Batter of rice flour, urad dal, green peas and green chillies placed between 2 banana leaves and steamed to perfection. Healthy and easy to make and very light to eat. Use as a appetizer or quick snack. Kids love it too.

Make your own sun dried tomatoes or buy them from the market as they are easily available.

Use this sauce as your main base of your pasta. For tomato lovers.

Sun dried tomatoes are a good variation to the regular pesto sauce.

Dal Pandoli a Gujrathi steamed dal and spinach dumpling with curds and spiced with green chillies. Low cal and healthy.

Noodles, soft tofu, crunchy peanuts, spring onions and soya sauce combine to make a fab Thai noodle.

Soft paneer cooked in an onion and cashewnut paste white gravy. My kids enjoyed this too. Very or zero spice in this recipe.

Besan, whole wheat flour, spinach and potatoe mixed together with some curds to add the sourness to form the dough for the roti. I removed the potatoes to maje it a healthy roti.

Roasted baigan has a nice smoky aroma. It's then mashed and tomatoes and onions are added and spiced with green chillies and chilli powder.

Fattoush is a Lebanese salad made up of vegetables and pieces of crunchy toasted pita bread. This is a nice colorful salad with cucumber, tomato., lettuce, radish and spring onions.

Light tomato soup with Vermicelli. Throw in any veggies if you wish.

Rajma and spinach combine well with rice to make a nice mildly spiced dish. Flavored with garlic and green chilli.

My 9 year daughter loved the broccoli and mushroom cheese dip. Had it with Melba toast.

Potatoes filled with a filling of broccoli, red pepper and cheese and baked to perfection.