A cold salad perfect for summer days. Can be served as a side too.

A pizza for potato fiends. You can experiment with what goes into the sauce - capers, anchovies, stir-fried mushrooms, salami, bacon etc. 

An authentic kebab recipe from the Bohra Muslim community given to us by Fatema Kakal, an aesthetician and a very meticulous cook. These are perfect for special occasions like Ramadan and may look like a lot of elaborate work but are actually very simple to prepare. Fatema says the trick is in the frying - get that right and you can master this dish in no time. This recipe yields 3 large kebabs.

An authentic kebab recipe from the Bohra Muslim community given to us by Fatema Kakal, an aesthetician and a very meticulous cook. Fatema says the trick in preparing kebabs is in the frying - get that right and you can master this dish in no time. This recipe yields 12 small kebabs.

If you're fond of Kalakand, you'll love my mom's take on this traditional dessert that's easy to make, tastes delicious and is healthy too because it's made from cottage cheese. Called Ras Madhur - a moniker given by a group of my friends who polished off an entire batch one day - this modern mithai is ready in 15 minutes flat! While I prefer to use homemade cottage cheese prepared from full cream milk - primarily because it's not salty - you can use the store-bought version too, although I would suggest you hunt for an unsalted variety.

Double Boiler is a technique of delicate, indirect heating used to melt chocolates, slow scramble eggs, keep food warm or incorporate more air into eggs quickly when making sauces like Sabayon and Hollandaise. It also cooks foods that would otherwise undergo a quick change in texture when placed over direct heat. Here are 3 recipes that use this technique:

3-minute Hollandaise Sauce
Tiramisu
Incredibly Creamy Scrambled Eggs

This is the perfect way to use your leftover bread, whether it’s buns, sandwich bread, baguettes, brioche or paos. These make great starters with Mayonnaise or spicy cheese sauce, add crunch to salads, texture to soups, and when blended, crumbs to bread your chicken and croquettes.

This is a basic sauce for pastas, sandwiches and dips that you can tweak depending on the use you put it to. If it's going to be a dip or a spread, increase the amount of Parmesan cheese to half a cup and oil by a few extra tablespoons. As a pasta sauce, increase the amount of garlic and olive oil in it. You'd be surprised what a big difference these small additions can make to the flavour.

This sandwich is packed with all the quintessential Mediterranean flavours -- olives, sun-dried tomatoes and feta cheese. The quantity of oil and butter mixture in the recipe can be adjusted depending on how you like it. To make it crispy, roast it on a greased girdle on one side over medium flame till it's golden brown. Watch how to make Pesto Sauce at http://bit.ly/1h1w2pH 

A quick snack for kids or if you're craving pizza in the middle of the night!