by Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)
Treat your guests with these baked potato jackets oozing with cheese at your next party
by Chef Rakesh Sethi
Crispy Cajun spice flavoured onion rings served with a flavourful chutney
by Chef Ajay Chopra
When in Thailand make sure to have this delicacy – it is a traditional dish that has now become popular world over
Green zucchini mixed with eggs, flour and some herbs, shaped into fritters and shallow-fried
Momos are now garnering a lot of appreciated the world over
A delicious Burmese style starter – dried peas boiled, mixed with gram flour and some aromatics and deep-fried
Tomato fritters with mint make great starters
by Chef Saransh Goila
The sweet potatoes balance the spiciness of the chicken pieces
A comfort food at its best – spinach adds to its nutrients
by Chef Shantanu Gupte
A popular Nepalese breakfast – it is healthy too
Do not throw away leftover pizza, use it to make this delicious dish that everyone will relish
by Chef Amrita Raichand
Oats-walnuts-date balls dipped in melted dark or white chocolate
A tub full of these flavoured popcorn will help you enjoy a film that much more
The toasted flavour of desiccated coconut is the main attraction of these cookies
by Chef Shipra Khanna
An ideal way to make kids eat bitter gourd, a very healthy vegetable which not many kids are willing to have
Children’s favourite and adult’s delight
Spiced lamb mince topped with mashed potatoes and baked
Prawns and jackfruit seeds cooked together with masalas and then coarsely ground
A popular Hyderabadi dish made healthy
A popular Maharashtrian dish that pairs well with bhakri – a poor man’s daily meal enjoyed by the rich very often
by Chef Vicky Ratnani
A classic Italian dish where vegetables are cut like spaghetti
Serve this to those fussy eaters, and they will definitely love this pumpkin dish
People who don’t like ladyfingers will be won over with this dish
A favourite of the South Indians, this mixed vegetable dish is full of flavour
Make this rich cake during special occasions and treat your loved ones
You will be pleasantly surprised to realize that pumpkin can be made into a delicious pudding
The popular snack churros served with grilled fruits and a spicy chocolate sauce
This cheesecake is loaded with chocolate – a favourite with most kids
by Chef Shailendra Kekade
The classic Italian dessert presented stylishly
Cupcakes decorated as bunny rabbits will find more favour with the kids
Oats and honey make these chocolate blocks healthier
This Christmas bake this special cake at home
by Chef Madhu Sneha
Like the name suggests you can enjoy this smoothie anytime but it is ideal for breakfast
Serve cups of hot chocolate just before going to bed to get sound sleep
Hot chocolate mixture mixed with dark chocolate ice cream to make a delicious beverage
Both the smoothie and the tea are very refreshing and rejuvenating
Soymilk is very rich in proteins and is extremely good for growing children
A very nutritious and delicious lassi
Totally healthy beverage – enjoy without any guilt
Cinnamon and coffee marry well in this delicious beverage
A favourite breakfast snack of the Americans
These paranthas make ideal breakfast snack – healthy and tasty
These paranthas are indeed a powder house of nutrients
Paranthas stuffed with tempered sprouted moong
You cannot think of Gujarati snacks and forget khakhra
This garlic bread is extra special for olive oil will give it that extra zing
The various seeds lend their nutrients to this bread
Oats and wheat flour kneaded with spring onions to make delicious paranthas
by Chef Jasmine Dsouza
Ginger adds a wonderful zing to this lychee and orange salad
Full of proteins and taste this salad is wholesome too
Healthy and wholesome – an ideal salad for weight watchers
Have leftover boiled chickpeas, just assemble it into a delicious salad and serve it along with the tomato-coriander juice
A simple Italian salad made with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella salad
Sweet potatoes are known to be super food and when they are presented like this it is raised a few notches
Brightly colourful this salad is a connoisseur’s delight
Crunchy salad made with mixed lettuce and papaya
Parsis love their desserts and this is one of their favourite
by CHEF PRANAV JOSHI
Very popular among the Punjabis, they make this halwa for all special occasions
