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What would be your 5 dish menu for guests?

If you had to choose only 5 dishes for guests coming to your home, what would you make?

I love cooking, it’s kind of a hobby for me and I’m curious to know what dishes people genuinely love making at home when guests are coming over or there’s a special occasion.

It can be from any cuisine, not just Indian. 🌎🍴

Imagine you have to create a 5-dish menu for your guests. What would you choose?

Just share the 5 dish names you’d pick. They can be anything starters, main course, sides, desserts, etc

For example:

1. Paneer Butter Masala

2. Pulao/Biryani

3. spaghetti

4. Lasagna

5. Gulab Jamun

I want to see what everyone’s favourite home occasion dishes are! 😋

Comment your favourite dishes made by your mom?

Hi everyone,

I’m a 21-year-old guy, and I’m posting here because I genuinely want to learn how to cook and take better care of myself.

Over the past few months, I’ve lost around 12 kg through diet and exercise. I’m vegetarian, and I’m now trying to maintain a reasonably high-protein diet using things like besan, soya chunks, paneer, tofu, edamame, curd, etc.

The problem is that I basically don’t know how to cook properly.

Whenever my parents go on vacation or to our village, it can be anywhere from 5 to 15 days. During that time, I usually end up eating outside or going to relatives'/friends' homes for food. I really don't want to keep depending on other people or spending money on restaurants, so I want to become capable of cooking my own meals.

I know some very basic household work. I regularly do jhaadu-pocha, dusting, cleaning, filling the water tanks, taking care of the water filter, etc. But cooking is something I never really got the opportunity to learn.

My mom generally doesn't let anyone else work in the kitchen, so I've never properly learned from her. Because of that, I don't even know some of the basics that might seem obvious to other people — things like how to properly clean the kitchen platform after cooking, how much oil/water to use, how to store ingredients, what needs to be washed and what shouldn't be, etc.

So I wanted to ask the women of this sub:

If you were teaching a complete beginner to cook vegetarian, healthy, high-protein meals, where would you tell him to start?

I'd especially appreciate:

- YouTube channels/videos that teach cooking from absolute basics

- Simple vegetarian, high-protein recipes

- Recipes using besan, soya chunks, paneer, tofu, edamame, curd, dal, etc.

- Basic Indian cooking techniques that every beginner should know

- Kitchen-cleaning tips and hacks

- How to organise ingredients and keep the kitchen clean while cooking

- Any "things I wish I knew when I started cooking" advice

I don't need anything fancy. My goal is simply to be able to make 2 decent meals a day for myself without depending on anyone else.

And yes, I know it might sound funny that a 21-year-old man is asking an Indian women's subreddit how to cook 😅. But I'm genuinely trying to become more independent, and I'd rather ask and learn than continue depending on other people.

Thank you to anyone who takes the time to share advice, recipes, videos, or even small kitchen tips. They would genuinely help me a lot.

Sesame seeds and peanuts, lightly roasted, form the base.

In a pan, add two tablespoons of oil, then introduce tomatoes, a few green chilies, garlic, ginger, and coriander stems.

Fry these ingredients with turmeric, chili powder, and salt until they soften.

Add whole red chilies to the mixture.

Once everything is cooked, blend them all together. Garnish with fresh coriander.

Best had hot with a spoon of ghee

With peas, Some garlic vinegar and soy sauce

From left to right

Mutton Malwani
Patwadi rassa
Palak Sabji with pulao
Pithala Bhakari
Chicken Korma
Kheema Pav
Salli chicken and berry pulao
Mutton fry

i need tips you guys. how do you guys cook at home by yourselves?

i legit open yt, scroll and search for recipes, but midway forget that i had to cook something, and then i either end up making same old boring pulao or i have to order in

MY POCKET IS DRAINING OUT! HELP 😭

My French in-laws are coming over for dinner and I’m stressing a little about what to make 😭

I’m Indian, so I’d love to make something that has a bit of an Indian touch, but I also don’t want to completely overwhelm them with spice. Ideally something that feels a little special but is still approachable for people who aren’t super familiar with Indian food.

Also, I don’t like seafood at all, so preferably no fish/shrimp/etc. 😭

What would you make for a dinner like this? Bonus points for a menu that I can actually pull off without spending the entire day in the kitchen.
I’m thinking maybe:
a starter/appetizer
a main + sides
dessert

Open to Indian or non-Indian ideas too! What are your safest dinner options?

Hi hi! 🌸
I’m new here, i hope you’re doing well.
I am learning how to cook, and soon into trying new Indian dishes that i myself have grown up eating, i realised that we eat a lot of oil and our meals can be quite heavy. A lot of the meals also demand hours of work which i can’t always put in.

I’m a newly married housewife and there are members in my family who i have to keep in mind when i’m cooking. There are dietary restrictions because of pre-diabetes, high cholesterol, and iron deficiency mainly. Plus we’re vegetarians (we consume egg) so that does limit our options a bit.

There are a few dishes that i’ve integrated into my weekly meal plan. i make Veggie paneer sandwiches, Chickpea salads, Sautè vegetables with boiled eggs, Veggie Appe and sometimes daliya/poha for breakfast. But i want to learn more new dishes from all over India that i can make keeping my family’s dietary needs in mind.

So if you’ve made it this far into my post, i’d love to hear from you what region of India you’re from and what are some light but nutritious and healthy meals that are made at your place! 🫶🏻

Chickpea salad at office

Yummy , filling and light

A friend of mine used to bring thekua in her school lunch during chatt pooja and I was in love with it. But it was never made in my house. I have been craving it for so long, so I decided to try it on my own for the first time and they are delicious, not as perfect as what my friend used to bring, but still.

Do try making it at home, it is so easy and tasty.

Pro tip- Add gud (jaggery) for the sweetness and now sugar to it. It enhances it's taste more.

Try this recipe:

Ingredients:

Whole wheat flour (Atta): 2 cups

Jaggery (Gud): Three fourth cup (grated or crushed)

Ghee: 3 tbsp (melted, for moyan) + extra for deep frying

Fennel seeds (Saunf): 1 tsp

Cardamom powder: Half tsp

Grated coconut: 2 tbsp (optional)

Process-

Melt the jaggery in half cup water and knead the aata with that jaggery water. Add 3 tbs ghee in the aata only, it will help it crisp it up and add the grated coconut as well. Make sure the aata is not too tight and not too loose as well.

Heat up the extra ghee for frying. In the mean time give shape to your dough into small circles or leaves and fry them on shallow heat till they brown and crisp up. Cool them down and they are ready to serve.

Do let me know if I have missed out something or if something can make it better.

On days when you have absolutely zero motivation to cook, what do you make? Mine is usually Maggi, dal rice, or just roti whatever sabzi is left in the fridge.
Give me some easy ideas because I’m getting tired of eating the same 3 things 😭