Coconut rice

1. Fully cook 2 cups of rice.
2. Add a few peanuts or cashew in the oil - remove when light brown.
3. Add south indian tadka - mustard seeds, some asofetida, fenugreek seeds, 1/2 handful of channa dal, curry leaves
4. When they start sputtering add 1/2 cup of shredded coconut + salt
5. Keep stirring until brownish (coconut burns very quickly - so be careful here)
6. Add rice and mix everything together.
7. Finally add the cashews.

Lime rice

1. Fully cook 2 cups of rice.
2. Add a few peanuts or cashew in the oil - remove when light brown.
3. Add south indian tadka - mustard seeds, some asofetida, fenugreek seeds, 1/2 handful of channa dal, curry leaves
4. When they start sputtering add little bit of turmeric and immediately add the rice
5. Add salt and stir everything together
6. Squeeze a few limes to taste and mix all together.
7. Finally add the cashews or peanuts

Veggie fried rice

Handful of beans - french cut
1/2 - 3/4 an onion - thinly sliced (pink onion works best)
1/2 green pepper thinly sliced
1/2 red/yellow pepper - thinly sliced
handful of snowpeas
Peas
(all of these are optional).

1. Boil about 2 cups of rice
2. When about 90% cooked - put in peas for a few seconds
3. Strain out excess water.

In the meantime:
4. Add oil
5. Add cashews, raisins, almonds -- quickly fry till slightly brown -- take out and keep aside.
6. Then Add tej patha, 1 big elaichi, few cloves, 1 stick cinnamon
7. Add onion - fry till light brown. Then add remaining vegetables + salt.
8. Fry till almost fully cooked.
9. Add 1/2 spoon of garam masala + chilli powder
10. Fry quickly.
11. Then add the rice and mix it all together.

Variation 1:
With eggs
1. Boil 3 eggs.
2. In the oil, put jeera also (and no big elaichi) (step 6 above)
3. In the end mix 2 tsp yogurt with jeera powder, chilli powder and very little garam masala (step 9)
4. Add it and cook for few minutes
After adding the rice and mixing everything --
5. Now add the eggs - sliced in quarters (lengthwise)

Variation 2:
With Paneer & tomatoes
When using paneer - follow the Variation 1.
Except in step 7 - after all veggies are cooked - also add tomatoes.
Then when all is cooked -- add the paneer (before rice)

(It is better if the paneer is broiled or fried first - otherwise it may fall apart)

Aloo

Peal and cut 3 potatoes - medium size pieces
Boil the potatoes

In the meantime dry fry 1 tsp cumin seeds.
Grind with 1/2 tsp whole black pepper
1 tsp coriander seeds.

Once potatoes are boiled:
Add little oil in a sauce pan.
Add a bit of cumin seeds
When cumin seeds start to sputter - add the potatoes.
Add salt at this point.
Once potatoes are browned - add the mixture made above - don't add all of it -- add to taste.
Also add some amchur + chilli powder to taste.

Once everything is fully cooked:
Add juice of 1/2 lime + handful of finely chopped coriander

Palak Paneer

Boil 2 cups of water.
Add 1 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
2 tomatoes
2 green chillies
3 packets of spinach
salt to taste

In the meantime - cut 1 packet of paneer and broil with very little oil

Once the spinach is fully cooked - wait for it to cool and blend it.

Chop 1 onion

Add oil
2 small pieces of cinnamon stick
2 - 3 cloves
Add the chopped onion

When the onion is cooked - add the blended spinach
Also add in a handful of kasoori methi.

Cook till the spinach is a little dried up, then add the paneer and cook a little while longer

Sprout salad

• 1 cup sprouts
• 1 mango finely chopped
• little bit of onion finely chopped
• 1 green chilli finely chopped

Mix all of the above with mint-cilantro chutney.

Chole salad

1 big can of garbanzo beans.
Chop the following ingredients (finely):

• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 mango
  
• 1 green chili
• lots of cilantro
• 1 yellow/green pepper
  

Mix all the above together with the following ingredients:

• Juice of 2 limes
• salt
• Chat masala
• Tamarind sauce
  

Paneer with kasoori methi

Chop 1 onion - finely.
Add oil. When oil is hot add cardamom, clove, black pepper (full) and cumin.
When cumin starts sputtering - add the chopped onions.
When onions are cooked add 1 chopped tomato.
Mix 2 tbsp of yogurt with chilli powder, turmeric, jira powder and dhania powder.
Add yogurt mixture when the tomato has cooked down and oil has started coming out.
Once it was all cooked add some water.
In the meantime cut and broil the paneer (both sides) and soak handful of kasoori methi in hot water.
When curry is fully cooked, added kasoori methi and the paneer.

Okra & onion

Wash Okra -Then slice it length wise -- cut each okra into 3 long slices
Then slice 1/2 an onion, also length wise.
Add oil. Add cumin seeds when oil is hot.
When cumin starts sputtering - add sliced onion.
When onion is translucent - add sliced okra. Add salt to tast.
Cook on high heat - constantly shaking the pan.
When okra is cooked 3/4 add black pepper powder, chilli powder and a little bit of turmeric.