Sama or samak rice is a great source of energy and has lesser calories than rice and when made into a traditional vrat pulau is very tasty.
Fresh vegetables in a green coconut curry with basmati rice is a sumptuous meal.
These luscious mushrooms swimming in a silky butter garlic sauce are great as a side dish/nice appetizer/ afternoon snack.
The zestful, satisfying mixed vegetable Italian soup makes for a special meal.
This curry is Bethica Das' take on an old Bengali recipe.
You can enjoy Nadiya Sarguroh's take on Mutton Biryani with Raita or salad to balance all the masala and spice.
Make this dish really special by serving it with sweet or fiery mango pickle and rice or pulav.
Everyone must sample these tiny pan-fried idlis stuffed with onions or vegetables once before they die.
A 5 per cent GST rate kicked in on Monday on pre-packed and labelled food items such as cereals, pulses and flour weighing less than 25 kg.
Enjoy this healthy dal with steamed rice, jeera rice, naans or tandoori rotis.
Cook up a batch of this healthy, low-calorie soup and serve it with crusty bread or chicken sandwiches.
Tangy and sweet, it will be a lovely addition to your weekend spread.
This light, tasty preparation can be eaten with ghee rice or even by itself.
Cubes of cottage cheese dunked in a thick gravy of tomatoes, onion, walnuts and Indian masala.
Rasam is my Amma's go-to solution for all ailments, be they a cold, cough, fever or a headache.
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This versatile lentil salad can be a whole meal by itself or an accompaniment to a light evening repast.
It's a perfect curry when served hot, topped with a dollop of butter, with rotis.
Enjoy this weekend meal that's good for two.
Kebabs can also be healthy, gluten-free and vegan.
Sarah Todd's bhel puri was a treat for the MasterChef judges's taste buds.
Have you ever eaten buttered tagliatelle pasta? If not, you've misssed something big time.
A simple recipe made without onion and garlic.
Sangita Agrawal's paneer bhurji is a quick-fix dinner with hot rotis.
Low in calories, this is a speedy midweek meal for two.
Celebrate Lohri with traditional Punjabi recipes.
A traditional recipe from Gujarat, this savoury cake makes a great breakfast or an addition to a light dinner.
A restaurant-style dinner on a budget, this dish goes well with steamed rice or hot rotis.
His mother was so furious with him that she made him eat karela for lunch and dinner for an entire week.
Hot weather calls for bringing on the salads, colder the better.
A fine alu curry for any mood or meal.
Get transported to Bengal with this simple, yum meal.
A mildly-spiced, sans too much garam masala 'hotel'-style potatoes with peas in a thick gravy that goes well with butter naans.
This recipe, handed down from my grandmother, marries a yoghurt gravy with okra or bhindi.
These Kerala-style accompaniments will add a pop of colour and an authentic touch to your Onam spread.
Rediff reader Sidharth Jain tells us how he lost weight.
