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Fresh Herbs Vs Dried Herbs: A Guide To Understanding Usage For Maximum Flavour

Fresh Herbs Vs Dried Herbs: A Guide To Understanding Usage For Maximum Flavour

Like most other ingredients, the availability of fresh herbs is mostly driven by seasonality as well as cost-effectiveness. While drying herbs extends the shelf life and offers year-long convenience, each have their virtues that elevate flavours in their own unique ways.

  • 4 min read
  • Oct 05, 2025
6 Easy Cooking Tips That Make Everyday Meals Stress-Free

6 Easy Cooking Tips That Make Everyday Meals Stress-Free

Cooking does not have to feel like a stressful or complicated task. With some simple cooking tips, you can save time, avoid mistakes, and make everyday meals full of flavours. From prepping ingredients to keeping your kitchen organised, these hacks will help you cook smarter and enjoy the process more.

  • 4 min read
  • Sep 15, 2025
Ferment Idli Batter During Monsoon With These Kitchen Tips

Ferment Idli Batter During Monsoon With These Kitchen Tips

Are you also struggling to ferment your idli batter during the monsoon season? Discover some simple tips and tricks to make perfectly fluffy idlis even in the monsoon season. These hacks make sure you get soft, spongy idlis every time, you crave it.

  • 4 min read
  • Sep 09, 2025
How To Grow Onions In Your Kitchen Garden? Follow These Tips

How To Grow Onions In Your Kitchen Garden? Follow These Tips

Growing a fruit or a vegetable in your home garden is not only rewarding but also takes you a step closer to a sustainable lifestyle. If your meals are incomplete without onions, here’s how you can grow pyaaz and enjoy organic produce.

  • 3 min read
  • Sep 01, 2025
Reimagining Festive Leftovers Into Gourmet Dishes

Reimagining Festive Leftovers Into Gourmet Dishes

Festive occasions in India often leave households with an abundance of food. These leftovers are rich in flavour and variety, yet many dishes end up being wasted or reheated without much thought. With a little planning, festive leftovers can be turned into gourmet-style dishes that feel fresh, appealing, and well-balanced.

  • 5 min read
  • Aug 29, 2025
Why Every Indian Home Cook Should Invest In A Food Processor

Why Every Indian Home Cook Should Invest In A Food Processor

A good food processor can make daily cooking easier for Indian households. It helps with chopping, slicing, grinding, and kneading, all of which are common steps in Indian recipes. By reducing preparation time, it allows home cooks to focus on cooking rather than spending long hours on repetitive tasks. Modern food processors are designed with multiple attachments that suit Indian cooking styles, making them useful for both traditional and modern recipes.

  • 7 min read
  • Aug 15, 2025
Food Processor Hacks That Change The Way You Cook Everyday Meals

Food Processor Hacks That Change The Way You Cook Everyday Meals

A food processor is one of the most versatile kitchen appliances you can own. It can handle a variety of tasks that save time and effort, allowing you to prepare meals more efficiently. By using it effectively, you can simplify chopping, grinding, blending, and mixing, which helps speed up your daily cooking routine without compromising quality.

  • 7 min read
  • Aug 11, 2025
5 Ways A Programmable Kettle Will Upgrade Your Kitchen Routine

5 Ways A Programmable Kettle Will Upgrade Your Kitchen Routine

A programmable kettle can make daily kitchen work more convenient by giving you control over temperature, timing, and energy use. It is more than a basic appliance because it helps prepare drinks and food with precision, saves time, and ensures consistent results. In many Indian homes where tea, coffee, and quick meals are part of everyday life, a programmable kettle can play a useful role in making these tasks faster and more efficient.

  • 5 min read
  • Aug 08, 2025
Raw Garlic Too Strong? Here’s How To Soften It Without Cooking

Raw Garlic Too Strong? Here’s How To Soften It Without Cooking

Raw garlic is good for you, but its taste can feel too strong sometimes. If you want to use it without that sharp punch, there are a few easy things you can do. These simple tips help make raw garlic milder without needing to cook it. You can use them anytime while making chutneys, dips, or salads.

