Week Night Dinner

Monday nights are always the lousiest nights of all the weekdays. After a lazy-dizzy weekend, I’m always reluctant to get into the kitchen after a whole day’s work. Anyways, nothing to do I have to get going and prepare something. So, whatever it be, the preparation shouldn’t take much time, but should be wholesome and of course good to taste.

Now, I started cutting down my options and ended up with jeera-rice, mugh dal and potato fry. This seemed to be a good option with less work to do, and I’ll get back a good output. The recipe for Monday night’s platter is here for you.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

Rice (Chal): 200gms

Pulses (Mugh dal): 50gms

Potato (Aalu): 4 medium sizes

Green chili (Kacha Lanka): 1 or 2

Turmeric powder (Halud guro): 1 ½ teaspoons

Cumin (Jeera): 2 teaspoons

Ghee: ½ teaspoon

Sunflower oil (Saada Tel): 2 tablespoons

Mustard Oil (Sarser Tel): ½ tablespoons

Ginger (Aada): 1” size

Salt to t

Preparation:

For making Jeera rice

• Boil the rice, and let it cook properly.
• Drain the excess water out of it.
• Heat ghee in a wok, as it gets heated add 1 teaspoon of cumin to it.
• Thrown in the cooked rice and toss for ½ a minute.
• Keep aside.

For making the Dal

• Boil the pulses in plain water until it softens.
• Grind the ginger to make a paste.
• As the dal gets cooked, add turmeric powder, chili, salt and ginger.
• Heat mustard oil in a frying pan; add the cumin as the oil gets heated.
• Drop in the cooked pulses in it.
• Cook for a minute more.
• Keep aside.

For making the potato fry

• Chop the potatoes to 1 inch size slender pieces.
• Add turmeric powder and salt to it.
• Heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan.
• Throw in the potatoes and fry.

You can prepare any other type of pulses of your choice. Serve the hot rice, potato fry and dal; and enjoy your week night dinner. Catch you soon, till then happy cooking and happy eating.