Bored of eating out daily? While lunches and dinners may not be in your control depending on your work schedule, cooking at home, especially for breakfast can surely give you a great head start! Besides, it can also save you a lot of money.
With just a few simple ingredients, it’s easy to throw together a meal that looks like it took hours to prepare. Also there are guys out there who enjoy whipping up culinary masterpieces over a weekend to enjoy a lazy first meal of the day.
To Begin With
- Start by making a shopping list for all basic must haves
- Salt, Sugar, Oil, Turmeric, Red Chilli Powder, Ginger-Garlic Paste – These are a must in your kitchen at any point in time
- Onions and Tomatoes
- Milk, Slice Bread and Eggs
Recipe 1 – Egg Bhurji (serves 1-2)
Ingredients:
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato
- Ginger-Garlic Paste
- 1 Green Chilly
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- Quarterly cup milk (optional)
- Few chopped coriander leaves
- Oil to cook, Salt to taste
How to Make?
- Add 2-3 tbl sp oil in a pan
- Add chopped onions, green chilly
- Once onions are translucent, add ginger-garlic paste
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook for 4-5 minutes till soft
- Add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and salt
- Add milk (not mandatory)
- Cover the lid and simmer for 3-4 minutes
- Lower the flame and break in two eggs
- Gently mix them on low heat until cooked well
- You can choose to keep it moist or make it completely dry
- Garnish with coriander leaves
- Serve hot with slice bread or brun pav (toasted brown bread)
Recipe 2 – Poha (serves 1-2)
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Poha (thick)
- 1 Onion
- Chopped/Crushed Ginger
- 1 Green Chilly, some Curry Leaves
- Few mustard seeds
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- Dedicated coconut
- Groundnuts (optional)
- Lime to squeeze
- Few chopped coriander leaves
- Oil to cook, Salt to taste
How to Make?
- Add oil to deep pan
- Fry groundnuts lightly and keep aside
- Once hot, add mustard seeds, green chilli, ginger and curry leaves
- Add chopped onions and cook till golden brown
- Add turmeric and salt
- Run poha through cold water for 15-20 seconds and add to the pan
- Add fried groundnuts as well
- Mix everything and let it cook on low flame for 3-4 minutes
- Add desiccated coconut and mix well
- Squeeze lime in the end and add a few chopped coriander leaves for garnish
- Serve Hot
Recipe 3 – Uttapam (serves 1-2)
Ingredients
- MTR Uttapam Packet
- 1 Onion
- 1 Tomato
- Green Chilli
- Coriander leaves
- 1-2 tbl sp curd
How to Make?
- Take 3-4 tablespoons of Uttapam mix, add water and curd and keep it aside for 5-7 min
- Add 1-2 tsp oil to flat pan (tawa)
- Pour the mix in the centre and allow it to spread on its own
- Add chopped onion, tomato, green chilli and coriander to the top of the mix
- Pour few droplets of oil on the mix and cover the lid for 3-4 min on low flame
- Flip the uttapam carefully to the other side and cook for 2-3 minutes again
- Serve the uttapam with veggie side on the top right onto your plate
- You may treat yourself with freshly prepared or readymade green chutney as a side
What are you cooking this weekend?
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