Meal Prep

Fresh is always better, but time constraints require shortcuts. :) Cutting down cooking time with prepping tips.

• Freeze ginger garlic paste ground with a little oil and turmeric.
• Freeze tomato paste cubes then transfer to Ziploc bag.
• Pressure cook dal (one week's worth.)
• Fresh dhaniya either freeze or wash, dry, wrap in paper towel and keep in a plastic box.
• Freeze green chilli cubes.
• Fry onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies as you would for basic gravy then when it cools down grind to a paste and freeze.
• Make aata for a whole week and divide into portions, wrap in cling wrap and freeze. Let is thaw for about 3 hours or more before making rotis.

Meal planning

Tips on planning a meal and cooking through the whole week.

• Plan a menu for the week and shop accordingly.
• Pressure cook one week worth of dal and boil with water and add tadka before meals.
• Cook at least two days worth of rice and rotis.
• Make sabji masala over the weekend. Then during the weekday, simply take some masala and toss in some veggies and let it cook.