Kiwi Salad

Kiwi Salad Kiwi fruit has good level of dietary fiber and papaya has antioxidant properties. The most nutritious kiwi salad is flavoured with sesame seeds and mildly spiced. Spinach, cashews and cherries used in this salad add a different taste along with the fruits. Lime adds a sour tinge to the salad. Prep time: 15 min Serves: 2

Noodle Kofta Curry

Noodle Kofta Curry Koftas are soft fried vegetable balls soaked in spicy gravy. Here we are using noodles to make koftas and gravy is made with different types of sauces. This different curry with delicious Manchurian balls tastes best with rotis. Prep time: 25 min Cook time: 15 min Serves: 3

Vegetable Upma

Vegetable Upma Vegetable upma is an easy and quick recipe. It can be prepared with vegetables of choice and hence highly nutritious. This colourful dish can be served as an evening snack for children who are fussy eaters. Preparation time: 25 mins Cooking time: 20 mins Serves: 2-3

Beetroot Poriyal

Beetroot Poriyal Beetroot poriyal is frequently prepared in most South Indian households. The dish has a high mineral content and is therefore high in nutritional value. Beetroot poriyal is consumed as a side dish to a meal of rice. It is accompanied by servings of sambar, rasam, papad or curd. The dish beetroot poriyal involves the shallow frying of shredded beetroot along with spices. The preparation also involves the frying of moong dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, onions etc along with main vegetable-beetroot. The cooking is followed by seasoning with spices and shredded coconut is used for the final dressing. My Tamil neighbor, Mrs Iyer taught me this recipe. My children are the typical picky kids, shunning vegetarian dishes. But they too have started enjoying the beetroot poriyal prepared by me. Here, I leave the recipe for you all. Cooking time: 15 minutes Preparation time: 25 minutes Serves: 4

Milk Burfi

Milk Burfi Milk burfi is an instant dessert, mildly flavoured with lauki (bottle gourd). Wheat flour and milk powder give a different taste and aroma to the sweet. In this milk burfi recipe, we don't have to reduce milk by boiling; still you get the same taste of milk fudges that are time consuming.

Mixed Fruit Drink

Mixed Fruit Drink A refreshing fruit drink perfect for hot summers with a dash of curd. Grapes contain vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, which cure most ailments of the body. Delicious pomegranate has many health benefits. Mango, the 'King of fruits' adds yummy taste to the drink. Mixture of all these three fruits gives an attractive colour. Prep time: 15 min Serves: 1-2