Hello there, I thought of sharing some quick and easy to make recipes. These should be good enough for 3-4 days. Also awaiting your attention is a recipe of a fabulous dessert. You can start trying these today itself incase you are not too tired after work. It takes very less time and effort and is really yummy!! All the best honey!! I suggest try dal when you have someone with you coz you must not be knowing to use pressure cooker. Rest are all simple A little of knife cuts, oil and heat burns should be kool!! Remember no pain no gain!! a) Rice. I think for you 1/2 cup rice should be enof. Take rice in a frying pan, wash it twice / thrice with water Keep water level till half of your little finger over the level of rice in the frying pan. Keep on heat. When it boils, lower the flame and cover with lid. After 10 mins, check if the surface of rice is dry consider it to be cooked. b) Dal Again half cup should be more than enough for one person. Wash it and keep water level till half of your little finger over the level of rice in the frying pan. Pressure cook – keep the cooker on heat, lid closed with the rubber ring inside the upper lid. Let it whistle thrice. Dal is cooked. In a small pan, take 1tsp ghee, 1 tsp oil Heat Add 1 pinch of rai, jeera, hing, mirchi (1/2 depends how spicy you eat), ginger (half inch) and curry leaves (kalilim patta) When the above splutters add to dal and add salt 1 tsp and haldi 1 tsp. c) Potato gravy Ingredients 1 – Onion – chopped 1 Potato – peeled and cut into 4 pieces – Mix with the paste below Ginger (one inch), garlic 2-3, 1 tsp – haldi, mirchi pul, 2 tsp garam masala – grind in mixer for smooth paste Heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add 1 onion chopped, hing When the onion turns pink and soft Add the marinated potatoes, salt Fry for 5 minutes, stirring continuously Add 1 small cup water. Cook on slow flame for 5 mins, cover with plate. When the gravy smells good and thicken add a tsp of ghee This goes great with bread, roti, rice and chopped onion with fried papad. d) Kadi Take one cup curd Add 2 tsp besan Add 1 tsp hing, haldi, salt, lil sugar 1/2 tsp Take 1/2 chillies, half inch ginger and churn it in a mixer, once a paste add to above. Keep stirring to a smooth paste Heat 1 tsp ghee When hot add 1 tsp rai, jeera, curry leaves, dalchini / cinammon (small stick of half inch) – lavang / clove (2-3) – if you know where it is Add the smooth paste of dahi Add 1 cup water and stir Cover with lid and cook for 5 mins on slow flame Chop coriander / kothimbir and add to above. Goes great on rice. e) Potato bhaji Take 1 potato Chop in small squares may be 5 X 5 cms. Dont peel Add 1 tsp haldi, mirchi and garam masala to chopped potatoes and mix properly Heat 2 tsp oil Add hing and marinated potatoes Add 1/4 cup water Cover with lid and cook for 5 mins till all the water is evaporated and potato is soft. f) Fried Karela Take 2 Karelas Wash it and chop it in fine thin circles Add 1 tsp hing, haldi, mirchi, salt and mix properly Add a little rice flour – 2 tsp Fry on tawa with little oil Tastes yummy doesnt taste bitter. g) Cabbage bhajji Take small quantity of cabbage (May be 1/4 cabbage) Chop it finely Add 1 tsp hing, haldi, mirchi, garam masala, dhana jeera powder Add 1 small chopped onion and 2 tablespoon besan Add a (1/4 cup) little water and mix well Heat oil for frying bhajiyas When the oil is warm, add a spoon to the batter Take a spoon and drop the batter into oil slowly – be careful of your eyes as it may splutter when you drop balls of besan Hang on for 3 minutes then turn around When they turn golden brownish, take out and drop on a tissue paper / newspaper to soak extra oil h) Dessert – Cold coffee with ice-cream In a mixer, add 1 cup milk, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp cold coffee, 2 cubes ice and churn it for 2 minutes till it mixes well Take off in a lovely tall glass and add a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice-cream whichever you like (I dont like chocolate so mine is always vanilla) If you are more fond of chocolate, you can grate Cadbury Dairy Milk and put the pieces on top of the icecream which is floating over chilled coffee Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!