This crunchy sweet and spicy preparation is the first dish that arrives when you are dining at a Chinese restaurant. Kimchi is a general term for any preserved vegetables (that are usually eaten in the winter when vegetables are scarce). You can also use cucumber and carrots strips along with the cabbage. Just remember to adjust the other ingredients proportionately.

A variation of a popular chole dish.

Vitamin c, proteins and fibre abound in this fragrant rendition of the popular chinese favourite! this scrumptious appetiser can also be modified into a main course, served along with rice or noodles.

If you have a fussy child on your hands, he will love this one! this wrap is a great way to ensure that your children eat their veggies without making a long face. Noodles cooked with loads of vegetables in the oriental style and lined with sweet and sour sauce will be devoured by your kids in no time at all! whole wheat rotis and bean sprouts, of course, add an unmistakably healthy touch to the wrap.

This is a dry dish made with vegetables like beans, cluster beans or banana flower and dal. It usually goes well with More Kuzhambu , raitas like Red Pumpkin Pachadi or Doodhi Pachadi and dry roasted or fried appalam.

Tomato salsa can be easily made at home and corn chips are readily available in the market- so this becomes a snack that you can put together in a jiffy. A healthy and filling treat for kids-they will also enjoy its tangy flavour.

Treat your little ones to ‘thin-crust pizzas’ right at home. Crisp bhakris topped with tangy pizza sauce and toppings make a nice ‘pizza’ like snack. These ‘pizzas’ are small so serve them whole, they are extremely enjoyable.

This versatile multipurpose dish can do wonders to satiate snack-time hunger pangs, or serve as a starter or even a meal in itself! Chana dal flour is beneficial for diabetics as it has a low glycemic index, and when combined with loads of veggies one gets an added fibre boost. This dish is baked and so the worries associated with frying are eradicated. With lesser calories and fat, this is a must-have dish. Do not become depressed if you do not have an oven; simply use a kadai – the result is as crisp and tasty as the baked one.

A popular indian soup that simply cannot be missed when talking of an authentic north indian menu! this soup revels in the tangy flavours of its main ingredient, the ubiquitous tomato! a mixture of besan, salt and water is cooked along with the tomato puree for a creamy thickness. A tempering of curry leaves, mustard and cumin seeds in ghee sets this apart from the regular tomato soup and gives it its characteristic flavour. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve hot with assorted papads.

A sumptuous bread delight! Vitamin A, calcium, crispness, good looks, better taste what else could a connoisseur possibly wish for?

Yummy, low-cal mushrooms and spring onions - a must for the weight-watchers grocery list, now in a delicious filling, ideally suited for pancakes or whole wheat chapatis.

A bhindi curry, which becomes rather exotic-thanks to the interesting grated tofu stuffing. The onions are grated to give a smooth texture to the gravy. If made as a sukhi (dry) subzi by simply cooking in oil without the masala, it makes for a great snack too.

An all-time favourite, this soup is an ideal starter for any meal. The sharp flavours of ginger and garlic merge beautifully with the fresh flavour of herbs like coriander and mint, in this soya sauce based soup.

Go green with this methi and palak combo and build up reserves of vitamin A, calcium and folic acid.