by Chef Shilarna Vaze (Chinu)
Vegetables marinated in a Greek style marinade and grilled to perfection
by Chef Rakesh Sethi
Rye bread slices topped with cheese spread and tomato slices and dressing and serve
A delicious Burmese style starter – dried peas boiled, mixed with gram flour and some aromatics and deep-fried
by Chef Shantanu Gupte
If the tikkis are delicious and also nutritious at the same time, what more can you want
Large shell pasta stuffed with spinach-cottage cheese mixture and served on bread roundels with tomato sauce
Chicken wings cooked in the oven till crisp and served coated with a garlic and ginger flavoured sauce
by Chef Amrita Raichand
Prawns, boneless chicken cubes, cottage cheese cubes and mixed capsicum squares marinated in a simple marinade and cooked over hot coals
Large green chillies stuffed with a spicy potato mixture, dipped in gram flour batter and deep-fried
Ideal way to use up leftover idlis – cook them in a Chinese way
by Chef Saransh Goila
Palak paneer and omelette make these sandwiches a complete meal
by Chef Shipra Khanna
Most children love pancakes and when you serve them jam it is double treat for them
The most popular Gujarati snack now enjoyed all over India and outside it too
by Chef Shazia Khan
No child will be able to resist this delicious roti roll
by Chef Madhu Sneha
A nice way to serve bread and fried egg together
The not so popular lauki gets a delicious make over when cooked this way
Crisp and flavourful this anytime snack is that will satisfy any palate
Yogurt adds a wonderful tartness to this potato dish
The long hours spent at preparing this dish will be well worth it when you see the kids simply licking the dish clean
Both the cheese make mashed potatoes richer and tastier
A simple and easy to make dish that is so very tasty
This delicious chicken dish served with pasta makes a complete meal in itself
by Chef Shailendra Kekade
A potato cake, staple of French countryside
This delicious casserole will please the most discerning palates
Mutton cooked in flavourful gravy
Make this cake for your daughter and see her eyes lit up with joy
Chocolate and walnuts combine well to make this delicious brownie
The traditional Italian dessert is made special with coconut milk
by Chef Ajay Chopra
Fresh strawberries rolled in a dough sheet, sliced, baked and served with custard
The lovely pink colour is appetizing enough and the taste is an added attraction
Chocolate truffles served with orange segments and orange zest
Pie stuffed with pears and crumbled sponge cake
You will get a delicious crunch of the walnuts with every bite
A fizzy drink made with black grapes and drinking soda
You often eat brownies now you can drink it too – just follow this recipe
Soymilk is very rich in proteins and is extremely good for growing children
Rich, healthy and delicious, this smoothie will win many hearts
Refreshing and rejuvenating, this tea punch is the beverage to have during hot summer months
Very wholesome, healthy and so very tasty too
Amalgamation of myriad flavours, a cup of this tea will pep you up instantly
Ideal drink to pep up the children when they come home tired from the play field
You cannot think of Gujarati snacks and forget khakhra
This garlic bread is extra special for olive oil will give it that extra zing
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
Leftover sambhar put to good use – these paranthas are full of flavour
The dough is kneaded with spinach paste, rolled into rotis and cooked spread with egg
The popular gujarati snack served with tangy tomato garlic chutney is completely satiating
The combination of green peas and mushrooms taste great when used to make paranthas too
Healthy and wholesome – an ideal salad for weight watchers
The flavour of kaffir lime leaves dominates this salad making it more refreshing
Full of nutrition, this salad is wholesome and can make a meal by itself
by Chef Jasmine Dsouza
Ginger adds a wonderful zing to this lychee and orange salad
Vegetable salad served differently – like kababs strung on to skewers
Deliciously crunchy this salad is a sure winner
This salad looks nice, tastes nice and is very healthy too
Crunchy and delicious, this salad is very refreshing
This delicious halwa is quite nutritious too
Sweet potatoes and sabudana cooked with milk, jaggery and coconut milk to make a delicious kheer
Eat this gulab jamuns and you are sure to become crazy
Dried coconut cooked with jaggery and sugar to make chikki
