I’m trying to return to the kitchen, and coming back home to cook every afternoon is one of the ways in which I’m trying to get back to cooking. These were our lunches for this past week.

Working lunches are probably one of the toughest to plan. They need to be simple, nourishing, filling, fortifying, easy to make and yet not be heavy or too elaborate.

Most of us who aren’t from the South of India don’t imagine drumsticks to be in anything other than Sambhar. Vinny shares a recipe for Drumstick soup!

Here’s one of Nandini’s recipes, who is a brilliant cook with a vast culinary repertoire. Careful though, these potatoes are quite spicy!

Have you used ripe papaya for a savory dish? I haven’t and this papaya soup turned out to be quite delicious!

Here’s a nice way to use up leftovers elegantly – Vinny’s version of the evergreen Junglee Pulao.

There’s a Swiss food festival on at the Intercontinental Eros, Nehru Place. The very first of it’s kind in the city, it promises authentic food, fine cheeses and delicious meats. Should you be there?

Here’s a quick recipe by Vinny for Indian-Chinese mixed vegetables that go quite well with rotis, phulkas or parathas. If you add a little water and adjust the seasoning, they’ll go very well with steamed rice too.

Amit Uppal eats his way through a variety of dishes at Spice Circle in the Spice Mall, NOIDA. His second visit to Spice Circle, does he find any improvement?

Paula posted pictures of this delicious crab and shrimp lasagna on Facebook and they looked so good that we simply had to have and publish the recipe. I hope you like it as much as we did!