by Chef Shantanu Gupte
A popular Parsi starter - deep-fried chicken drumsticks
These nutritious tikkis make excellent starters
by Chef Rakesh Sethi
Deep-fried chicken lollypops served tossed in a Korean style sauce
Cottage cheese batons skewered, coated with a spicy marination, rolled in sesame seeds and shallow-fried
Large shell pasta stuffed with spinach-cottage cheese mixture and served on bread roundels with tomato sauce
Fish fingers marinated in flavourful batter and deep fried
A delicious starter that can served at a cocktail party
by Chef Vicky Ratnani
A healthy way to enjoy nachos with a tasty nutritious topping
by Chef Amrita Raichand
Serve these waffles hot and watch your kids finish them off in a jiffy
Jalapeno flavoured poppers made with potatoes and cottage cheese
Your kids will be simply delighted with these crisply fried chicken pieces
by Chef Shipra Khanna
Sweet mathris with a delightful crunch of sesame seeds
by Chef Ajay Chopra
These open sandwiches are simply delicious with zucchini adding a special flavour
The most popular Gujarati snack now enjoyed all over India and outside it too
Colourful mixture of potatoes and 3 coloured capsicums served on mini pita bread halves
by Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)
Doughnut like preparation that is a favourite of the Peruvians
Spiced lamb mince topped with mashed potatoes and baked
An excellent dish for your daily meal
by Chef Madhu Sneha
This delicious casserole will please the most discerning palates
by Chef Shailendra Kekade
This combination of roasted chicken, asparagus and feta cheese makes an appealing dish which is also delicious
A very healthy and delicious dish all the way from Africa – totally satiating
Chicken breasts poached in flavoured water and served with spiced pumpkin mash
An integral part of Thai muslim cuisine, massaman curry is extremely flavourful
One of the most favourite Italian dishes
Toasted sesame and toasted peanuts lend their full bodied flavour to this pudding
Hollowed out apples stuffed with oat mixture and baked
Who says cakes don’t taste as good without eggs? Try this out and you will change your mind fast
A popular Chinese dessert made with flat noodles – here samosa patti has replaced noodles
A rich dessert made with bananas, brown sugar and dry fruits
With refreshing flavour of lemons, this cheesecake is a connoisseur’s delight
Such a lovely way of gifting chocolates especially a birthday boy or girl
The taste of this crème brulee is further enhanced with strawberries
Oats add fibre whereas strawberries and nuts add plenty of minerals and vitamins
The flavours of strawberries, apple and rose water mingle well in this smoothie
Fresh vegetables blended together to make a flavourful beverage
The non-alcoholic version of Bloody Mary – absolute delight
This unique mixture of raw mango, ripe mango and cranberry juice makes for a refreshing mocktail
by Chef Jasmine Dsouza
Ideal beverage to cool you down on hot summer days
Serve cups of hot chocolate just before going to bed to get sound sleep
When two favourite beverages are combined into one the result is simply divine
Leftover sambhar put to good use – these paranthas are full of flavour
The combination of green peas and mushrooms taste great when used to make paranthas too
You cannot think of Gujarati snacks and forget khakhra
Paranthas stuffed with a flavourful broccoli mixture is a taste you will not forget
Spiced missi rotis served with aloo pudina raita are an excellent breakfast snack
These rotis have so many flavours mingling together to satiate you completely
These paranthas make ideal breakfast snack – healthy and tasty
Start your day with these very flavourful paranthas
By grilling all the vegetables the salad gets a wonderful smoky flavour
Roasted beet, pear, quinoa, walnuts, feta cheese mingle in this delicious salad
A cucumber salad made differently – the cucumbers are stuffed with a delicious filling
Crunchy and refreshing, this salad is a sure winner
A simple Italian salad made with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella salad
This crunchy Greek salad should ideally be eaten during the hot summer months
Healthy and wholesome – an ideal salad for weight watchers
A tomato salad with crisp cheese strips – super duper
Dried coconut cooked with jaggery and sugar to make chikki
The combined nutrients of dates and figs are very good for growing children
Easy to make and delicious to taste
by CHEF PRANAV JOSHI
Moong dal kheer cooked in South Indian style
You want to make some unusual sweet for your loved ones? Make this one, they will love it
Apples cooked with reduced milk, dried fruits and served garnished with saffron
Parsis love their desserts and this is one of their favourite
