Recipes By Occasion

A popular Maharashtrian dish that pairs well with bhakri – a poor man’s daily meal enjoyed by the rich very often

A popular Spanish vegetable dish that can be found on the menu of most restaurants in Spain

Chickpeas cooked in Spanish style - goes well with bread to make a wholesome snack

One of the favourite dishes of the Gujaratis

Whenever you want to have a light meal, have this salad – it is really delicious

Chickpeas cooked with a flavourful masala and yogurt

A traditional Gujarati dal made with a mixture of three dals and aromatic ingredients

This is a double delight – French toast stuffed with blueberry mixture

Start your day with this healthy oatmeal dish

Semolina and vegetable mixture spread on bread slices and toasted

A remedy for a lot of lifestyle ailments

Colourful cornmeal upma – simply delicious

When unexpected guests drop in serve them this uttappams – they are wholesome and delicious

Don’t want to eat the leftover fried rice? Turn it into a parantha and you will simply love it

If there is lot of leftover bread do not despair, just make this and enjoy it with your family

Bread slices get a sweet makeover with this quick and easy halwa

Wholesome and delicious this soup will definitely satiate you

A traditional and popular Bengali dish – potatoes are cooked in a poppy seed based masala

This salad is wholesome and can make a complete meal

Soft and delicious, noodles are mixed with a velvety peanut sauce

Delicious is the best way to describe this mixed vegetable dish which the Bengalis simply love

Ginger flavoured cauliflower curry

A healthy mix of chicken, vegetables and black eyed beans with cheese giving it a tasty boost

Spinach and mushrooms make a wonderful combination in this delightful salad

Sweet and sour healthy salad

The delicate orange colour and creamy texture makes this soup a sure winner

Delicately flavoured shrimp salad that’s absolutely delicious

It does take a little effort to make the gnocchi but the end result is well worth it

A simple Italian salad made with tomatoes and fresh mozzarella salad

Quinoa gives the pasta a different texture and when cooked thus it is just so tasty

A delicious preparation of crisply fried noodles served with a tangy vegetable sauce

Start your day on a healthy note – serve this delicious lassi at breakfast

This salad looks nice, tastes nice and is very healthy too

The weight watchers can enjoy these burgers without any guilt for they are quite healthy

This deliciously sweet and flavourful hot salad is an absolute delight

This pizza will disprove those who believe that pizza is a junk food

A traditional Tibetan vegetable soup that is best enjoyed during cold wintry days

A popular Nepalese breakfast – it is healthy too

All the health conscious wada pav lovers – breath easy, you have a healthy version coming your way

These sandwiches look so delicately coloured look very appetizing, that the kids will wallop them in no time

This delicious roll is easy that even kids can make them and enjoy them

Popcorns tossed in caramel sauce and then in hazelnuts – kids will simply wallop these

These macaroni balls make an exciting snack for the little ones

Popcorns coated with saffron flavoured jaggery sauce

Very healthy and very tasty, the colour of this juice is also very appetising

This delicious Italian dessert is especially meant for the strict vegetarians

A popular Goan dish with a slight twist

These mini tarts are as tasty as they look

Crisp khakhras topped with tangy kidney bean salsa is irresistible

This is a vegetarian version of the popular Egyptian snack

Chicken cooked with masalas in almond milk – rich and full of flavour

Easy to make yet so very tasty, these chicken balls make great starters

Cottage cheese batons skewered, coated with a spicy marination, rolled in sesame seeds and shallow-fried

An African delicacy – it makes an excellent starter to serve with cocktails

Tangy and a little spicy this beverage is just too good

Very refreshing – have a glass of this on a hot summer day and feel completely rejuvenated instantly

These delicious patties will go well with cocktails

Green zucchini mixed with eggs, flour and some herbs, shaped into fritters and shallow-fried

Delicious starter cooked in Chinese style

Famous Rajasthani snack – green chillies stuffed with potato mixture and batter fried