  • 4 min read
  • Aug 01, 2025
Smart Food Storage Hacks From Remote Indian Communities

Smart Food Storage Hacks From Remote Indian Communities

There are many remote areas where people live without fridges or electricity. But, they follow smart and simple hacks to keep food from spoiling. Using things like clay pots, running water, ash, or sunlight, they manage to store food safely. Check out these age-old tricks that are not just useful but are also practical.

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 26, 2025
Make Perfect Gluten-Free Rotis With These Easy Tricks

Make Perfect Gluten-Free Rotis With These Easy Tricks

Making gluten-free rotis can be tricky. They often break, feel dry, or turn hard. But with the right method and ingredients, soft and smooth rotis are possible. This guide explains what causes cracks, which Indian flours are gluten-free, and simple kitchen tips that can help you roll and cook perfect rotis every single time.

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 24, 2025
Perfecting The Sabudana Puri: Tips For A Fluffy Vrat Essential

Perfecting The Sabudana Puri: Tips For A Fluffy Vrat Essential

Sabudana puri is often made during Sawan fasts, but getting the dough and frying it right can be tricky, especially for beginners. From preparing it without turning sticky to using simple tricks that prevent it from breaking in hot oil, this guide shares five easy tips to help you make soft, fluffy sabudana puris. Below are those simple steps that need to be followed.

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 23, 2025
How ‘Not’ To Cook With Coldplay: Kitchen Tips We Learned

How ‘Not’ To Cook With Coldplay: Kitchen Tips We Learned

After a viral kiss cam moment at a Coldplay concert featuring a CEO and his HR head, the internet had a collective meltdown that ranged from shock to secondhand embarrassment. While most people were busy zooming in and decoding the corporate love saga, we couldn’t help but notice how the entire fiasco oddly resembled kitchen chaos. Because if there’s one place where heat, timing, and misplaced decisions collide daily, it’s the Indian kitchen.

  • 5 min read
  • Jul 20, 2025
Tips And Tricks To Make Tomato Chutney For Idlis At Home

Tips And Tricks To Make Tomato Chutney For Idlis At Home

A tomato chutney tastes perfect only when it has the right mix of spice, tang, and texture. Keeping a few simple tips in mind can really change how it turns out. From choosing ripe tomatoes to adding a simple tempering at the end, this article shares five easy tips that will help you make chutney that pairs best with idlis.

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 20, 2025
5 Easy Turmeric Root Storage Tips To Keep It Fresh

5 Easy Turmeric Root Storage Tips To Keep It Fresh

Turmeric root is widely used in cooking, cosmetics, and traditional medicine, but it tends to spoil if not stored the right way. Whether you use it often or occasionally, keeping it fresh is easier than you think. These five simple hacks help you make the most of your turmeric, without any waste, no mess, and it stays good for weeks.

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 19, 2025
Master The Idli Batter: Tricks To Master Proportion Game

Master The Idli Batter: Tricks To Master Proportion Game

Getting spongy, fluffy, and soft idlis (or crispy disa) every time, straight out of the idli maker, is all about preparing the perfect batter. From acing the proportion game to proper fermentation, this guide walks you through each stage of making foolproof batter at home. If you skip even a small step, you may end up with hard and flat idlis.

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 18, 2025
6 Simple Signs Your Spices Have Gone Stale

6 Simple Signs Your Spices Have Gone Stale

The freshness of spices matters, as it makes all the difference in cooking. When they go stale, they lose their taste and can even spoil your favourite recipe. You don’t need any fancy method to identify them; just looking, smelling, and touching is enough. Scroll down to learn how to spot old spices and clear your kitchen pantry of dull flavours.

  • 5 min read
  • Jul 17, 2025
From Ladoos To Barfis: Creative Ways To Use Your Leftover Bati

From Ladoos To Barfis: Creative Ways To Use Your Leftover Bati

Got some leftover bati from lunch or dinner? If so, there’s no need to waste it; you can reuse it to whip up some yummy dishes the next day. From churma to small ladoos, you can try easy recipes that are full of flavour. Here’s how you can give your leftover bati a tasty second life

  • 4 min read
  • Jul 16, 2025