Festival season is around the corner with Durga Puja kicking off the celebrations. The festive period is a foodies' paradise with plenty of mouth-watering dishes to savour.

Throw away all your prior notions of vegetables being dietary and guilt-free. Because, your humble everyday vegetables can be turned into ultimate guilty pleasures, giving meat a run for its money!

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Wash and clean fish and remove skin with knife. Then cut fish on the bone into half inch thick slices. Marinate the fish slice with lemon juice and salt. Wash the marinated fish once again and dry with a soft cloth.

Combine kebab masala in a chopper/blender and make a fine paste. Heat up a small piece of charcoal and place over mince meat using a bread slice as a base.

Located just past Rajlokkhi in Uttara is a nice quaint red one story restaurant curiously called Hungry Duck. Opened way back in 2010, this place has served residents in Uttara for around 16 years now.

In a state of gratitude, our brain releases dopamine, which makes us feel good. When you are feeling grumpy, the quickest way to change your mood is to say, Thank You!

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The term "kachchi" means raw referring to the biryani ingredients being combined raw in layers instead of first cooking the meat or rice separately.

In a thick bottomed dish, marinate the mutton cubes with the garam masala, salt, red chilli paste, ginger and garlic paste, and mix well together.

Now, we cannot say for sure what the forecast will be on the day of Eid ul Adha, and frankly that is not our forte.

Now, we cannot say for sure what the forecast will be on the day of Eid ul Adha, and frankly that is not our forte.

When the joyous season of Eid is upon us, life becomes a blur of shopping, frantic wrapping of gifts for the near ones and endless trips to the cattle markets; thinking about your pet's needs can become lost in the mix.

The coming Eid UlAdha, while remaining purely holy in its essence, has also become quite a celebration of the culinary world. The Eid mornings themselves have gone on to become the stuff of a foodie's legend and this year promises to be no different. This week Star Lifestyle dedicates its pages to this delicious extravaganza and our recipe writers bring in some of the most scrumptious servings they could think up. To make it even more worth your while, we dig in deeper and do not restrain ourselves to only beef, bringing you the pick of the baked fishes and vegetarian splendour. Of course, there's plenty of kebabs, steaks and lamb chops to go around as well, so get your pots and pans ready and prepare a feast worth fighting over this Eid!

For steaks, mix flour, salt, and pepper in a shallow bowl. Coat the meat with the flour mixture, and shake off the excess.

When you are tired of all the meat, grease and spices, come back to your old favourite, come back to the humble source of protein and minerals, come back to fish!

Contrary to popular misconception, yoga is not only for those who are calm, flexible and strong. While sculpted bodies and enviable serenity may be outcomes of long term yogic practices, one need not have such characteristics to begin with. You can do yoga! Yoga can truly help anyone!

Although summer is attributed to causing most damage to hair, rain is far worse, making them brittle and rough. A few simple steps can easily control the damage and done on a regular basis will ensure healthy locks.