Cooking is not rocket scient-II

Jeera Rice

Ingredients
1 cup rice (preferably basmati)
1 tsp jeera (cumin)
Water
1 heaped tsp ghee
a pinch of salt
a few drops of lemon juice.

Procedure:

1. Wash the rice properly and soak it for 10 -15 minutes. After 10-15 minutes drain the water from rice and keep aside.
2. Boil about 6 cups of water in a vessel.
3. Heat ghee in a pan, add jeera. After the jeera crackles add the rice. Toss well in the ghee.
4. Add the boiled water. Add salt and 4-5 drops of lemon juice.
5. Let the rice cook (it would take about 5-7 minutes).
6. Drain the water from the rice.

7. Serve it... :)

Cooking is not rocket science...

Daily Dal

1 cup moong dal (yellow dal)
4 tomato (finely chopped)
1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
1/2 tsp turmeric
2 green chilly (slit)
1 tsp red chilly powder
salt to taste
1 tsp ghee 1/2 tspgaram masala
½ glass of tamarind water and 

10 coriander leaves

Procedure:

1. Wash the dal properly.
2. Add green chilly, tomato, turmeric, tamarind water to the washed dal.
3. Pressure cook for 4 whistles. Wait for the cooker to cool. Remove the dal and keep aside.
4. Heat oil in a pan, keep the gas on a low, add ghee, jeera, red chilly powder.Immediately add the dal to this tempering.

5. Add salt and mix well. If the dal is thick add a little water. Simmer for 3-5 minutes.