This is Highly Recommend, a column dedicated to our very opinionated editors’ favorite things to eat, drink, and buy. There are certain foods I remember tasting for the first time that immediately ...

Here's a simple guide to making the delicious North Karnataka style chutney powder. Made with peanuts and coconut, you can store this 'pudi' for months. It's the perfect side for dosa, idli, chapati, ...

When the summer heat starts getting brutal, our meals need to be lighter, healthier, and packed with nutrients. Enter Murungai Keerai Podi — a chutney powder made with moringa leaves that’s not just ...

Spicy tomato chutney is another delicious option for idlis. Made with ripe tomatoes, green chilies, onions, and spices, this ...

Flax seeds idli podi is a dry South Indian chutney powder made with roasted flax seeds and spices, offering fibre-rich flavour that suits weight-loss. The usual idli podi gets a quiet upgrade with the ...

As a child, I would resist that first bite of rice with bitter fenugreek powder and ghee, or the curry leaf powder my mother insisted on. We always had peanut chutney powder too—packed with idlis, ...

Hot, spicy, tangy, sweet, sour, bitter or a delightful combination of all, chutneys are robust flavor bombs that can transform a mundane meal into an extraordinary one. The word probably comes from ...