Food

Village Cooking Channel released a large-scale outdoor cooking video showing masala sundal, the white peas (pattani) snack sold at Indian roadside stalls and beaches. The video walks through preparing the spicy, boiled pea dish in bulk, in the style of South Indian street vendors, and viewers have responded heavily, pushing engagement into the millions. Fans are praising the rustic, open-air cooking format and the traditional Tamil recipe.

A simple recipe for steamed small fish with ginger and soy sauce is drawing large interest from food viewers. The dish, a classic Chinese-style preparation, involves steaming whole small fish and dressing it with ginger and soy sauce. Its popularity suggests steady appetite for quick, home-style seafood cooking tutorials.

A home cook on Vancouver Island prepared seared halibut caught in Sooke, served with homemade watercress and chives soup and salmon roe. The fish and roe came from the families of two Indigenous friends, and the meal was shared as an example of healthy, locally sourced home cooking.

A miniature cooking clip showing how to make spicy masala fish fry served with rice is drawing a large audience, with over 500,000 people engaging with it. The dish is presented as part of a wider set of fish recipes, and viewers appear drawn to the novelty of preparing a full Indian-style meal in tiny portions using scaled-down cookware.

A popular Indian cooking channel is sharing a recipe that claims half a kilogram of kaju katli, the classic cashew fudge sweet, can be made from just one bowl of cashews using a halwai, or traditional sweet-maker, technique. The tutorial has drawn well over a million likes as viewers try the method at home, ahead of the festive season when kaju barfi is a staple gift and treat in Indian households.

The Rimorav Vlogs creators have posted a new video in which they and their brother and sister test out viral recipes together. The video has drawn close to 700,000 likes, making it one of the most-viewed food items trending globally, as fans respond to the siblings' recipe experiments and banter.

A simple tofu recipe is making the rounds: press and slice firm tofu, then broil it for about 15 minutes to get crisp edges and a custardy center. The method borrows from chef Nobu Matsuhisa's famous miso-broiled black cod, adapting his high-heat broiling technique to a plant-based dish. Fans of the recipe call it an easy, delicious everyday meal that needs little more than a sheet pan and a hot oven.

Coffee makers are rolling out plastic-free pods and machines, responding to growing consumer concern over single-use plastic waste from capsule coffee. The shift covers both compostable and fully plastic-free pod designs, alongside machines built to work with them. Commenters are weighing whether the new formats match the convenience that made capsule coffee popular, and whether they genuinely cut waste or mainly rebrand packaging.

Home cooks in Maharashtra and neighbouring Konkani-speaking areas are sharing a detailed recipe for shev laddu, a sweet-and-savoury snack made by pressing crispy fried shev into laddus with jaggery syrup. The guide walks through every step, from frying the perfect shev to getting the syrup to the right consistency, and is drawing strong engagement from viewers trying it at home.

A live-streamed cooking session featuring street food recipes and a viewer chat is drawing a large audience, with engagement in the hundreds of thousands. Viewers are following along as dishes are prepared in real time and discussing street food and cooking in the chat. The stream sits among the most-watched food content globally at the moment.

A Marathi cooking tutorial showing how to make one kilogram of chivda from thin flattened rice (patal pohe) has attracted large engagement. The recipe shares seven tips to keep the savoury snack from turning soft or chewy, a common problem for home cooks. Viewers are following along ahead of the festive and snack-making season.

A website dedicated to folding elaborate paper airplanes, Foldable Flight, is drawing widespread interest with step-by-step designs for advanced paper planes. Enthusiasts are sharing and discussing the detailed folding tutorials, which go far beyond the classic dart and promise longer, more dramatic flights.

Indian cooking channel Anita Gupta ki Duniya is running a live cooking session demonstrating a roti recipe, drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers. The stream has gathered over 650,000 likes, making it one of the most popular food livestreams at the moment, as home cooks tune in to follow the flatbread preparation step by step.

A cooking feature showcasing three winged bean recipes — chicken salad, egg fried rice and a sweet Sri Lankan halapa — is drawing large audiences worldwide. The winged bean, a nutrient-rich tropical legume, is being highlighted as a versatile ingredient that works in salads, rice dishes and traditional steamed sweets. Viewers are sharing and commenting on the recipes in big numbers.

