by Chef Shantanu Gupte
A popular Parsi starter - deep-fried chicken drumsticks
by Chef Rakesh Sethi
Chapattis make delicious nachos – serve them salsa and sour cream and watch your loved ones enjoy them
Marinated chicken wings baked to perfection
The combination of pineapple and cottage cheese in this tikka is delicious
by Chef Vicky Ratnani
A healthy way to enjoy nachos with a tasty nutritious topping
by Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)
Excellent as starters, they go very well with cocktails
A delicious Burmese style starter – dried peas boiled, mixed with gram flour and some aromatics and deep-fried
These delicious patties will go well with cocktails
Momos come in different shapes and flavours and this one is rich, sweet and delicious
by Chef Amrita Raichand
The name of these cookies may be monster, but the taste is absolutely delicious
Upma balls stuffed with cheese cubes and deep-fried
by Chef Shipra Khanna
The combination of spinach and corn is both nutritious and delicious
Cashewnuts enrich these choco chip bars – an all-time favourite with the kids
These tikkis are very healthy what with spinach, carrot and radish adding plenty of necessary nutrients
A favourite snack with most children, it is enjoyed by adults too
You can also call this snack semiya upma too – serve it at breakfast
Tuna steaks cooked with simple ingredients tastes just too tasty
by Chef Shailendra Kekade
This combination of roasted chicken, asparagus and feta cheese makes an appealing dish which is also delicious
Fenugreek seeds when sautéed lets out a wonder flavour that it lends to this green gram dish
Cabbage and carrots cooked together with minimum masalas to a tasty finish
A delicious dish of minced lamb with potatoes
A rich and flavourful chicken preparation served with tempered rice
by Chef Madhu Sneha
This delicious casserole will please the most discerning palates
A lovely, tasty and healthy fish dish
This firni made with paneer is velvety and delicious
The purple yam gives the mousse a lovely colour and a nice texture
A stylish presentation of chocolate fondant topped with vanilla ice cream – you just cannot resist this
Serve the custard this way and see the broad smiles on the faces of the kids
With predominant flavour of orange, this fudge is so delicious that you would want to have it again and again
Perhaps the most popular of Italian desserts, well loved the world over
With refreshing flavour of lemons, this cheesecake is a connoisseur’s delight
A very basic dessert but much loved all over the world
A refreshing drink to pep you up instantly
A healthy smoothie which is so delicious that you will want to have it again and again
A cooling drink, ideal during the hot summer months
by CHEF PRANAV JOSHI
Cooling drink with the zing of ginger
The combination of tea, orange juice and pineapple juice is so very delicious
Rich, healthy and delicious, this smoothie will win many hearts
Where there is chocolate children will be there to grab them
by Chef Jasmine Dsouza
Ideal beverage to cool you down on hot summer days
These rotis have so many flavours mingling together to satiate you completely
Paranthas stuffed with a flavourful broccoli mixture is a taste you will not forget
The various seeds lend their nutrients to this bread
by Chef Saransh Goila
Don’t want to eat the leftover fried rice? Turn it into a parantha and you will simply love it
Oats and wheat flour kneaded with spring onions to make delicious paranthas
The combination of green peas and mushrooms taste great when used to make paranthas too
This garlic bread is extra special for olive oil will give it that extra zing
You cannot think of Gujarati snacks and forget khakhra
Ginger adds a wonderful zing to this lychee and orange salad
This salad is so very delicious that you would want to have it again and again
Delicately flavoured shrimp salad that’s absolutely delicious
Fabulous salad – crunchy, bursting with flavour and simply irresistible
Healthy and wholesome – an ideal salad for weight watchers
A simple Italian salad made with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella salad
A cucumber salad made differently – the cucumbers are stuffed with a delicious filling
This salad looks nice, tastes nice and is very healthy too
The rose chikki adds colour, flavourand a wonderful taste to this dish
Bengalis make sandesh in different flavours and this is one of them
Easy to make these pops will please the children a lot
