Celebrate Children’s Day with a naturally sweet and colourful snack that’s as fun as it is healthy. These homemade dried fruit snacks are made using fresh fruits slowly dried to chewy perfection with no sugar, preservatives, or artificial flavours. They are perfect for lunchboxes, after-school nibbles, or long car rides. What makes this treat special is its simplicity and versatility. You can use an oven, an air fryer, or even sunlight on a dry day to make them. The fruits retain their natural sweetness and become bite-sized chewy treats packed with fibre, vitamins, and flavour. For parents looking for guilt-free festive snacks, this one’s a winner — wholesome, colourful, and approved by both kids and nutritionists alike.

Master the recipe for Dahi Bhindi, a traditional North Indian dish with juicy okra simmered in a spicy yoghurt sauce and seasoned with garam masala, coriander, and turmeric. With roti or rice, this rich and cosy dish can be made literally every day, not just on special occasions.

Basant Panchami or Saraswati Puja has multiple rituals and meals associated with it, especially in Bengali households. One such traditional fare is Dadhi Karma - a simple, sattvic meal of curd and puffed rice served before puja or rituals. It’s a type of no-cook dessert with optional ingredients, like mishti doi (sweet curd), sandesh, or other cottage cheese-based sweets, dried fruits, and nuts. It’s considered a divine dessert, offered as a farewell offering to Goddess Saraswati.