A vegetarian version of chili con corne. Vegan, if you don’t skip the sour cream/yogurt on top. A filling and an easy to make meal.

An easy to make chocolate butter cream. No hand/stand mixer, all you need is spoon for this recipe! Step by step pictures.

One of the many avatars of potato fry. This one has a simple ground onion masala. Less than 5 Ingredients and easy to make!

A versatile banana bread with rich banana flavor.

Recipe, with step by step pictures, for hot milk cake – a soft, spongy and easy to make cake.

Egg-less vanilla ice cream. Easy to make, no ice cream machine needed. Perfect for summer.

Potatoes and ladies finger cooked in this dry sabzi preparation. Pairs well with rotis and rice.

An easy to bake eggless chocolate cake.

A low fat mixed vegetable curry. Pairs well with most of the Indian breads.

Bengali mini meals with yogurt sautéed okra and mango dal served along with deep fried all purpose flour luchis.

Lachha paratha or layered paratha made as part of a lunch platter (thali) from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Rice cooked with lentils and veggies (khichuri), served with shallow fried eggplant slices, tomato chutney and potato curry.

Rice varieties cooked for the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu, Pongal. The platter has lemon rice, coconut rice,curd rice and two pongals.

Quite a different recipe for dal, served with a spinach based dish and a potato-radish curry. All from the Indian state of Uttaranchal.

A deep fried dough nut shaped bread, Sel roti. Made from ground rice flour.

A simple meal with carrot peas saute, dry peas with grated coconut and mango (sundal) and a tangy chickpea curry.

Some dishes from the Indian state of Punjab. Dal tadka, Palak paneer, chole and aloo paratha.

Masoor dal, tomato chutney and boiled spinach served with rice.

Eggplants cooked and served with yogurt : Dahi baingan. Serving this as part a mini thali from the Indian state of Orissa.

Dal with cauliflower, peas and potatoes, served along with tomato chutney.

Corn grated and cooked in milk in this delicacy from the state of Madhya Pradesh.  Poha and Jalebi also included in the post.