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Two traditional, simple and delicious preparations of banana blossoms that leaves you asking for more!

3 types of Okra preparations from different parts of India - delicious and easy to make!

A fruity rasam made in a similar manner as a tomato rasam to tickle your senses!

Three ways of making easy stir fries with bitter gourd.

You will never go wrong with fiddleheads no matter what you do! This stir fry with minimum pantry staples is my favourite!

With few spices at disposal and a solid Dutch oven or pressure cooker, it takes about 30 minutes to make this pulao.

Odisha's quintessential preparation of lentils with vegetables is ancient, and food of the gods and people alike.

I can't imagine a simpler way of cooking kohlrabi and greens and one that generates such indelible flavours with so few ingredients.

How this moringa leaves rasam recipe landed in my mother's kitchen is somewhat up in the air. With a lot of residue it's a sure treat!

At its core, a chorchori is a minimally spiced Bengali mix veg dish which is extremely flexible in terms of ingredients.

Sooji upma, Indian semolina made into a breakfast delicacy is one such dish that entails an understanding of how flavours balance each other

The chicken gravy is loosely spiced with subtly caramelized onions and has a streak of acidity from tomatoes or yogurt, or sometimes both.

This recipe is the simplest kind of recipe to cook taro in typical north-Indian flavours, and has a typical Punjabi influence

An easy delicious rendition of all-time favourite potatoes with the freshness of onion stalk flowers or scallions or chives.

This khichdi is a mix of rice and whole mung beans, and loaded with fresh vegetables. It's the most ubiquitous food in Indian cuisine.

Relying on only three spices, the highlight being nigella seeds, this eggplant preparation is my answer to the easiest stir fries ever.

Okra happens to be one of my favourite vegetables, and I admire how well it can be variated to create dishes that taste so good.

I understand kale can be hard to love, and I also believe that healthy eating does not have to taste bland or bad.

This clear soup made with white winter radish is quite an unheard story in the culinary scene of Odisha unlike the other more famous ones.