The cuisine of Rajasthan resonates with vitality and good cheer, despite the fact that its people have to struggle hard to draw up even the simplest menu from one of the harshest terrains of India.Rajasthani cooking has its own special flavour where the simplest and most basic ingredients go into the making of exotic recipes. Celebrated dishes like Gatte ki Subzi, Daal Bati Churma are delicacies created with the simplest ingredients.

Ask a housewife what she cannot do without in the kitchen and she would name the tava and the kadhai instantaneously! Be it roti, dosa, upma or subzi , most Indian recipes call for these two common and important utensils to complete the job quickly and easily. However, this awesome twosome is handy not just for such everyday Indian cooking but for exotic recipes too, and even those with an international touch.Take the tava; while rotis , parathas and tikkis are likely to pop up in ...

“If you don't eat enough leafy vegetables and greens, you will become weak and tired. There won't be enough blood, and you will look pale and anaemic,” is something we have grown up hearing right from our childhood. Be it mom, be it grandma, they have always painted a very green and leafy picture of iron! There is no doubt that green leafy veggies, especially spinach, are a great source of iron, but there is much more to it. Cereals like ragi and bajra, dals a...

Soups and salads mean many things to people, playing different roles at different times. They can be a tasty and nutritional addition to any meal, a diet food, a healthy snack, a comfort food, or at times a whole meal itself! Whatever be the space they hold on your table and in your heart, salads and soups are indispensable, as they make use of a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, which are a rich source of fibre and antioxidants.The best part is that salads and soups, while be...

The saying “Have breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper” is completely true. Breakfast is your start of the day and as the name suggests it is necessary to “break” the “fast” that has been going on since dinner the previous night to fuel your body for the day. A good breakfast keeps you energetic and healthy as it provides the necessary as it provides the necessary nutrient boost and prevents bingeing on high calorie foods in latter part of the day.Heal...

Nothing can compare with the joy of sitting in the balcony on a cold monsoon’s day, hearing the pitter-patter of the raindrops playing with the window sills, and watching the water cascading down the endless skyline. The experience would be incomplete without a plate of hot pakoras to munch! Would watching movies with friends on a lazy Saturday afternoon be the same without a bowl of peanuts or butter popcorn? Would a party ever be complete without a range of rich snacks replete with panee...

Like all other parts of India, South India too has a large repertoire of recipes to its credit, ranging from breakfast and the quintessential “tiffin” to main course dishes, snacks, festival or fasting foods, pickles, and the lot! In this book, which is designed to provide readers a glimpse into South Indian cooking, we have included recipes from different States including Tamilnadu (e.g., Medhu Vada, Cabbage Poriyal and Sambhar), Kerala (such as Plantain Erissery and Avial), Andhra Prades...

I love entertaining and having parties, like most of you. And when I talk to fellow-hosts, I find that they are almost always worried about what snacks to serve the main course and desserts are easier to finalise! It so happens that after much thought they usually settle for common, tried-and-tested dishes such as Paneer Tikkas. Hmmm, there will be a time when your guests would have had enough of it!Keeping this in mind, I present Kebabs and Tikkis A compilation of 61 delicious and...

If you ask me, I’ll say that the most difficult aspect of weight-loss, is dealing with the misconceptions! How does one filter the good advice from the bad, the practical suggestions from the impractical ones! Swimming headlong into the world of dieting without arming themselves with the right information, people often end up going overboard with their weight-loss measures. They strictly avoid their favourite dishes, go on crash diets, and end up spoiling their health and appetite in the l...

Can you imagine life without rice? That is how closely rice is entwined with India's history, tradition and culture. As people travelled across the world, mingling with more cosmopolitan societies, they found newer ways of preparing rice, based on international cuisines, and using modern kitchen tools like electric cookers, the microwave oven, etc., but in some form of the other rice continued to be, and remains, a popular staple food for Indians across the world.This book will giv...

What if mealtimes were happy hours with kids running to the table to see what surprise is in store for them today? Well, that is not a distant dream, but a reality you can easily achieve by understanding what kids like. Kids do not hate nutritious stuffs; they simply want some excitement and enjoyment in what they eat! Apples peeping out of the breakfast bowl, chewy cheese in their potatoes, or crunchy sweet corn in their chapatis. So, by using a little creativity and thought, you can quic...

This Book Provides An Insight Into The Exciting World Of Chips And Dips, And Provides A Collection Of Delectable Dips And Scrumptious Chips For All Food Lovers, Even The Calorie-Conscious Ones! The Book Includes Sections Like Hot And Cold Dips, Fondues, Quick Dips, And Chips. It Has Evergreen Traditional Favourites As Well As Innovative New Ones And Low-Cal Variations For The Health Conscious Foodies. Tarla Dalal is India’s no. 1 cookery author,  with over 7 million ...