Hello from Atlanta!
This "recipe" idea is something that I came up with as a grad student with no time to cook on a regular basis!! Unsatisfied by frozen microwave fare (I had not discovered Tasty Bites then :)), it was my desire for hot, fresh food that led to this tip/recipe/stray wise idea.
In a nutshell, over the weekend, I make a sauce of onions, tomatoes and garlic/coriander/any other herb/ fresh vegetable by sauteeing in oil. Typically in the following proportion:
1 tsp oil to cook in
1 tsp chopped ginger
2 large red onions, chopped
4 large tomatoes, chopped
Proportional amount of other vegetable such as peas, carrots, cauliflower, chopped
Sautee the onion till it glistens, add tomato, salt lightly and cook in the juices, add other vegetable and stew until cooked. I just leave it alone at this point to let it stew. Remove from fire, cool, and store in the refrigerator.
In less than 10 mins, you can:
1. Sputter some mustard seeds in oil and add this mixture to a pot of boiling water, add Cracked Wheat (sooji) or whole wheat pasta or other grain like quinoa.
OR
2. Add cumin seeds to a little oil and sputter. Add this mixture, a little garam masala and canned, rinsed beans - garbanzo, black-eyed, moong dal or split moong dal (may have to boil for
OR
3. Scramble with eggs, soy sauce, sriracha and leftover rice for a quick version of veg fried rice
OR
4. Add cumin seeds to little oil and sputter. Add this mixture, a little garam masala and cook with Paneer.
OR
5. Blend in blender. Add salt and pepper to taste to make a quick soup.
All of these (barring the upma which is purely a carb fix) are healthy vegetable-protein mixtures which you can have solo or with a side of rice/bread. The onion-tomato mix can last upto a week in the refrigerator. A hot meal ready in virtually no time that tastes as if it was freshly made - it kind of was!
Would love to hear of other combinations and ideas!
This "recipe" idea is something that I came up with as a grad student with no time to cook on a regular basis!! Unsatisfied by frozen microwave fare (I had not discovered Tasty Bites then :)), it was my desire for hot, fresh food that led to this tip/recipe/stray wise idea.
In a nutshell, over the weekend, I make a sauce of onions, tomatoes and garlic/coriander/any other herb/ fresh vegetable by sauteeing in oil. Typically in the following proportion:
1 tsp oil to cook in
1 tsp chopped ginger
2 large red onions, chopped
4 large tomatoes, chopped
Proportional amount of other vegetable such as peas, carrots, cauliflower, chopped
Sautee the onion till it glistens, add tomato, salt lightly and cook in the juices, add other vegetable and stew until cooked. I just leave it alone at this point to let it stew. Remove from fire, cool, and store in the refrigerator.
In less than 10 mins, you can:
1. Sputter some mustard seeds in oil and add this mixture to a pot of boiling water, add Cracked Wheat (sooji) or whole wheat pasta or other grain like quinoa.
OR
2. Add cumin seeds to a little oil and sputter. Add this mixture, a little garam masala and canned, rinsed beans - garbanzo, black-eyed, moong dal or split moong dal (may have to boil for
OR
3. Scramble with eggs, soy sauce, sriracha and leftover rice for a quick version of veg fried rice
OR
4. Add cumin seeds to little oil and sputter. Add this mixture, a little garam masala and cook with Paneer.
OR
5. Blend in blender. Add salt and pepper to taste to make a quick soup.
All of these (barring the upma which is purely a carb fix) are healthy vegetable-protein mixtures which you can have solo or with a side of rice/bread. The onion-tomato mix can last upto a week in the refrigerator. A hot meal ready in virtually no time that tastes as if it was freshly made - it kind of was!
Would love to hear of other combinations and ideas!
