Well, if you are in a new city and do not have someone in home to cook for you and are tired of paying a big amount of money to restaurants ; then it may be a good time for you to learn cooking. Try something very basic in nature, which can be prepared fast and without much Hussle. If you are Indian, the food which first comes to mind is Khichdi.
There are many varieties of khichdi, among the many varieties present, let’s look at the variety called BHUNI KHICHDI. It is very tasty and easy to make.
1) Cut onion in little pieces. Grate ginger and peel out the garlic & crush. Cut all the the vegetables in medium size.
2) Now in a cooker or in any container, para boil (half boil ) the dal with salt. Now in another vessel put oil and heat it. When it becomes hot, then add all the vegetables except tomato and coriander leaves in it & fry a little bit. Stir constantly. Now add turmeric powder, coriander powder & cumin powder one by one and fry in low flame. When the smell of fried vegetables starts rising, then transfer the container from the oven & keep it aside.
3) Again put the cooker /container with the parboil dal on oven and add rice to it. Add appropriate water, as mentioned before and salt (according to taste) and let it boil. When it starts to almost boil, then add fried vegetables and tomatoes in it and again boil till all the vegetables and rice and dal are properly cooked.
4) Now In a container, put the ghee and let it get warm on the oven, by heating.Add cumin seeds and red chilli in it. When it start popping(or cracking), then immediately put this mixture in the khichdi and stir the khichdi nicely. Add coriander leaves in it & again stir and cover the lid of container. Let it be like that for 15 to 20 minutes and then serve hot.
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