In the days leading upto Christmas, cooking and baking reaches a peak at so many homes across India. Try these authentic Indian recipes for the holiday season.

Anita's Mutton Stew

In Kerala homes, hugely delicious mutton stew is served with appams on Christmas morning.

Please find the recipe here: Anita's Mutton Stew  

Jenny's Pork Chops

This Christmas, make Kerala Pork Chops with its crisp, delicious crust. Add it to your Yuletide menu.

Please find the recipe here: Kerala Pork Chops

Kavitha's Madras Mutton Curry

Kavitha shares a family recipe for a traditional Madras Christian Mutton Curry that is spiced up with a coriander paste and contains potatoes and coconut.

Please find the recipe here: Kavitha's Madras Mutton Curry

Anglo-Indian Beveca And Chicken Roast

Anglo-Indians in Chennai prefer a Chicken Roast for Christmas and follow that up with a semolina cake called Beveca made with ghee, coconut milk, packed with raisins and cashews, eaten after returning from midnight mass.  

Please find the recipe here: Anglo-Indian Beveca And Chicken Roast

Shane's Goan Chicken Stew With Macaroni

Traditionally a Goan stew  is made with pork or beef, but Shane D'Souza makes it with boneless chicken. She adds boiled macaroni, and the dish is cooked in a chicken broth that gives it a lovely flavour. 

Please find the recipe here: Shane's Goan Chicken Stew With Macaroni

Chhapra Christmas Cake

The batter of this delicious, ghee-maida-dry fruit Masih family cake is whipped up in Chhapra and the cake is then baked 75 km away in Patna and returns fragrant and warm, a December highlight that brings the family together for sharing laughter, memories and stories. 

Please find the recipe here: Chhapra Christmas Cake

Swati's Raan Roast

The highlight of Bengali Christmases in Hazaribagh, now in Jharkhand, was this special Raan Roast.

Please find the recipe here: Swati's Raan Roast

Audrey's Rose Cookies

A Mazgaon Christmas is incomplete without Rose Cookies. Audrey Crasto has been making this delicacy, wherever she is, for decades.

Please find the recipe here: Audrey's Rose Cookies

Lorraine's No-Cook Marzipan

Says Lorraine Woodman of her Christmas recipe, "Marzipan made from crushed cashew nuts or almonds with sugar and essence, beautifully coloured and moulded, is a joy to make. It always brightened the sweet plates."

Please find the recipe here: Lorraine's No-Cook Marzipan

Hemant's Spiced Apple Toddy

Spice Apple Toddy is about that dash of spice and everything nice! It's a warm drink for Christmasy days.

Please find the recipe here: Spiced Apple Toddy