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Dal Tadka

⏱ 35 min🍽 Serves 4🌶 Mild–medium

Comforting yellow dal finished with a sizzling ghee tadka. Serve with basmati rice and a squeeze of lemon.

Ingredients

• 1 cup toor dal, rinsed
• ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 dried red chilies
• 1 tbsp ghee, salt to taste
• Fresh cilantro to garnish

Method

1. Pressure-cook or simmer the dal with turmeric until soft and creamy.
2. Heat ghee, crackle cumin seeds and chilies, then pour over the dal.
3. Stir, season with salt, and garnish with cilantro.

Add Toor Dal Add Turmeric

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Aloo Gobi

⏱ 30 min🍽 Serves 4🌶 Mild

Potato and cauliflower cooked with turmeric, cumin and garam masala — a weeknight favourite with roti or rice.

Ingredients

• 3 potatoes, cubed · 1 small cauliflower, florets
• 1 tsp cumin seeds · ½ tsp turmeric powder
• 1 tsp garam masala · 1 tsp chili powder
• 2 tbsp oil or ghee, salt to taste

Method

1. Temper cumin seeds in hot oil, then add potatoes and cauliflower.
2. Add turmeric, chili and salt; cover and cook until tender.
3. Sprinkle garam masala, toss, and serve hot with roti.

Add Garam Masala Add Cumin

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Vegetable Khichdi

⏱ 40 min🍽 Serves 4🥣 One-pot comfort

One-pot rice and lentils with mixed vegetables — gentle, nourishing, and ready with almost no effort.

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice · ½ cup moong or toor dal
• 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
• ½ tsp turmeric · 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 1 tbsp ghee, salt to taste

Method

1. Rinse rice and dal together; temper cumin in ghee.
2. Add rice, dal, vegetables, turmeric and 3 cups water.
3. Simmer covered until soft and porridge-like. Serve with yogurt.

Add Basmati Rice Add Mixed Veg

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Besan Chilla

⏱ 25 min🍽 Serves 4🥞 Breakfast or snack

Savoury chickpea-flour pancakes with grated vegetables — crisp at the edges, soft inside. Great with green chutney.

Ingredients

• 1 cup besan (chickpea flour)
• ½ cup grated carrot or zucchini
• ½ tsp turmeric · ½ tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp cumin seeds, salt to taste

Method

1. Whisk besan with water to a thin pancake batter; stir in veg and spices.
2. Ladle onto a hot oiled pan and cook until golden on both sides.
3. Serve warm with chutney or yogurt.

Add Besan Add Chili Powder

All four recipes are vegetarian and naturally onion-garlic free as written. For Jain cooking, skip root vegetables in the aloo gobi and khichdi — the spice blends stay the same.