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Delicious Indian Paneer Recipes - A Vegetarian's Del...

Paneer / Cottage cheese / often compared to Tofu because of its texture and usage in cooking. Both i.e. tofu and paneer can substitute for one another. In India Paneer is the most popular ingredient used in vegan cooking. It is the most common and popular food item available under the vegetarian category on the menu card in every restaurant regardless of state or region. And there are some common and delicious paneer dishes that tops the "must-have" Indian dishes list and are a vegetarian's delight.

Til (sesame seed) Based Sweets for Sankranti

In India festival means delicious food. They both go hand in hand. No celebration is complete without some delicious, moth watering, yummy and amazing sweets and food. The first festival of the year is Lohri which a North Indian festival and second festival is the Sankranti popularly known as Makar Sankranti. This festival is celebrated all across the nation with full enthusiasm and fun. In north India the skies are full of marvelous and colorful kites flown by all age groups especially in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. Lets have a look at the 5 most popular Sankranti sweets :

Top 10 Notable News Anchors of India

A news anchor is a person who presents a news bulletin.? They present material prepared for a news program and, at times, must improvise commentary for live presentation. Many anchors are also involved in writing and/or editing the news for their programs. A News Anchor examine, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources. ? There are a lot news anchors that are doing a fabulous job and have brought a new face of journalism. These faces not only bring out the facts and figures but today they have become the voice of a common man and debate for the societal issues. ?I...

The Must Haves from the Indian Food Map

India is a big country and so is the list of delicious cuisine. The extensive immigration and encounter with other cultures like European, Portugal and Moughal benefitted India with a wide variety cooking styles and delicious delicacies. These people taught Indians about the use of different spices in various other ways. Today India is known across the world for its fabulous cuisine, rich culture and magnificent past. ? It is very difficult to some up all delicacies of India in just one article. So, I decided to put the must haves from each state of India. So that when you are in th...

Meghalaya - Abode of Clouds

Meghalaya is a Sanskrit word which literally means ?Abode of Clouds?. It is a small state situated in the north-eastern part of the Indian sub-continent. The state is blessed with natural beauty and is a picturesque tourist destination that attracts tourists not only from India but across the world. The green carpeted mountains, natural landscapes, the sound of raindrops, and the wettest place on earth is all you find in Meghalaya. Today Meghalaya is one of the famous biking destinations in India. Meghalaya is one of the seven sister states of the North eastern part of India. It was in the ...

The 9 Nights of Divine Celebration

Navratri is the 9 day long Hindu festival of worship and dance. In Sanskrit the word Navratri literally means nine nights. Nava means nine and Ratri means Nights. During these 9 nights nine forms of shakti (power) are worshipped. Each day is dedicated to a Goddess and has very important significance. In Gujarat it is the festival of dance. All 9 days observe dandiya and Garba (regional dance of Gujarat). ? The Sharad Navratri is the most important of all three Navratris. It is celebrated during Sharad (beginning of winter, Sept-Oct). It celebrates the slaying of Mahishasura by the g...

Incredible India in pictures

India is one nation where you have enough to do, enough to see and enough to discover. A land where there is a wide variety of landscapes, different cultures, different religions, and of course different people. All these diversities when mixed together forms one nation called India. India is a land where all these diversities peacefully reside. India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world known for its rich historical past and fights for its freedom. India is a country which is blessed with natural beauty right form north to south and from east to west. Let us have a look at s...