Amid LPG crisis, billionaire Harsh Goenka shares 50 easy foods you can make at home without gas

The LPG crisis in India amid the Middle East war seems to be growing day by day. The worst hit by the shortage is the hotel and restaurant sector in metro cities like Delhi, Greater Noida, Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Lucknow. Many establishments are opting for partial closure of the outlets, while others are cutting down on the menu. The situation is such that several eateries, street food vendors and catering businesses are looking for alternatives to LPG cylinders like microwaves, cooktops and induction.

Now, Harsh Goenka, chairman of the RPG Group, has shared a rather insightful post on X in the context of the complex dynamics of oil supply disruptions. The billionaire industrialist has shared a list of 50 food items that can be prepared without LPG or piped gas. The options include snacks like sprouts chaat, bhelpuri, sevpuri, dahipuri, fruit chaat, chana chaat and tomato chaat.

Harsh Goenka’s food suggestions amid LPG crisis

Harsh Goenka’s category also listed simple dishes such as curd rice, curd poha, lemon poha; sandwiches like curd sandwich, green chutney sandwich and paneer bhurji sandwich. For drinks, he recommended lassi, fruit smoothie, mint buttermilk, buttermilk-mint drink and lemon-honey water.

The other items in the list were salads or bowls like fruit salad, cucumber-tomato salad, peanut salad, sprouted moong salad, apple-peanut salad, soaked oats-curd bowl, chia seed-curd bowl, fruit yogurt bowl, oats-fruit bowl, chia seeds-fruit bowl, mixed sprouted pulses salad, raw papaya salad and watermelon salad.

Harsh Goenka’s metaphor on crisis preparedness

Previously, Harsh Goenka offered a strikingly simple analogy to explain how countries navigate oil crises. Turning to X, he used a relatable everyday scenario, through a metaphor, highlighting how pragmatic decision-making often defines who emerges prepared when global systems face sudden shocks.


In his post, Harsh Goenka took the example of an influential resident who blocks the main water pipeline supplying an entire residential complex. With the normal supply disrupted, the building manager temporarily allows residents to purchase water from a tanker company that is usually not permitted due to controversy. The decision is made purely out of necessity, because the building risks running out of water without an alternative source.

The tanker supplier soon begins delivering water to those in need. However, Harsh Goenka’s example focuses on a practical resident who avoids getting involved in the arguments. Instead, he quietly stores enough water in his household tanks, ensuring that his family is secure no matter the way the conflict unfolds. Through this illustration, Goenka emphasises a broader point: during uncertainty, being prepared and thinking ahead is far more valuable than engaging in endless debate.