That soft, sticky banana halwa your mom makes on rainy evenings might be doing more good than you think. While most desserts get a bad reputation for being “unhealthy,” banana halwa can actually offer ...

Celebrate Bhai Dooj with a Healthy Twist: Bhai Dooj is a festival that emphasizes love and connection, marked by the ritual of tilak and the sharing of sweets. Sisters honor their brothers by applying ...

Seemingly overnight, we went from the charming part of autumn — pretty leaves! shiny acorns! apples! — to the messy part. Now that the rains have set in, all those pretty leaves are clogging gutters ...

Diwali is a Hindu festival of lights so ahead of this weekend’s celebrations, California Live’s Jobeth Devera visits San Francisco’s Copra Indian restaurant to learn how to make green apple halwa.