Yummy is the only way to describe these puffs

A delicious cake made with combining beetroot puree with cocoa powder

These taco shells are made with wheat flour chapattis – healthy too tasty too

These chicken pakoras have a wonderfully rich texture with parmesan cheese

Karage is a deep-fried chicken cooked in the Japanese style and served stuffed in hot dog rolls

Cooked chana dal tempered and served as a snack

Doughnut like preparation that is a favourite of the Peruvians

This sandwich oozing with cheese with ham adding its own flavour is absolutely irresistible

Enriched with dried fruits this puffed rice bar is crunchy and flavourful

Put leftover chapattis to really good use by making this dish

This cheesecake is loaded with chocolate – a favourite with most kids

A fizzy drink made with black grapes and drinking soda

This dish looks very appealing and it is sure to be appreciated by most connoisseurs

There must be very few who do not enjoy a brownie – serve it with vanilla icecream and feel satiated

A visual delight – pink and green custards in crisp canapés

This unique mixture of raw mango, ripe mango and cranberry juice makes for a refreshing mocktail

Whole wheat cookies spread with jam – a healthy substitute

Tuna sandwiches are well loved but this time use the tuna mixture to fill up canapé shells and enjoy them

A cup full of this just before going to bed will give your child sound sleep

An ideal way to make kids eat bitter gourd, a very healthy vegetable which not many kids are willing to have

Every crunchy bite will be so comforting

This concoction has a lot of medicinal value

This is a great snack to serve when hunger pangs trouble your kids in between meals

Green peas adds a new dimension to the popular baingan bharata

Creamy and bursting with flavour of garlic, this dip can be had with vegetable sticks too

Aloo paranthas made healthier are just as tasty as the traditional ones

Both these are very healthy snacks that can be served together or separately

This is generally served along with Rajasthani dal and baati

These dim sums have a delicious filling wrapped in cabbage leaves

This tangy steamed pomfret is very pleasant to taste

Serve this to those fussy eaters, and they will definitely love this pumpkin dish

The roasted grains have a wonderful flavour that makes this dish so delightful

Parsis love their desserts and this is one of their favourite

Gujiyas stuffed with fresh coconut filling are so very tasty that they get consumed in no time

Rice kheer made in the Benarasi style

These gujiyas are usually made during festival or a special occasion

Thandai gives this melon smoothie an Indian touch

Sweet potatoes and sabudana cooked with milk, jaggery and coconut milk to make a delicious kheer

Deep red in colour this halwa is full of nutrients

A tasty cookie that will satisfy your hunger in between meals

This is an extremely tasty snack that no child or adult will be able to resist

When you are short of time and your kids are hungry, just roll up these chilas and watch them enjoy them

The combined nutrients of dates and figs are very good for growing children

This is an excellent way to make kids eat vegetables

If you have some leftover fried rice and vegetable Manchurian balls put them to good use – roll them in rotis and serve

A delicious mixture of peach juice and chocolate milk

A rich cheese cake made with healthy vegetables

An excellent ayurvedic face mask

Any time snack – flavourful and piquant corn on the cob can be enjoyed especially during monsoon

This layered dessert is a delightful surprise which will please everyone

A wholesome savoury dish consisting of pastry crust filled with vegetable-cheese mixture, topped with eggs-cream mixture and baked

An anytime snack that is so tasty that you will want to have them again and again

A fantastic and instant energy booster

Amalgamation of myriad flavours, a cup of this tea will pep you up instantly

Tangy and a little spicy this beverage is just too good

Ideal way to use up leftover idlis – cook them in a Chinese way

You can cook shawarma easily in this way without sacrificing the taste

You can have this chaat any day and not just on your vrat day

Be it a special occasion or just guests visiting, Bengalis will dish up a plate of sandesh

A popular sweet dish from Bengal with additional flavour of paan

You can enjoy these tempting laddoos anytime – it will really pep your up

Made during most festivals, these rolls can be enjoyed at other occasions too

Rich, with delicate almond flavour, this halwa is nutritious too

No Holi celebration is complete without thandai

The creamy texture of this vermicelli kheer will win many hearts