Chocolate dough shaped into Lord Ganpati and set in the refrigerator
The mixed seeds and nuts make these laddoos nutritious
A must in the Onam menu, this is a dal payasam which the locals of Kerala love
This popular Bengali sweet made with pear jelly
Bread slices get a sweet makeover with this quick and easy halwa
Bursting with refreshing flavour of lemongrass, this soup is very rejuvenating
Celery flavours this soup delicately – very refreshing
Chicken ball soup – a favourite of the Sikkimese. Very refreshing especially during cold winter days
A very nutritious and creamy soup cooked in Thai style
Cooked in black tea decoction, this black bean soup is as unique as it is delicious
Bursting with necessary nutrients, this lentil soup is very good for growing children
Emerald green soup that has the goodness of broccoli
A lovely ruby red soup full of flavour and taste
Another delicious Mexican dip to please your palate
This is an anytime temptation – enjoy it with your loved ones
by Chef Ajay Chopra
Hummus is one of the best loved dips and here it is made more interesting with the addition of spinach and capsicum
Roasted eggplant dip flavoured with parsley
Another delicious dip from the Middle East
Creamy and bursting with flavour of garlic, this dip can be had with vegetable sticks too
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
A sweet pickle with the goodness of pears
Jalapeno pickle though spicy is very flavourful
Tangy pickles that will definitely whet your appetite
Brown rice makes this flavourful pulao healthy
Rice cooked with brinjals and some simple masalas
Wheat replaces rice in this delightful khichdi
South Indian style khichdi with tamarind gives it a perfect tang.
Mushroom pulao with a gentle flavour of fresh mint served garnished with parmesan cheese
Make a sumptuous pulao with leftover chicken curry
Rice cooked with masalas and kabuli chane to make a wholesome biryani
Quinoa is a healthy option for rice in this pulao
This tangy gravy is bursting with flavour
A popular Kolhapuri dish that is served with fiery tambda rassa, mutton curry and bhakri
Chickpeas cooked with a flavourful masala and yogurt
The yogurt adds a wonderful tartness to this tuvar dal
A delicious brown Bengal gram preparation - a classic Rajasthani dish
Grams are known to be rich in proteins, and this mixed dal is indeed very flavourful
Kofte made with greens and shallow-fried and served with a flavourful kadhi
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
The Rajasthanis love their dal full of flavour and spice and this is an excellent example
Soft and delicious, noodles are mixed with a velvety peanut sauce
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
Sweet, hot and sour – this noodle dish has everything to satiate all palates
These delicious noodles are served cold but they are simply delicious
Thai style noodles – extremely flavourful and very tasty
A delicious preparation of crisply fried noodles served with a tangy vegetable sauce
A national dish of Thailand and most popular street food
Penne pasta when cooked in this gently flavoured Pesto sauce is so delicious that you just cannot resist it
by Chef Shazia Khan
Pasta cooked in Indian style with spinach and corn is just too delicious
Get the satisfaction of making the pasta yourself by following this great recipe
Excellent way to make the kids eat root vegetables – cook pasta with them
Rice noodles cooked with vegetables and schezwan sauce
Boiled toor dal gives this pasta dish an Indian twist
Spaghetti tossed in Thai curry and some other masalas
Feast on this delicious pasta without any guilt – it is full of essential nutrients
Pears and plums cooked together make a wonderful jam
All jams are welcome and this apple jam is sure to win hearts
Walnuts and pinenuts add a wonderful crunch to this delicious fig jam
A simple raita with garlic flavour
A refreshing side dish, it is flavourful and tasty too
Want to serve something healthy make this raita and potato dish and serve with paranthas
This bharta makes a wonder and delicious side dish
Both these are very healthy snacks that can be served together or separately
Use it as a bread spread – its yummy
Chatpati tomato chutney tastes great with nachos
Cinnamon flavoured apple sauce can be served with any pie
Chinese dishes are incomplete without flavourful sauces such as these two
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