Get the latest recipes from Sweetooth http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/sweetooth This is a salad-like dish which cannot be categorised into a side-dish/snack etc. In India it is usually served as part of an elaborate nutritionally balanced traditional vegetarian feasts due to the high protein-content. But these days I simply prepare it for a different-from-the-usual packed lunch to work, evening snack or even a nice n early dinner! http://www.grouprecipes.com/95561/chickpeas-usli.html Necessity is the mother of invention - proved true when I had no time to look up the net for recipes but had just bought a nice cauliflower to cook for dinner. This is my take on probably a thousand recipes for gobi matar doing the rounds. Do let me know if this worked for you! http://www.grouprecipes.com/95133/gobi-matar---peas-n-cauliflower-curry.html There are a lot of versions of this recipe but his is my take on it and I feel it is the closest to whats served in restaurants especially the ones in India! http://www.grouprecipes.com/68509/palak-paneer---revisited.html This is my quick fix week-night dinner as well as savior while entertaining unexpected guests! Teamed with store-bought garlic bread (or homemade if you like) its a complete meal. http://www.grouprecipes.com/67278/quick-penne-with-garlicky-bread.html This is a very simple dish and gels excellently with almost all indian curries, meat or veggie. It can also form a simple meal by itself when served with some cucumber raita and salad. http://www.grouprecipes.com/53603/indian-jeera-rice.html This is a traditional dish of South India. Then, the rice noodles were made from scratch making it an elaborate procedure, but now with rice noodles readily available in the supermarkets, this dish can be whisked up in no time! Just great by itself or accompanied with coriander or mint chutney! http://www.grouprecipes.com/53115/quick-indian-rice-noodles.html