Food

Started in 1953, Elloras has lived on Dehradun’s Rajpur Road for so long it's become one with the landscape. It serves stick jaws, plum cakes and more.

Ranbir Kaur starts her mornings at 5 to sell homemade fruit cream. Locals know her as ‘Aunty Ji’— a name now going viral.

With a deep commitment to preserving Rajasthan's food traditions, Dipali Khandelwal is documenting and sharing lost recipes, giving these flavours new life while connecting generations through food.

A truck driver from Jharkhand is winning millions of hearts online with his simple, inventive cooking on the road. Filming meals prepared inside his truck cabin and at highway stops, Rajesh Rawani has built a YouTube family of over 2.78 million subscribers. What began as daily updates for his children is now a celebration of food, travel, and life on India’s highways.

Traditional mango kinds like Karuppatti, Kai, and Batasha are vanishing — here’s what we lose with them and how communities are helping preserve heritage fruits.

Chef Aabhishek Bedi Varma from Guwahati is redefining Northeast cuisine by turning indigenous ingredients into inventive, fine-dining dishes. A celebration of regional flavours recently reached Rashtrapati Bhavan, through a Northeast-inspired menu for the President’s Republic Day reception.

Hyderabadi food is a slow-cooked archive of history, shaped by Nizam-era kitchens, Deccani traditions, and recipes guarded by generations of home cooks. From ‘jouzi halwa’ and ‘pathar ka gosht’ to apricot delight and bamboo chicken, this is a feast that goes far beyond biryani — rich in memory, technique and flavour.

When indigenous ingredients find their way into dishes, culinary magic follows. Meet the friends who are ensuring due diligence by the ingredients they work with.

Some sweets are tied to seasons, others to memories and places people return to. In 2025, five Indian sweets earned GI tags. Each one carries a story shaped by land, craft, and generations of care.

From harisa in Kashmir to malaiyo in Varanasi, discover India’s winter foods and the stories, traditions, and climates that shaped them.