Cucumber Tomato Onion Salad
Cucumber, tomato and onion cut fresh and tossed with lemon and salt, the everyday cooling side to any Indian meal.
Mixed Greens & Herb Salad
Crisp lettuce and peppery greens tossed with a generous fistful of soft herbs, cucumber, tomato and avocado, dressed simply in lemon and olive oil.
Carrot Ginger Salad
A silky, blitzed carrot-and-ginger dressing poured over crisp iceberg, cucumber and tomato — the starter salad every Japanese steakhouse serves before the grill even heats up.
Greek Cucumber Salad
Crisp cucumber and tomato with olives and a thick slab of feta, dressed simply with olive oil, vinegar and oregano.
Spinach & Mushroom Salad
Baby spinach and seared mushrooms tossed in a warm honey-mustard dressing, finished with toasted walnuts and feta.
Simple Upma
Roasted semolina simmered soft with a mustard-and-curry-leaf tempering, finished with peanuts and a squeeze of lemon.
Shredded Cabbage Slaw
Crisp cabbage and carrot tossed in a bright olive oil-vinegar dressing — no mayonnaise, no cooking.
Zucchini Ribbon Salad
Raw zucchini ribbons tossed in a lemon-garlic dressing with parmesan, basil and toasted pine nuts.
Aloo Jeera
Boiled potato cubes tossed with whole cumin, ginger and green chili in a quick North Indian stir-fry.
Cabbage Carrot Slaw
Raw cabbage and carrot in a sharp mustard-honey vinaigrette — no mayo, no cooking.
Phulka Recipe and Preparation
Whole wheat flatbread rolled thin and puffed into a steam-filled balloon over open flame, no oil needed.
Rava Idli
Semolina and curd steamed on the spot with no fermentation — MTR's wartime idli, ready inside the hour.
Broccoli Almond Slaw
Raw broccoli and carrot shredded fine, tossed in a light honey-mustard yogurt dressing and finished with toasted almonds.
Roasted Cauliflower Salad
Deeply caramelised cauliflower tossed with a lemony tahini dressing, herbs and a crunch of toasted almonds.
Chapati
Soft whole-wheat flatbread, hand-rolled thin and puffed on an open flame.
Charred Bell Pepper Salad
Peppers blistered black then peeled, tossed with lemon, garlic, cumin and feta.
Plain Toor Dal Tadka
Everyday toor dal, tempered with garlic, cumin and curry leaves — the dal that actually shows up on Indian tables more often than anything else.
Arbi Ajwain Ki Sabzi
Taro fried hard in mustard oil with carom seeds, finished sharp with amchur.
Palak Chana Dal
Split Bengal gram simmered with spinach and finished with a garlic-cumin tadka.
Vegetable Pulao Recipe and Preparation Steps
Basmati rice and mixed vegetables simmered together with whole spices into one fragrant, fluffy one-pot meal.
Masala Dosa
Crisp, golden rice-and-lentil crepes cooked thin on a hot tawa and folded over a turmeric-yellow spiced potato filling, served with coconut chutney and sambar.