Follow These Food Creators for Christmas Dishes Worth Making at Home

Christmas cooking in Indian homes is no longer limited to the regular fruit cake and plum pudding alone. The festive table today reflects a wider shift, one shaped by creators who blend tradition with technique, nostalgia with innovation and comfort with creativity. These food creators stand out for very different reasons. Some simplify baking for home cooks, some reinterpret global dishes through a vegetarian lens, while others carry decades of culinary legacy forward. Together, they offer recipes that feel celebratory yet achievable, making Christmas cooking less intimidating and far more personal.

Here are creators to follow for standout Christmas recipes this year, and the dishes that define their festive cooking.

Meghna | Meghna’s Food Magic

Platforms: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook
Followers: 3 million across platforms

Based in Mumbai, Meghna of Meghna’s Food Magic is one of India’s most recognisable food creators today. Before entering content creation full-time, she worked in banking and baking, giving her both structured discipline and hands-on kitchen experience. That combination shows clearly in her recipes, which balance precision with approachability.

Her digital presence places her among the country’s top food influencers. She has been listed in a Forbes Top 100 Digital Stars ranking and regularly collaborates with food brands, signalling her standing well beyond hobbyist cooking. Despite her scale, her content remains rooted in home-style methods and familiar flavours.

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For Christmas this year, Meghna’s standout recipe is a rich, eggless Christmas fruit cake soaked in orange juice. Using mixed nuts, dried fruits, cocoa, warm spices and wheat flour, the cake is baked slowly and finished with a honey or maple glaze. It reflects her strength: festive baking that feels indulgent but still doable in an Indian kitchen.

Pooja Jhunjhunwala | TheGlobalVegetarian

Platforms: Instagram, Facebook
Followers: 400K+

Born and raised in Kolkata with Marwari roots, Pooja’s cooking reflects both regional Indian influences and global exposure. She began baking at a young age alongside her mother and later trained professionally at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), New York, specialising in Pastry and Baking Arts and Cake Decoration.

Her credentials set her apart in the creator space. She won the Top Toque Award at ICE for academic excellence and secured second place at the US Junior Pastry Chef Competition in 2016, becoming the first Indian to do so. Before content creation, she ran a home bakery called Cake by Pooja.

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Her content focuses on vegetarian and eggless adaptations of global cuisines, from fusion breads to baked desserts. For Christmas, her strength lies in refined baking and creative twists, making her festive desserts ideal for those looking to go beyond basic cakes while staying vegetarian.

Tejasis Abrat

Instagram: @tejasisabrat
Followers: 67K

Tejasis Abrat positions himself clearly as a chef-led creator, sharing recipes that feel grounded in everyday cooking rather than studio-style perfection. With a growing audience of around 67,000 followers, his content appeals to people who prefer relatable kitchens and manageable portions.

He has participated in brand collaborations, including festive content tied to Christmas, and invites collaborations openly, signalling a professional approach to content creation. His strength lies in approachable baking and comfort recipes that work well for small gatherings.

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One of his notable Christmas recipes includes classic chocolate brownies made with cocoa powder, butter, eggs and optional mix-ins like chocolate chips or nuts. It’s a familiar dessert, but his method keeps it accessible, making it ideal for first-time holiday bakers.

Sheena Padda | Plated by Padda

Instagram: @platedbypadda
Followers: 39K

Plated by Padda is a recipe and storytelling space built around “Indian-ish” food made for real life. Created by Sheena Padda, the platform reflects her upbringing across Indian and American kitchens, helping her grandmother make rotis while watching her mother bake cookies. She is one of the food creators who create dishes that look as good as they taste.

What distinguishes her work is structure. Beyond recipes, her blog offers curated menus and festive playbooks, making it especially useful for people planning entire meals rather than single dishes. Her style is warm, personal and practical, with a clear focus on home cooks.

Her Christmas highlight this year is a Chutney Cheese Christmas Tree made using puff pastry. Filled with green chutney, mozzarella, spices and optional toppings, the pastry is cut and twisted into a tree shape before baking. It’s a visually striking appetiser that blends Indian flavours with classic holiday presentation.

Tarla Dalal

Instagram: @tarladalal
Followers: 1.1M

No list of festive cooking in India is complete without Tarla Dalal. She is one of the OG food creators, a pioneering cookbook author and television host, she authored over 100 cookbooks and an estimated 17,000 recipes. Her first book was published in 1974, and she went on to shape how Indian households approached vegetarian cooking.

She popularised vegetarian versions of global recipes long before the internet era and made continental dishes approachable for Indian kitchens. Her website, tarladalal.com, remains one of the largest and most trusted vegetarian recipe repositories in the country. In 2007, she was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Indian cookery.

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For Christmas, her classic eggless Christmas cake recipe remains a favourite. Using fermented juice-soaked dried fruits, cocoa powder, warm spices, nuts and milk only, the cake reflects her legacy of reliable, festive vegetarian baking that generations still return to.