Bhopal, Dec 4: Bittu: Mom, what is special today for the breakfast?

Mother: Special Paratha and carrot 'Halwa'.

Bittu: Oh! Mom, that is boring. Please have something different and tasty.

This type of communication we often hear in most the houses. Are you also playing such a mother's role consciously or unconsciously in your home? I guess not because every smart homemaker has solid solution to the problem of appeasing children's palates. And the solution lies in cookery books and cooking web sites.

Cookery books and cooking web sites have facilitated women to be a smart Mom. Usually, we have to take shelter of restaurants and hotels for some particular dishes but now one can prepare these dishes with ease at home. These dishes will give you delicious taste as well as health.

Books in demand

Cookery books are in demand in the market at present, specially the ones written by Tarala Dalal, Sanjiv Kapoor and Neeta Mehta besides Satrupa Bannerji, Prabhajyot and Pratibha Karan. Pawan, owner of Variety Book House said, 'Most of the time women prefer Neeta Mehta's book on cookery.

RECIPE ON INTERNET

Internet has brought revolution in every field including cookery. In a moment one can get any desired recipe. Even we can share the recipes downloaded from Internet with other people. Previously for the continental and intercontinental food we dion't have option except a big restaurant. Internet broke the monopoly of restaurants and brought every dish to everyone's doorstep. Here is some exclusive cookery webs sites apart from the news web sites where some recipes are also available.

Webindia123.com

Cookeryonline.com

Bawarchi.com

Ivcooking.com

Tarladalal.com

Sanjeevkapoor.com

VARIETIES OF RECIPE

Vegetarian food, chicken varieties, Chinese fast food, soup and snacks are popular and loved by the people. Besides food, snacks for children, backing, dessert, Parathas, Italian, ice cream recipes are also popular.

WHAT MOMS SAY

On special occasions I prepare some new dishes. I use to take the help of Internet and books of recipes to serve something novel to my family.

Ms Tejpal, teacher

For learn Chinese and fast food recipes, Internet and books are the best medium. For some change I use to prepare such dishes at home and my children also love it.

Ms Sankeshwar, St Joseph

On the demand of my family I go through the cookery web sites or books and prepare something different every now and then for my family. Sometimes I don't find any dish suitable to my family then I change the original recipe a little so that the dish become tastier and is liked by the family members.

Pooja Malhotra, housewife

HOME MADE FOOD DELICIOUS

Whatever Mom prepares at home is very testy and delicious, even sometimes tastier than hotel food.

Divya Gupta, student, Radhakrishnan school

Previously, my mummy used to study recipe from books. Now someone informed her about the internet web sites and she is preparing new dishes. I love those dishes very much.

Ansha Agrawal, student Anand Vihar School