Difficult to imagine a kheer with garlic, but just make this dish and you will know how tasty it can be
Sweet rice preparation enriched with saffron and dried fruits
Ruby red delicious fudge made with beetroot
The colour of this sheera may be a bit unbecoming, but it is full of nutrients and is delicious too
The perfect soup to be had on a swelteringly hot day
A very hearty soup made in the Moroccan style is very tasty
A bowl full of this soup and a few slices of garlic bread will fill completely satiate you on cold wintry night
This cold and delicious soup will pep up the kids on a hot summer day
Chicken ball soup – a favourite of the Sikkimese. Very refreshing especially during cold winter days
Sweet corn soup made in Indian style
Flavour of roasted corn kernels makes this soup extra tasty
Mildly spiced this soup is wholesome and delicious
Another delicious dip from the Middle East
Another delicious Mexican dip to please your palate
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
Hummus is one of the best loved dips and here it is made more interesting with the addition of spinach and capsicum
Bursting with flavour of the cheeses this fondue is truly satisfying
Roasted eggplant dip flavoured with parsley
A sweet pickle with the goodness of pears
Jalapeno pickle though spicy is very flavourful
Tangy pickles that will definitely whet your appetite
Dal tadka and jeera rice may not sound very exciting, but when you present them this they will please everyone
Another nutritious khichdi to add to your collection of recipes
This pulao is an excellent way to make your children eat spinach
The healthy curd rice made flavourful and interesting
Cottage cheese and vegetable pulao – healthy and tasty
Full of flavour and spicy enjoy this rice preparation to the fullest
by CHEF PRANAV JOSHI
Vegetable biryani – full of heavenly flavour
Rice cooked with masalas and kabuli chane to make a wholesome biryani
This tangy gravy is bursting with flavour
A popular Kolhapuri dish that is served with fiery tambda rassa, mutton curry and bhakri
Kofte made with greens and shallow-fried and served with a flavourful kadhi
This kadhi looks good, tastes great and is nutritious too
The Rajasthanis love their dal full of flavour and spice and this is an excellent example
A delicious brown Bengal gram preparation - a classic Rajasthani dish
Dal delicately flavoured with fresh fenugreek leaves
Green pieces of palak swimming in yellow dal is a sight to behold and a treat for any palate
Cholar dal served with luchi is very popular in Bengal
A traditional Gujarati dal made with a mixture of three dals and aromatic ingredients
A delicious preparation of crisply fried noodles served with a tangy vegetable sauce
Noodles combine well with vegetables to make a tasty dish – it is comfort food at its best
A national dish of Thailand and most popular street food
Soft and delicious, noodles are mixed with a velvety peanut sauce
Thai style noodles – extremely flavourful and very tasty
These delicious noodles are served cold but they are simply delicious
Sweet, hot and sour – this noodle dish has everything to satiate all palates
Children love Maggi, so make it more flavourful with caramelized onions and garlic
The ever popular sarson da saag served in a new avatar
Creamy and delicious – enjoy this pasta dish anytime anywhere
Feast on this delicious pasta without any guilt – it is full of essential nutrients
The different coloured layers make this dish attractive and at the same time nutritive
One of the most popular Italian pasta dishes which is now well liked in other parts of the world too
Pasta cooked in Indian style with spinach and corn is just too delicious
Boiled toor dal gives this pasta dish an Indian twist
Lasagna sheets topped with cheese sauce, mixed vegetable mixture, processed cheese and mozzarella cheese
Pears and plums cooked together make a wonderful jam
Walnuts and pinenuts add a wonderful crunch to this delicious fig jam
All jams are welcome and this apple jam is sure to win hearts
A simple raita with garlic flavour
A refreshing side dish, it is flavourful and tasty too
This bharta makes a wonder and delicious side dish
Want to serve something healthy make this raita and potato dish and serve with paranthas
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
Capellini pasta tossed with pesto and served with grilled lobster
A popular Italian dish – pasta served with a flavourful sauce