Tuna Roundels Ingredients: Tuna (preferably in brine n not oil)- 1 can Mayonnaise -enough to make a paste with the...

Quick Meetha Tukdra - Ingredients: Full cream milk - 11/2lts Condensed milk - 1 tin Bread - 8 slices Choti...

Ingredients 3 white fish fillets (200 g each) 1 tbsp olive oil pepper & salt 1 bunch fresh basil (15...

(Photo from net) Recipe for zard birinj from the Ain-i-Akbari by Akbar’s courtier Abu’l Fazl 10 seers of rice; 5...

Chicken mince 1/2 kg 2 finely very finely chopped onions, 5 cloves garlic finely chopped- almost a paste Take dhania...

1kg fine mince Salt &red chilli p to taste 125 gm cornflour or maida 250 gm chopped tomatoes ( very...

Take 250 gm parwal Scrape them well Make a side slit Boil with milk- enough to cover them. Milk should...

Bachpan mein Amma kahani sunati thi : Ek chidiya Badshah ka roz mazaq udaya karti thi. Badshah ko gussa aaya...

Ingredients 250 gm big green chillies, de seeded 1 1/2 kg onions sliced 150 gm tamarind, soaked in hot water,...

1/2 Kg meat (goat) 1 large onion chopped 1 tomato chopped (I'd peel it & then chop it - easiest...

The only known depiction of the Peacock Throne . Painting by Govardhan. It was commissioned in 1628 and completed around...

2015 Nauroz - Spring is here Or 3714 British Library Nauroz is an ancient Zoroastrian festival and believed to have...

Baghair subza na poshad kase mazar mara Ki qabr posh ghariban hamin gayah bas-ast (There cannot be any other curtain...

  Panorama by Raj Prajapati Princess Zeenat-un-Nisa (Jewel among women), (1643-1721) the second daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb and his wife...

In a country like India, with so many architectural treasures from ancient times till now it is a difficult task...

The Rumi Darwaza in Lucknow ow was built by Nawab Asafuddaula (r. 1775-1797) in 1784. The Rumi Darwaza in Lucknow...

Sunehri masjid, Red Fort

From the British Library Painting by WILLIAM DANIELL, R.A. (1769-1837) The Chausath Khamba, Nizamuddin, Delhi. This was painted in 1801...

The word Sringaar comes from Sri which is the name of Goddess Lakshmi. It is believed in Hindu mythology that...

A bit of History of this delicious sheermal from Lucknow Photographs courtesy Saad Ahmad Rizvi Abdul Haleem Sharar in Guzishta ...

Dargah Hazrat Patte Shah,

Alexander Cunningham the grand old man of ASI wrote that , "Some buildings maybe remarkable only for their historical interest,...

Urs (from Arabic: عرس‎, literally "wedding") is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint in South Asia, usually held at...

Crowns have been associated with Royalty since the beginning of the establishment of monarchy in the West. However, the Muslim...

For vegetarians Recipe Kele ke kabab 1. 4 unripe bananas 2. 1/4cup chana dal 3. 1/2tsp garam masala 4.1 small...

1. Kitabdar - librarian 2. Mushafdar - Keeper of the Royal Copy of the Quran 3. Khasadar - Supdt of...

Today in History ( 21st January 1628) occurred an event which had far reaching consequences on the ultimate fate of...

1948 :: Ajmeri Gate , Delhi The children enter through the bars and play cricket there. When i asked one...

(Shahjahanabad Delhi Gate) Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi, was built by Shah Jahan in 1649 like a fortress encircled...