CookingJagonews24's recipe of 14 January 2026 cooks beef or goat slowly in one covered pot with ghee, tomatoes, ginger, green chillies and black pepper, leaving out garam masala and ground spices so the meat's own flavour leads.
CookingOn 14 January 2026 Jagonews24 published a home recipe for cauliflower korma: florets cooked in an onion, ginger, garlic, tomato and spice base and softened with yoghurt and coconut, to eat with rice or roti.
Tender duck, thick gravy and the mellow taste of coconut make narikeli hash a festive winter lunch with rice.
Made with cabbage, egg and rice flour, this light and nutritious winter pitha is easy to cook with everyday ingredients.
CookingA recipe from Jagonews24's lifestyle desk, published on 12 January 2026, turns sweet potatoes into crisp fries: the strips are parboiled with salt and vinegar, dried on a cloth and fried golden on a medium flame.
Eating guava with its skin adds extra nutrients, but nutritionists say people with diabetes or high cholesterol may be better off peeling it.
A simple recipe for spring onion paratha, a warm winter breakfast or afternoon snack made with fresh seasonal spring onions.
FruitsA Jagonews24 report on 7 January 2026 advised eating dates on an empty stomach on winter mornings. Research shows dates are rich in sugar and fibre, but no evidence was found for an extra empty-stomach benefit, and people with diabetes should ask a doctor first.
VegetablesKohlrabi, an inexpensive member of the cabbage family, supplies vitamin C, fibre and potassium, nutrients that health bodies link to immunity, digestion and blood pressure, though no single food cures disease.
CookingDry rice flour soaked for half an hour in lukewarm water, mixed with gur, plain flour and salt and fried at medium heat makes poa pitha without soaking rice, in a recipe Jagonews24 published on 6 January 2026.
CookingCooking prawns into red lentil dal is a quick way to vary everyday dal and rice. This is the recipe Jagonews24's lifestyle desk published in January 2026, with its ingredients and steps.
FruitsA Jagonews24 lifestyle feature of 4 January 2026 said eating grapes in winter supports immunity, digestion, the heart and the skin; nutrition tables and health authorities show grapes are a healthy fruit, but a modest source of vitamin C and fibre and no protection on their own against colds.
A recipe for grilling marinated winter vegetables as a light, healthy alternative to fish or meat barbecue.