A recipe for stuffed pork tenderloin is circulating among home cooks: the roast is filled with peppery arugula, fresh mozzarella and basil, then finished with a red wine cream sauce. It is being promoted as an elegant dinner that is surprisingly easy to make, and tagged as a candidate dish for Thanksgiving and other holiday meals.

Allrecipes is sharing five easy dump-and-go dinner recipes aimed at home cooks too exhausted to prepare a real meal. The recipes require minimal prep, letting ingredients simply go into one pot or pan, and the collection has drawn large attention from viewers looking for quick weeknight dinner ideas.

A new recipe for a delicata squash, radicchio, and garbanzo bean salad is being shared as a healthy, vegan, and gluten-free side dish suited to the fall season. The dish highlights seasonal produce and plant-based cooking, with the blogger behind it promoting it across recipe and cooking communities as a flavorful option for autumn meals.

Home cooks are swapping easy Thanksgiving dessert recipes ahead of the holiday, with collections of simple, shareable treats being promoted as a way to round off the celebration. The recipes target hosts looking for uncomplicated crowd-pleasers, and food communities are circulating ideas for seasonal sweets as Thanksgiving preparations get underway.

A Marathi-language cooking guide is drawing attention for its rava laddu recipe, promising that even if the sugar syrup goes wrong, following five simple tips guarantees a successful batch from one kilo of semolina. Home cooks are sharing the instructions widely as festive-season sweet making picks up, with viewers praising the foolproof approach to a traditional Indian sweet.

A classic French apple tart recipe is drawing attention for its flaky, tender crust and rich flavor, presented as a seasonal fall dessert idea. Cooks are sharing the dish as an easy, elegant bake, with recommendations to enjoy every bite of the soft apples and buttery pastry.

A quick homemade cranberry sauce combining apricots and orange is being shared as an easy holiday side dish, ready in just 15 minutes. Aimed at Thanksgiving and seasonal cooking, the recipe is presented as a flavorful alternative to canned sauce. Home cooks looking for simple fall sides are picking it up as the holiday season approaches.

Chef Sanjyot Keer of Your Food Lab has released a detailed recipe for ghee Mysore Pak, the classic Indian gram flour and ghee sweet, promising the softest, melt-in-the-mouth version with step-by-step tips. The recipe is drawing huge attention, with over a million likes, as viewers try the technique at home, particularly during the festive season when traditional sweets are in demand.

Home cooks are being reminded that great chao fan comes down to wok technique: a screaming-hot pan and quick tossing keep fried rice grains separate instead of soggy. The advice, shared alongside an easy Chow King-style chao fan recipe, is striking a chord with food lovers who agree that texture matters as much as flavor in a good fried rice.

A lychee martini recipe is circulating among food and drink enthusiasts heading into the Thanksgiving season. The recipe, shared by the cooking site Giangi's Kitchen, pitches the tropical cocktail as a festive holiday option, playfully conceding that calling a martini 'yummy' sounds odd but promising the drink converts skeptics on first taste.

A food writer shared a dessert recipe featuring macaroons, describing them as cute, delicious and easy to enjoy, while noting that just two were enough because they are very sweet. The post is framed as the perfect party dessert, shared alongside food and cooking tags in the run-up to Thanksgiving, when readers are looking for holiday baking ideas.

KOLR personalities Jeremy and Maddie have begun a cooking segment called Frankenstein Recipe, releasing it as a multi-part series with the first installment now out. The format appears to involve combining different dishes or ingredients into one creation, in line with the Frankenstein theme. Viewers can expect follow-up parts as the recipe unfolds across the series.

A Marathi cooking tutorial is drawing large audiences with a recipe for shankarpali, the sweet fried diamond-shaped snack popular during Diwali. The recipe promises shankarpali that puff up double and stay crisp, and highlights two common mistakes to avoid so the snack does not turn out greasy or soft. Home cooks are sharing and saving the recipe as festive preparations get under way.

A Marathi cooking recipe for khamang, crispy, salty shankarpali — a savory fried snack popular during Diwali — is drawing wide interest. The recipe promises a spicy version that does not turn oily, with detailed step-by-step instructions. Home cooks are sharing and discussing the method as festival snacking season drives demand for traditional treats like shankarpali.