Garlic Ginger Green Beans by John Spottiswood

These are an excellent, healthy side dish to any grilled meat. I highly recommend them with the Chinese BBQ chicken recipe below, but honestly these would go well with just about anything. Unfortunately these were tapped out long before our chicken, so make more than you think you need. They are great the next day too!

Japanese Spinach Salad, Ohitashi by John Spottiswood

This is a delicious way to consume large quantities of one of the healthiest foods on the planet...spinach! I came to love this when I lived in Japan from 1991-1992, and make it frequently now because it is so easy, healthful and delicious. Serve this with any Asian dish, or any meat and potatoes. It's not particularly spicy, but…

Butter Basmati Rice by Mihir Shah

Okay - so I know this is a painfully easy recipe, but it's amazing how much you can dress up rice with just a couple of touches. I make this for my kids, who love it.

How to make Cottage cheese at home by lakshmi

Paneer or cottage cheese is a great ingredient in many dishes like gravies, rice and desserts.When made freshly at home, nothing can beat its taste.

mango sidedish by karenrecipe

This is a very common sweet n sour dish and is prepared very frequently in most south indian households throughout the mango season.

Fish Molee by Swapna

Pulisseri: Marrow -Yogurt soup/curry by Sherin Deepu

"Oru nalla pulisseri undengil pinne kari onnum venda". I have heard ammachi say that a million times. Her speciality was kaya (plaintain) pulisseri though. I didnt get the raw plantain, instead I thought of making use of an English vegetable - Marrow. I tastes superb and eating it u feel like marrow should have been a keralan…

Khatta Meetha Chatpata Chole by Mira

Sharing with you a tongue tickling recipe which gives you a mixed taste... sweet, sour, spicy to make it an aromatic accompaniment :p Olive oil is used in this recipe. You can use any oil of your choice. For children you decide the use of chillies as preferred. This dish can be had as a chole chat separately in a bowl and…

Okra (lady fingers) with yougurt curry.. by Indian Cooking

To avoid sliminess, okra pods are often stir-fried with little salt and turmeric until it turns little Brown colour. This recipe 4 servings of this side dish.

Sesame Noodle Salad by Sunny Shin

I would highly recommend making them at least 6 hours before and preferably 24 hours. The noodles absorb the "sauce" and the flavors meld.