Made during most festivals, these rolls can be enjoyed at other occasions too
Ruby red delicious fudge made with beetroot
Sweet potatoes and sabudana cooked with milk, jaggery and coconut milk to make a delicious kheer
Super creamy, super delicious and enriched with pistachios and almonds – this mousse is a must try
The colour of this sheera may be a bit unbecoming, but it is full of nutrients and is delicious too
Make good use of leftover cake, turn them into laddoos
Wontons stuffed with oats and served with a vegetable soup
The classic French onion soup, full of flavour
A traditional Tibetan vegetable soup that is best enjoyed during cold wintry days
Oats add a nice creamy texture to this tomato soup
A very hearty soup made in the Moroccan style is very tasty
A typical Thai soup made with coconut milk and lemon grass
Mildly spiced this soup is wholesome and delicious
Chicken ball soup – a favourite of the Sikkimese. Very refreshing especially during cold winter days
Lebanese version of the popular Indian baingan ka bharta – makes an excellent appetizer
Absolutely delicious this dip will win the most discerning palate
Creamy and bursting with flavour of garlic, this dip can be had with vegetable sticks too
Bursting with flavour of the cheeses this fondue is truly satisfying
Hummus is one of the best loved dips and here it is made more interesting with the addition of spinach and capsicum
Another delicious dip from the Middle East
Another delicious Mexican dip to please your palate
This is an anytime temptation – enjoy it with your loved ones
Jalapeno pickle though spicy is very flavourful
Tangy pickles that will definitely whet your appetite
A sweet pickle with the goodness of pears
Leftover rice and dal put to good use – very tasty and nutritious
Sprouts, we all know, are rich in proteins and rice in carbohydrate so this is a healthy mixture
Rice cooked with masalas and kabuli chane to make a wholesome biryani
Another nutritious khichdi to add to your collection of recipes
Mixed sprouts make this rice dish very nutritious besides adding a wonderful flavour and taste
In this risotto barley replaces Arborio rice and makes it extremely nutritious
An Italian traditional dish – rice cooked with mushrooms, cheese and cream
Vegetable biryani – full of heavenly flavour
A popular Kolhapuri dish that is served with fiery tambda rassa, mutton curry and bhakri
This tangy gravy is bursting with flavour
Grams are known to be rich in proteins, and this mixed dal is indeed very flavourful
Cholar dal served with luchi is very popular in Bengal
The yogurt adds a wonderful tartness to this tuvar dal
The Rajasthanis love their dal full of flavour and spice and this is an excellent example
Don’t know where this dal got its name from, but it definitely is delicious
Kofte made with greens and shallow-fried and served with a flavourful kadhi
Moong dal cooked with masoor dal and tempered with a flavourful tempering
A delicious brown Bengal gram preparation - a classic Rajasthani dish
Children love Maggi, so make it more flavourful with caramelized onions and garlic
A national dish of Thailand and most popular street food
Thai style noodles – extremely flavourful and very tasty
A delicious preparation of crisply fried noodles served with a tangy vegetable 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
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
Rice noodles cooked with vegetables and schezwan sauce
Quinoa gives the pasta a different texture and when cooked thus it is just so tasty
Boiled toor dal gives this pasta dish an Indian twist
Feast on this delicious pasta without any guilt – it is full of essential nutrients
Colourful, cheesy and delicious is the best way to describe this pasta dish
Lasagna sheets topped with cheese sauce, mixed vegetable mixture, processed cheese and mozzarella cheese
Pasta made differently – spinach and cottage cheese makes this dish unique
The ever popular sarson da saag served in a new avatar
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
This bharta makes a wonder and delicious side dish
Want to serve something healthy make this raita and potato dish and serve with paranthas
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
This concoction has a lot of medicinal value
An excellent ayurvedic face mask
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