Prarthana's Vegetarian Delight

I had to make lunch for myself alone since husband was having lunch at office with his colleagues. I was so lazy to prepare but hungry too. I had some left over rice and I prepared this masala kichadi with that. This kichadi is a very simple yet tasty one pot meal. You can add raw rice and adjust the water quantity according to that. INGREDIENTS: 1. Rice- 1 cup ( I used left over cooked rice) 2. Lentils- 1 cup (Masoor dal, Green Moong dal, Yellow moong dal) 3. Chopped veggies- 1 cup(I used carrot, beans, green peas, sweet corn, cauliflower). 4. Onion- 1 5. Tomato- 1 6. Garlic- 2-3 pods 7. Ginger- Small piece 8. Whole black pepper- 1 tsp. 9. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp. 10. Bay leaves- 2. 11. Cloves- 2. 12. Coriander powder- 1tsp. 13. Chilly powder- 1 tsp. 14. Salt- To taste. 15. Turmeric powder- 1 tsp. 16. Asafoetida- 1 tsp. 17. Oil- 1 tsp. 18. Ghee- 2 tsp. 19. Green chilly- 1 20. Coriander leaves- For garnishing. METHOD: 1. Finely chop onion, tomatoes, ginger ...

Pulav is always easy, simple one pot meal. I make different types of pulav for my husband's lunch box. This is one type of greenish pulav with spinach. I pack this along with raitha or chips. INGREDIENTS: 1. Palak or any spinach- 1 bunch(I used Chinese spinach). 2. Onion- 1 finely chopped. 3. Tomato- 1 finely chopped. 4. Potato- 1 5. Green peas- 1 small cup. 6. Ginger- small piece. 7. Garlic- 2-3 pods. 8. Green chilly- 3. 9. Coconut grated- 1 cup. 10. Cashews- 4- 5 11. Coriander- 1 handful. 12. Salt- To taste. 13. Cinnamon- 1 small stick. 14. Cardamon- 1 15. Cloves-2 16. Bay leaves- 1 17. Oil- 2 spoons. 18. Cumin seeds- 1 tsp. 19. Sugar- 1 tsp. 20. Basmathi rice- 1 cup. 21. Water- 2 cups.   METHOD: 1. Wash and soak basmathi rice for 10-15mins. Peel and cut potatoes into cubes. Separate spinach leaves from its stem. Wash and clean spinach leaves. Heat a pan and add the spinach leaves. Add cumin seeds and sugar. Cumin seeds and sugar helps to ret...