Curds and onions add zing to this baingan recipe. Teamed with steamed rice it forms a meal that will be fondly remembered by your taste buds.

This Goanese specialty involves a special cooking method. The masala or paste is pre-cooked and then added to the subzi, thereby giving it a distinct flavour. Serve with Tandoori Roti or Parathas .

This is certainly a no-hassle subzi. . . . Just toss in all the ingredients and let the microwave work its magic.

This recipe has just the right combination of crunchy vegetables and soft rice noodles, a delightful complement to the wholesome Miso Soup.

Palak and paneer are made for each other. Not only do the two flavours and textures complement each other, but the vibrant green and the soft white combine beautifully to make this dish a treat for the eyes too!

A variation of a popular chole dish.

Tangy tomato pulp spiked up with a fiery combo of spices and balanced with the right amount of sugar, the sweet and sour tomato relish is a wonderful accompaniment for rotis and parathas. It can be served as a tasteful and nutritious dip for the crunchy, munchy finger foods that your kids are sure to indulge in often!

Mushroom might look and taste simple, but not after you have stuffed it with oregano-tinged spinach and corn. With a nutritious filling and a creamy topping, stuffed mushrooms is an awesome starter.

While most people use baby corn commonly in snacks and subzis, they forget how well it fits into soups too. Spinach and baby corn soup features a nutritious combination of spinach, baby corn and onions cooked with ample milk too. This soup should have a rough texture, so work the blender for just ½ a minute or so.

Let’s transform tortilla chips into a healthy snack, and quickly too! an assortment of veggies is swiftly stir-fried and mixed with baked beans and a homemade salsa of tomatoes, jalapenos and spring onions. The tortilla chips is arranged on a dish, loaded with this fabulously tasty topping, and garnished with fresh spring onions. If in a hurry, you can even buy some tomato salsa from the store to make it all the more faster.

A spicy curry that characterises the fiery weather and dynamic temperament of tamilnadu. The chettinad style is one of the main regional cuisines of tamilnadu. The cuisine is famous for its fried and steamed snacks, and spicy side-dishes. It is normally quite pungent even though the recipes use a significant amount of rich and bland ingredients like coconut, coconut milk, cashews and khus-khus. This particular rice accompaniment takes a long time to cook but you will enjoy the outcome. Plus, the dish can also be made in advance and refrigerated for up to a week.

Here is an authentic ‘punjab di dal’ that uses not only masoor dal, but another favourite ingredient of the community—spinach. Spinach contributes vitamin a to the dal making it even more nutritious. The blend of flavours and colours is also pretty nice. The paste is considerably spicy; so, if are cooking for children make sure you cut down on the chillies.

An authentic Thai yellow curry paste made with lemon grass lends its magic to this pineapple kodri. An exotic and interesting recipe that is quite a favourite with me – but not too ‘lean’, if you know what I mean! So, whip this up as a treat only when your blood sugar levels are within control. Select a fully-ripe pineapple as it will cook faster and taste better. Thai cooking is incomplete without coconut and coconut milk. Both these are high in calories and on the forbidden ingredients list of diabetics; however in order to get the original thai flavour in dishes, I have used a small quantity (¼ cup) of coconut milk.

As the name suggests, this is a combination of two starters, ideally served before a main course of pasta! both these starters are served together as a platter… the paneer is marinated in lemon juice and flavoured with honey and garlic while the vegetables are delectably drenched in herbs and lemon juice. Serve this platter with herbed pizza squares for a sumptuous starter. The interesting combination of lemon, honey and herbs in the dressing is what makes this starter and real five-starrer! However being a little high on the calorie and protein scale, it should be had in restricted serving size and as an occasional treat.