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Karwa Chauth has been a long lasting Indian tradition that portrays the devotion of wife towards her husband. It is a custom that every married woman fasts one day for her husband’s long lasting life. The festival is mainly celebrated in the north part of India and it is predominant in the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The festival mainly depicts the wife’s love and affection towards her husband through the Indian customs and tradition.

Do you love to be busy? Enjoy your household chores and career together? Want to always eat right and maintain a healthy lifestyle? Or are you that perfect homemaker who ensures every day that the right nutrition is fed to the family? Morning rush hardly allows people to enjoy every bite of breakfast that is an essential fuel till lunchtime. What do you do to fill the deficit of the nutrition that might as well be incomplete?

How wonderful is the feeling when the expectant parents notice the second pink line on the pregnancy test kit! Dreams about the unborn kick start within like the flutters of butterfly. Before you even know, the couple start being protective about the baby in the womb and think about ways of safe delivery and healthy baby. The essential nurturing of the conceived baby lies in the food that the expectant mother takes. Type of food, quality, quantity, and time of intake decide how well the nutrition ...

There are days when we just want to pack one lunch box and we have a solution for you. Packing a roll or wrap in your lunch box  is easy, healthy and filling too. They are a perfect one dish meal which can be packed and carried easily, or even enjoyed on the go while you are in the car or planning a picnic. The best part about a roll or wrap is that you can fill the stuffing of your choice with your preferred herbs and sauces.

Its just the starting of festivals that are celebrated in India on a large scale and one of them, Bakra Eid is just around the corner. In addition as you might know it as ‘Eid-ul-Adha’, this magnificent and religious festival is celebrated by Muslims all over the world as per the Hijri calendar.

In this competitive world sometimes, all we need is food packed with energy that could be grabbed on the go. Health food bars and energy balls can be had for a quick breakfast or snack. Be it work, school or a sporty trek, health food bars serve best as small bundle of energy to keep you going. When the granola bars have the right amount of carbs, proteins, minerals, and vitamins and which come with a right balance of taste and palatability, homemade energy bars can be a bliss.

Everyone has experienced the taste of dhabas, especially who loves to travel by road, as these dhabas are one of the highlights of a road trip. Mostly these dhabas are found in North Indian highways, who prepare their dishes in traditional style and usually with the local and homemade spices.

Raita is one of those dishes which plays an important role in any Indian meal. It can be accompanied with any type of meal whether its with roti and dal, biryani or paratha. This makes the entire meal look complete and also helps to digest the heavy Indian meals.

Indian flatbreads and puffed breads are usually tawa cooked, tandoori made, baked or deep fried. Various breads of India are popular all around the world. Roti, naan, kulcha, chapati, poori are its major types and the country has umpteen varieties in each of its type. These flatbreads are divided based on the flour of the dough, the other ingredients the dough contains, filling of stuffing that goes in, or the way they are made.

Food Accompaniments like Indian Breads, Rice etc are an important part of our meal. An Indian Meal is not complete without these tasty and healthy accompaniments. With different types of regional cuisines in India, we have a large variety of accompaniments that can be served along with Dal, Kadhi, Dry and Gravy vegetable dishes.

Fruits provide essential nutrients to our body. They are natural sources of vitamins and minerals that are very important for our body’s function. The fibre in fruits improves our digestive system and keeps them active. It also prevents our body as well as cures diseases like cancer, heart attack, cholesterol and other health concerns. Fruits just don’t cure you of disease they also change your mood; you tend to see the difference in your mood. On consumption of fruits on a daily basis, a person ...

The monsoon is playing hide and seek with clouds in most parts of India. This results in soggy weather and the kids might curl up right in front of television, with gadgets or video games, instead of going out and playing. These evenings when you look at your kids and feel that they need to spend some quality time playing, but the cloudy weather is putting you down from sending them out, what will you do?

India is known for festivals and many of our festivals are colorful and filled with a variety of food, snacks, clothes and decoration. South India has its share of festivals and among them is the Aadi Pandigai which is celebrated in Tamil Nadu to welcome the monsoon. This Aadi month falls between July 15th and August 15th. This Aadi month is also the beginning for festivals in South.

Weekends are special, as we get some quality time to spend with our friends and family and get a break from the day-to-day hectic life.These are the days when we want to eat something delicious, but not want to take pain to prepare a three course meal. We always get short of ideas on what to cook at our comfort level which is enjoyed by everyone in the family. Therefore, it is always good to cook a single combo which is tasty, unique and is loved by everyone.

Here we are with yet another interesting recipe contest! Take advantage of the baking pro in you to explore the possibilities with Eggless & Vegetarian Recipes. Eggless baking offers innumerable options for vegetarians who avoid egg consumption. Pick all the baking recipes that you researched over time to adapt to eggless versions of them.

Dates is a dessert fruit and is a hardy crop that can survive with very less available water for months. Earliest recorded history shows to have been originated from Iraq and the wine preparation with the dates, traces back to Egypt.

Someone has rightly said ‘Breakfast like a king, Lunch like a prince and Dine like a Beggar’. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it fuels up your body and leaves you energetic for the entire day. Have you ever wondered why the name Breakfast? Breakfast simply means Break-The-Fast. With this meal of the day, we usually break the fast as we intake our food after the minimum gap of six to seven hours.

The Healthy Detox Juice e-book features 17 natural juices that refresh, purify, hydrate, revitalize, control ageing and boost stamina and immunity — enabling you to achieve weight loss, biological balance, vitality and well-being. “Eat like a Yogi — Detox Juices” is for everyone. 

Congratulations on your new born. You are here today because you want to probably want to make that decision of whether to give ready made foods or wholesome homemade baby food to your child. These are questions that run in the mind of every new mother and its natural.  First, there is no rule, which says commercial baby jars of food are not good for the baby. You can still be a good parent if you give a baby food jar to your child. Don’t die of guilt. Having said that lets try to understand ...

There are days when guests or best friends drop in with a very short notice during evenings. Or they just surprise you by a phone call from right 2 blocks away from your home. To treat them for their lively visit becomes your sweet responsibility then. What if you can chat and make easy and quick Indian Snack recipes that need less than half hour?

We all get reminded about Masala Dosa, idli, vada when we talk about Tamilnadu Cuisine, but there is a lot more than idly, vada, dosa, and sambar. The food is very and will make your taste buds go crazy. In Tamil Nadu has a lot of sub-cuisine in them like Karaikudi, Chettinad, and kongunadu.

What comes to your mind when we say Mughlai food, which is one of the most popular Indian cuisines around the world. Its richness, right? The richness of its food comes from the use of exotic spices, dry fruits and nuts which were used back then in the kitchen of the royal Mughal emperors to prepare their food. Many states from North India specially Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have inspired from the Mughal Empire when it comes to the food. It even represents the cooking style used in Hyderabad, Pakistan ...

Garlic have been used for ages in many countries, the vegetable is low in calories which are flavourful and also contains amazing health benefits. We all love the aroma of roasted garlic that crosses our nose, it makes us feel hungry and stimulates our taste buds. It can instantly make the dish tasty by adding few cloves. Garlic has been used continuously till date because of its health benefits and definitely its flavor and the best part it you can have them in its raw form too.

Corn which is originated from Mexico is a healthy and vital vegetable which we have been using in different forms in our day to day life. In India, we call it Makki, Bhutta and the name changes as it moves in the different direction. It is a vegetable and is also considered to be a grain. The kernels of the corn are of different colours like white, red and violet.