Use the vegetables in pickles and best way to store the vegetables when vegetables are not available in summer.

Masala wala bread is an interesting variation to the traditional use of breads in sandwiches or pakodas. Here the breads are soaked and then cut into small pieces and then stir fried with mustard seeds, curry leaves, spice powders and served hot with grated coconut as topping. The masaledaar bread is quite easy to prepare and is best relished with a cup of hot tea.

Koshambir is a traditional salad recipe with grated cucumber, carrots, tomatoes, onion and cabbage as ingredients. A dash of lime juice, salt and pepper add to the zing of this healthy crunchy koshambi recipe.

Sabudana khichhdi n kakadi salad is prepared with soaked sabudaana(sago) cooked with roasted peanuts and boiled potatoes . The tempering of mustard seeds and curry leaves add to the authentic Indian flavor. A perfect breakfast or fasting meal option with kakadi salad( cucumber salad).

This dip tastes absolutely mike mayonnaise.

the dip can be stored in the fridge for about 3 days(in summer). you can take the required amount and add boiled vegetables or even fruits to convert it into a salad.
quantity of mustard can be increased or decreased as per taste.

1.you can make the koftas and keep in the fridge for 10-15 days..
2.while making koftas you can add paneer to the mix and make.
3.you can make jain gravy for it without adding onion and garlic...
4. add the koftas into the gravy only while serving not much before...

Curd should be sour , otherwise add a pinch of eno in the batter .

This is a very tasty preparation that goes well with anything - rice or roti or idli or dosa. The dish comes very handy particularly in rainy days or the days when you are left with no vegetables to cook. . Take care that the ground dal should not be fried too much.

A spicy bitter gourd or karela vegetable preparation. . . . Bittergourd pitlai is a typical south indian recipe. The pitlai is easy to prepare and quite healthy!

Relish the popular Gujarati snack, microwave dhokla with coriander chutney. The dal batter is steamed in a microwave, cut into sqaures and seasoned with mustard seeds, curry leaves and grated coconut. Microwave dhokla recipe is not only soft and delicious but also healthy and very quick to prepare.

1.lime juice can be added later also as some people do not prefer it.
2.salt can be added beforehand while boiling the broken wheat also, it tastes good.

It has to be served hot with plain rice and papad. A delicious hot spicy rasam!

Bonda is a savoury potato based vada or round patties recipe. The South Indians prefer asweet variation to bonda while the other parts of the country enjoy cripsy deep fried bond as a savoury snack with chutney.

Devour the appealing and flavorsome brinjal onion kofta pulav as a main course complete meal. The rice and brinjal-onion dumplings or koftas are cooked together along with whole spices. Serve the kofta pulav with fried cashew nuts as topping and raita as accompaniment.