Tabled & passed smoothly: biryani - Cooks’ delegation brings Hyderabadi...
New Delhi, Dec. 2: Parliamentary delegations usually attract more attention for splashing out on pleasure trips than for making any tangible contribution. However, a delegation of Bhuvan Chand, Prem,...
View ArticleThe best Indian restaurants on Long Island
Advertisement Advertise here The flavors of India are as complex, exotic and compelling as the nation itself. To dismiss the cuisine as merely a collection of curries is to bypass the variety and...
View ArticleSpicy, tangy flavour of Seemandhra
Spicy and tangy – those are the two words that come to the mind when you think of the cuisine of the Seemandhra region. At The Eatery restaurant of Four Points by Sheraton, it’s a feast to celebrate...
View Article'Subsidies should be kept for 'the poorest of the poor', says BJD
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Jay Panda on Friday said the time has come in our country to recognise that the subsidies should be kept only for the really deserving citizens,...
View ArticleKolkata's best versions of Rezala
Our serious search for the city's best versions of an Awadhi specialty It was a muggy, rainy evening in Kolkata. I was at Shiraz, the iconic restaurant at Park Street. Bengali friends had spoken fondly...
View ArticleFood express
Andy Schowell Rogers, a businessman from U.K, has just tasted dosa for the first time at the Chennai Express Food Festival in Clarion Hotel. And he is head-over-heals in love with it. “The...
View ArticleScale the heights of Himalaya
HIGH POINTS: Take a gastronomical journey into Nepal via Restaurant Nepal Himalayan Cuisine in Plaza Damas KUALA LUMPUR: FOR a different dining experience, head for Restaurant Nepal Himalayan Cuisine...
View ArticleA non-veg fare, Mysore style
If time has stood still in the culinary space, it’s got to be in Mysore. For even today, earthen fires and grinding stones find their use in Mysore homes, observes Vinaya Govind Mysore is synonymous...
View ArticleThe coast on a plate
This is my first visit to Sheraton New Delhi’s Dakshin, and it promises to be a good one. The Karavali seafood festival is on, and I am just in time to sample the impressive festival menu. There is...
View ArticleFood Stories: Mutton Vindaloo
My father always had fascinating stories to tell, and the following was one such that I’ve heard on several occasions. It was the rollicking 60s, a time where Karachi was considered the Paris of the...
View ArticleRestaurant review: 4Food (Kerala Cuisine)
Four Food is a multi-cuisine restaurant largely known for its Malayali dishes. Decor Located on the ground floor of a commercial complex facing a service road, Four Food looks like any other casual...
View ArticleFresh bites for foodies
Any foodie , even those with the most eclectic of tastes, would confess to an innate craving for home-made food. There is something quite unique about these delicacies that make them a class apart....
View ArticleA passage to Andhra
Frankly I went uneasy seeing the promotional poster of the Andhra food treat. No prize for guessing – two red chillies. Not particularly fond of hot and spicy food, I dragged myself to The Gateway...
View ArticleA walk around Kolkata’s south Indian food zone
How many masalas go into making the perfect sambar powder? About 15, says the internet. But if you go out with that question on the fish-and-rice loving streets of Kolkata, you'll probably find the...
View ArticleParliamentarians relish subsidised delicacies
The item list received under the Right to Information Act reveals that Parliamentarians, earning over Rs 1.4 lakh with perks, are relishing items like 'fish fried with chips' at Rs 25, mutton cutlet at...
View ArticleSpice of Kerala
It’s all about the mastery of spices and chef Rahul has got it down pat, writes Tan Bee Hong KERALA is known as the Land Of Spices, so naturally, the skilled use of spices is second nature to its chefs...
View ArticleFood haven right in the heart of Nagpur
It is true that Winter Assembly brings along the entourage of babudom from Mumbai in large numbers; and with that begins the long-drawn ordeal of city commuters and their parking woes. But there's one...
View ArticleFeast on a banana leaf….
I had forgotten all about the magic that a banana leaf wields. There was a time when any feast in Bengal (and in many parts of the East, as well as in the South) meant food being served on banana...
View ArticleBJP MP says don't need food subsidy in Parliament
SHIMLA: At a time when Narendra Modi-led NDA government is requesting the well-heeled families across India to give up LPG subsidy, ex-CM and BJP MP from Kangra Shanta Kumar has requested Lok Sabha...
View ArticleYou can get a dosa for only Rs 6, mutton curry at Rs 20 in Parliament
The Indian parliament building is pictured behind marigold flowers on the opening day of the winter session of … NEW DELHI: That our Parliamentarians enjoy many privileges a common man can't even dream...
