Sonal Ved

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  5 Best Places To Get Your Fill Of Millet-Based Dishes In India

  These 5 places in India where you can head to savour some interesting (read: healthy) millet dishes.

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  Tiffin by Sonal Ved: An Appetising Blend of Regional Indian Recipes

  The book starts with a foreword by Chef Floyd Cardoz who has championed the cause of regional Indian cuisine over the years. Other sections include a Glossary on spices, fruits and vegetables, lentils and other staples, and a collection of Basic Recipes to keep handy, which are divided by region. Considering this is a big book with 500 recipes, thi...

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  7 Ways AAP Failed, According To Lawmaker Ved Prakash, Who Has Returned To BJP

  Ved Prakash, the lawmaker who quit the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday and joined the BJP just before crucial civic polls, dredged up for his resignation letter a list of seven failed promises that he says drove him away.

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  First, He Ignored Arvind Kejriwal's Calls. Then, MLA Ved Prakash Surfaced At BJP Office

  With a crucial election in Delhi now just weeks away, Arvind Kejriwal's party was jolted today with one of its legislators switching to the BJP, claiming that the government has defaulted on basic promises it offered ahead of its tectonic victory in 2015.

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  Opinion: Gujjus And Our Maharajs - Healthy But Hip Cooking

  Gujaratis are that one section of Indian society that relish vegetarian food, experiment widely with ingredients and dabble with cuisines outside their region.

• Rare, but Well-Done

  Vegetarian steaks now feature on the menus of select gourmet restaurants in the city. Sonal Ved taps the trend....Imagine an angel suddenly sweeping down out of a better land and setting before him a mighty porterhouse steak an inch and a half thick,...

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  Colour Palate

  Don't let your Holi party be a parade of old-fashioned eats. Sonal Ved puts together a modern home's festive menu.

• There's a Cup of tea in Your Food

  Oolong, lemon, chamomile and mint tea are all great for flavour. But add these to traditional food recipes and you have yourself a whole new dish. Sonal Ved suggests you dabble in some tea-based cooking.India has always been serious about its chai. Now,...

• Cooking With Flowers

  From locally available to foraged variety, flowers are increasingly being used to create interesting platters in restaurants. Sonal Ved puts a bottle of chamomile blooms to a taste-test and shares the results.Cooking with flowers is not entirely a new...

• Berry Healthy

  If you thought all things strawberry demand you give up counting calories, this wintry season is different. Sonal Ved churns out diet recipes that will make you eat your strawberry with a nutritious twistAll good things are bad for you, and the only way...

• Puff Goes the Souffle

  Nothing fits Mumbai's touch-and-go winter better than a mug full of light and warm souffle. Sonal Ved rounds up this season's 'it' preparation.In the Western countries, Christmas marks the beginning of the souffle season. Once the lights are up and there...

• Cuisine Capers

  Innovative garnishes, bite-sized desserts and traditional flavours will rule the roost in the culinary world, finds Sonal Ved.Mumbai is slowly turning into a city of gourmands and in a bid to ensure that diners keep coming back for more, restaurateurs...

• Foods to Warm Your Winter

  Mumbaiites might not have the chills, but that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the season's delicacies? Sonal Ved serves dishes cooked north, south, east, north east and west of India, amid dropping temperatures, shawls, and mittens.From Punjab to Kerala,...

• Pizzas go on a Diet

  Crispy thin-crust pizzas smeared with fragrant sauces and chewy cheeses are popping up in menus across town. Bye bye, deep pans. Sonal Ved digs into five versions of this fad and rates the pizzas on their slimness.When it comes to pizzas, crust is the...

• Dosa-Avatar

  Plato once said art is an imitation of an imitation. Sonal Ved finds a common link between crepes in France, injera in Ethopia, pancakes in America, blinis in Russia and dosas in India.Food historians have credited the French for coming up with crepes....