Sorghum flour cooked with ripe bananas, milk and jaggery to make a nutritious halwa
Crisp bacon and gorgonzola cheese make this creamy cauliflower soup more flavourful
Highly flavoured coconut soup with additional taste of miso paste
A delicious and smooth soup made with prawns and some aromatics
English soup made with Indian influence and masalas
This cold and delicious soup will pep up the kids on a hot summer day
Spicy and hot mixed vegetable soup
A wholesome shorba that is ideal during cold winter months
Soup served in a bread bowl – have it together and enjoy
Roasted eggplant dip flavoured with parsley
This is an anytime temptation – enjoy it with your loved ones
Hummus is one of the best loved dips and here it is made more interesting with the addition of spinach and capsicum
Another delicious Mexican dip to please your palate
Bursting with flavour of the cheeses this fondue is truly satisfying
Another delicious dip from the Middle East
Lebanese version of the popular Indian baingan ka bharta – makes an excellent appetizer
A delicious eggplant dip that goes well with bread as well as pita
Jalapeno pickle though spicy is very flavourful
Tangy pickles that will definitely whet your appetite
A sweet pickle with the goodness of pears
A South Indian speciality, Chitranna when served with pineapple raita makes a delicious and wholesome meal
This is a delightful khichdi – rice cooked with dals and plenty of tomatoes
Tawa pulao is a popular Mumbai street food – completely enjoyable
Cottage cheese and vegetable pulao – healthy and tasty
This Indonesian speciality is very pleasing on the palate
Cabbage lends a delicious crunch to this delicious pulav
Rice cooked with brinjals and some simple masalas
This paella is especially for the vegetarians
This tangy gravy is bursting with flavour
A popular Kolhapuri dish that is served with fiery tambda rassa, mutton curry and bhakri
In this kadhi water chestnut flour replaces gram flour
Green pieces of palak swimming in yellow dal is a sight to behold and a treat for any palate
A traditional Gujarati dal made with a mixture of three dals and aromatic ingredients
One of the most popular Punjabi dishes – this one is made healthier with soya wadi replacing onion pakodi
The Rajasthanis love their dal full of flavour and spice and this is an excellent example
Gujaratis love their kadhi and make it frequently
Don’t know where this dal got its name from, but it definitely is delicious
Toor dal and chana dal cooked with bottle gourd and some flavourful masalas
A national dish of Thailand and most popular street food
Thai style noodles – extremely flavourful and very tasty
by Chef Saransh Goila
Children love Maggi, so make it more flavourful with caramelized onions and garlic
Noodles combine well with vegetables to make a tasty dish – it is comfort food at its best
Soft and delicious, noodles are mixed with a velvety peanut sauce
These delicious noodles are served cold but they are simply delicious
Sweet, hot and sour – this noodle dish has everything to satiate all palates
A delicious preparation of crisply fried noodles served with a tangy vegetable sauce
Spaghetti tossed in Thai curry and some other masalas
Creamy and delicious – enjoy this pasta dish anytime anywhere
by Chef Shazia Khan
Pasta cooked in Indian style with spinach and corn is just too delicious
Penne pasta when cooked in this gently flavoured Pesto sauce is so delicious that you just cannot resist it
Excellent way to make the kids eat root vegetables – cook pasta with them
Lasagna sheets topped with cheese sauce, mixed vegetable mixture, processed cheese and mozzarella cheese
Boiled toor dal gives this pasta dish an Indian twist
Colourful, cheesy and delicious is the best way to describe this pasta dish
All jams are welcome and this apple jam is sure to win hearts
Pears and plums cooked together make a wonderful jam
Walnuts and pinenuts add a wonderful crunch to this delicious fig jam
Want to serve something healthy make this raita and potato dish and serve with paranthas
This bharta makes a wonder and delicious side dish
A refreshing side dish, it is flavourful and tasty too
A simple raita with garlic flavour
Both these are very healthy snacks that can be served together or separately
Chatpati tomato chutney tastes great with nachos
Use it as a bread spread – its yummy
Chinese dishes are incomplete without flavourful sauces such as these two
Cinnamon flavoured apple sauce can be served with any pie
An excellent ayurvedic face mask
This concoction has a lot of medicinal value
Pesto made differently with green zucchini instead of basil leaves
A popular Italian dish – pasta served with a flavourful sauce
Capellini pasta tossed with pesto and served with grilled lobster