Tarla Dalal

Think luscious and creamy, and this soup matches your requirements perfectly well! The Vegetable Chowder Soup is a satiating soup of mixed veggies and garlic cooked in white stock. Reinforced with white sauce and herbs, this soup gets creamier and more aromatic too. Enjoy the soothing flavour and refreshing aroma of this soup, which is best had hot and fresh.

Strong spicy and bitter notes combined with an irresistible crunch make the Karela Chips a total delight to bite into! It is a multi-flavoured treat that kind of tickles and excites your taste buds. It is made by deep-frying spice-coated slices of karela. The karela must be sliced using a slicer and not a knife, to get uniformly thin slices. It is then marinated with salt, mixed with masala and deep-fried. Since, we are already marinating in salt, do not add more salt when mixing the spices and flours. The Karela Chips tastes delightful when relished with a bowl of hot dal rice. While it tastes best when served immediately, you can also cool it completely and store in an airtight container for 3 to 4 hours.

Occasionally, all of us feel like skipping our regular staples and opting for a salad lunch instead. With health-consciousness on the rise, some people are even doing it on a regular basis. The Rajma Vegetable Healthy Lunch Salad is one such one-dish meal, which is so tasty that you will not miss your regular food. Bursting with flavour and loaded with multi-textured ingredients, this salad is very satiating too. It has a good mix of beans and veggies, laced with a flavour-packed, olive oil based dressing. Olive oil gives you omega-3 fatty acids, while baby spinach and rocket leaves are rich in iron and anti-inflammatory nutrients. Coloured capsicums give you a good dose of vitamin C, while carrots are good for your eyes and onions prevent cancer. Rajma gives your body the protein it needs to keep your bones healthy, as well as iron to increase haemoglobin levels. With so much of goodness, this salad is enough to satisfy most of your hunger at lunch time.

Beetroot Cucumber and Tomato Raita, the peppy taste of coriander and green chillies complements the crunchy feel of peanuts and coconut, while a tempering of cumin seeds and asafoetida gives out appetising whiffs!

Think breakfast, and Mooli Roti is amongst the first choices that come to your mind. This very popular North Indian breakfast dish has been tweaked slightly in this recipe, by including oats flour along with whole wheat flour, to boost the fibre content. Grated radish contributes not only flavour but also nutrients, and also helps to moisten the rotis. A couple of spice powders are added to the dough to give the Zero Oil Oats Mooli Roti a lip-smacking flavour. You will really enjoy the unique texture and homely flavour of this Oats Mooli Roti, when had hot.

The Coconut Chutney has a well-rounded flavour that goes well with most variants of idlis and dosas, be it plain, veggie-topped, or more exotic options like Rava Idli or Ragi Dosa. Coconut is known as Narwal in Hindi. If you have grated coconut ready on hand, then it takes just minutes to prepare the coconut chutney, which makes it a popular accompaniment for breakfast. You can vary the amount of green chillies according to your taste. And, if you are serving this as the only accompaniment and want a bit of tang in it, you can also blend in a ½ inch piece of deseeded tamarind or 1 tsp of tamarind pulp.

Chaklis are an indispensable snack for the Diwali season! Not only are they ideal to accompany the sweets you share with friends and family, but they also come in handy when you want to have a quick snack with tea. Made of spiced rice flour bound by curds and butter to make a soft dough, chaklis are super-crisp deep-fried savouries, which can be easily preserved for around two weeks provided you keep them in a dry and airtight container. While you might initially find it difficult to press out the chaklis into perfect circles, it will be a breeze once you get the hang of it!

A traditional tea-time snack often made during festive occasions, ShakarPara is – much to the joy of amateurs – also very easy to make! While there are several ways of making this mildly-sweet snack, this recipe is one of the easiest to follow.Remember to fry them over a slow flame so that the insides get properly cooked.

Bhindi masala always brings to mind a yummy dish, literally floating in oil! I am sure many of you must have refrained from indulging in this subzi because of its obviously high oil-content. Not any more. Here is a healthier, oil-free version of bhindi masala that tastes equally great. Use roasted masalas, and cook the bhindi in a pressure cooker before roasting them in a non-stick kadai.

Dahi Bhindi ki Subji is a great Rajasthani delicacy.

This crunchy and tangy combination of khakhra and sprouted moong is healthy, tasty and filling! goes great for morning breakfast.

Here is a fabulous snack that adds an element of fun to your upvas . Crispy, deep-fried potato slices are served with a fabulous chutney, which combines the crunch and earthy flavour of peanuts with the tang of curds and the spiciness of ginger and green chillies. You can serve the Crispy Potato Topped with Peanut Curd Chutney as a starter, or combine it with other faral snacks like Kand Aloo Pakoda and Faraali Pattice , to make a snack platter. To get the chutney right, make sure you grind it only coarsely and not too smooth.

Sabudana Vada is one of the most traditional and all-time favourite fasting foods. Made with boiled potatoes, crushed peanuts and soaked sabudana, these vadas have a unique texture and pleasing flavour. Here, we have given the traditional snack an innovative twist, by stuffing it with tasty coconut chutney. It is important to make the chutney nice and thick, so it can be easily stuffed into the sabudana vada mixture. With the perky taste of coriander and green chillies, the Sabudana Vada Stuffed with Coconut Chutney is a very unique treat, which has an amazing flavour and texture too. Serve it with Peanut Curd Chutney, another interesting faraali recipe.