Beverages

Thang

This tea can only be made using herbs foraged at 10,000 feet above sea level.

Yash Saxena

Chuli Chhu

This nutritious Kargili beverage is made by soaking apricots in water overnight.

Yash Saxena

Handiya

This fermented rice beer from Jharkhand is valued for its cooling properties and subtly sour flavour.

Dipatoli Community

Rabdi Lassi

Sweet, slow-cooked rabdi meets a salted lassi in this indulgent drink from Old Delhi.

Imran

Easing into Iftaar with Lemon Barley Water

Kumail Amiruddin shares a family tradition from his Ramzan iftaars in Mumbai, where Lemon Barley Water—a refreshing, time-honoured tonic—became a light yet nourishing way to break the fast.

Kumail Amiruddin

Bikaneri Chai

In this recipe, Shashi Chhabra shares a memory of a lasting impression left by an addictive chai at a mela in Allahabad, the recipe for which she altered to create an everyday experience at home.

Shashi Chhabra and Shreshtha Chhabra

Tival

Serving as a gesture of love, some recipes remain close to a person’s heart. For Disha, her grandmother’s kokum drink invokes deep nostalgia for familial connections.

Disha Pinge