadi is an Onam recipe that is specially prepared for every feast. It is a sweet and sour chutney-like sweet dessert that is prepared ...