Tapan Kumar Chatterjee sent in an original recipe for Fish Bhurji:

Cuisine: Indian

Type: Non-vegetarian

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 250 gms fish
• 1 chopped onion
• Ginger
• Cumin powder
• Turmeric
• Chillie powder
• Salt to taste
• 5 tsp oil
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• Coriander leaves to garnish

Preparation:

• Boil the fish and de-bone it. Then mash.
• Fry the chopped onions till golden brown and add salt, turmeric, chillie powder and cumin powder and fry for 2 minutes.
• Add the fish to the masala and stir for a few minutes.
• Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with parathas or rotis.

Health quotient: It does not contain much oil and all the items used are fresh.

Here's how to prepare Dal Dhokli by PSK, as per a friend's instructions:

Cuisine: Gujarati

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

• 1 cup toor dal
• 1 cup atta (flour)
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 1 tomato (chopped)
• 1 medium-sized potato (diced)
• Corn kernels
• A pinch of turmeric
• 1 tbsp red chillie powder
• 1 tbsp dhaniya masala
• Salt as per taste
• 1 pinch of ajwain
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tbsp jeera

Preparation:

• Cook the dal and potato in a pressure cooker.
• Knead the atta along with a pinch of turmeric, red chillie powder and ajwain.
• Make small peach-sized balls from the dough and roll into a thin, round patty and cut them into square/ diamond shaped pieces.
• In the pressure cooker, heat some oil. Add jeera and onion and saute till the onion becomes golden-brown.
• Add tomatoes and saute for 5 more minutes
• Add the boiled potato and corn and all the masalas. Then add cooked dal.
• Add water. The quantity must be such that all the ingredients are immersed in water.
• Add the pieces of dough cut earlier.
• Close the lid and leave the cooker on a medium flame.
• Turn off the flame after 10 minutes.
• Dal Dhokli is ready to serve. Add dhaniya leaves for seasoning
  

Health quotient: This is a wholesome and complete dish containing roti, dal and sabji. You can add or skip more vegetables as per taste. It is the Gujarati version of pasta and you can see for yourself how healthy it is.

And finally, we have this recipe for Mushroom Pepper Dry from Rohini:

Cuisine: Chinese

Type: Vegetarian

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 packet mushrooms
• 4-5 tbsps powdered pepper
• Salt to taste
• 2 tbsps oil
• A pinch of turmeric

Preparation:

• Clean the mushrooms in hot water with a little salt and tumeric, then dice.
• Heat the oil in a pan, and add mushrooms -- fry for 2 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper, close the lid and fry for 5 minutes more.
• Your Mushroom Pepper Dry is ready -- it's a great starter.

Health quotient: Mushrooms are a great source of vitamins.