View ArticleFish fry for Rs 25, mutton curry for Rs 20, as MPs relish delicacies
Crisp fish fry with chips at Rs 25, mouth watering mutton curry for Rs 20, mutton cutlet for Rs 18, a crunchy masala dosa for Rs 6 and boiled vegetables for as little as Rs 5. The rates...
View ArticleParliamentary committee should pay attention to canteen subsidies: Venkaiah...
NEW DELHI: Amid a debate over the whopping subsidy given to Parliament canteens serving MPs, government on Wednesday said parliamentary committees involved with the issue should pay attention to the...
View ArticleNation pays Rs 60 crore for MPs’ lunches
Parliament canteens serving to MPs got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like puri sabji being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an RTI reply shows....
View ArticleDosas for Rs 6, mutton curry for Rs 20: MPs relish delicacies subsidised by...
NEW DELHI: Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an...
View ArticleDosas for Rs 6, mutton curry for Rs 20: MPs relish delicacies subsidized by...
NEW DELHI: Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an...
View ArticleDosas for Rs 6, mutton curry for Rs 20: MPs relish delicacies subsidised by...
NEW DELHI: Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an...
View ArticleParliamentarians relish delicacies subsidised by 60-150%
NEW DELHI: Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an...
View ArticleParliamentarians relish delicacies subsidised by 60-150 pc
Parliament canteens serving to Members of Parliament got a total subsidy of Rs 60.7 crore during last five years with items like 'puri sabji' being sold at 88 per cent subsidised rates, an RTI reply...
View ArticleRs 60.70 crore subsidy to spice up parliamentarian's meals
New Delhi: A subsidy of Rs 60.70 crore was spent to spice up the culinary delight of members of Parliament in the last five years. The MPs, who draw quite a fat salary and perks, are served meals...
View ArticleReviving lost comfort foods
Diners can't seem to get enough of comfort food as family and traditional recipes start finding a place on restaurant menus It's rare for an established restaurant to over haul its menu, leaving just a...
View ArticleFood Stories: Mutton Dum Biryani
I sat in the January cold of Michigan craving biryani, the painful realisation that my migration from Pakistan had taken me away from most desi delights. Dejected, head bent I walked to the mailbox,...
View ArticleNo proposal to raise food price in Par canteen: panel chief
Notwithstanding the controversy over subsidised food in Parliament canteen, no proposal to raise price is on the cards as the concerned committee insists that such a measure would only hit hard...
View ArticleMeat lovers get more than their pound of flesh
The way many people in Madurai and its surroundings see it, if a person can eat half a kilogram of mutton during a meal, it is a sign of good health. So much is the city's love for meat that sellers...
View ArticleHearty act: NGO offers helping hand to 24 women to run catering service in...
NAVI MUMBAI: An initiative which began just a fortnight ago, 'Heart Bites', a food catering service for parties and events, operates from a spacious kitchen in sector 11 Belapur. This initiative was...
View ArticleIn search of soul food
It was very early in the morning when Chef Regimon got off the train at Kollam. The chef at Crowne Plaza, Kochi, was expected at Chandran Pillai’s hotel at 7 a.m. The place at Thirumullavaram beach,...
View ArticleColonial delights
Anglo-Indian cuisine, born out of the interaction of two culinary cultures, has given rise to many fusion gastronomic treats Among the many outcomes of colonisation, possibly the only positive one is...
View ArticleIncredibly Indian- A food fest
You’ve all seen the word Jan bandied about as a term of endearment but have you ever seen it on a menu? Well you can now, and learn it’s a dish from Arunachal Pradesh which is made with chicken, club...
View ArticleThe maplai from Madurai
Just along the Sterling Road bend outside Loyola College now stands a swanky, week-old restaurant dressed in fairy lights, with its name proudly proclaimed in bold red: Maplai. It is the brainchild of...
View ArticleRed hot African recipes
Did you know that African cooking, particularly Ethiopian and Tanzanian, has striking similarity with Indian? Only the spice content in theirs is a tad higher than ours. If you consider our curries...
View Article17 must-have kitchen spices
Chef Gautam Mehrishi lists the spices that are crucial to cooking. Asafoetida: Asafoetida gets its name from the Persian aza. Culinary uses: It is is used in dishes where onions and garlic are...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: DRAVIDA
Dravida is the South Indian specialty restaurant of The Fern Hotel Ahmedabad. Decor: The decor of Dravida is appropriate in keeping with its specialty cuisine with a carved wooden door, delicately...
View ArticleWhat’s your favourite gosht story?
There can perhaps be no greater play on spices and texture in food than with mutton, prepared Indian-style. It has transpired through generations — rich, royal fare passed on from kings and their...
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