Get the aroma of mom’s food from a bachelor’s kitchen – Know about these easy one-pot recipes

India is known throughout the world for its incredibility, sovereignty, unity in diversity and so on. Another striking characteristic of India that the people across the world love is ‘The Yum’ of its food. From the hanky-soft chapattis of the North to the slurp of the South Indian Sambar, the India cuisine promises ‘the yum factor’ to every foreigner who has tasted it. The unique feature of Indian cuisine is, every house on the Indian map has its own taste of the traditional food; be it the chapatti or sambar. In fact, this is also a reason why the lives of Indian bachelors in the US become miserable.

When Indian bachelors living in the US leave their country, they fly with the memories of these traditional food items.

Let’s create the sense of Indian food for many such Indians who miss their mother and motherland’s food. Here you go! We have come up with some interesting information about one-pot recipes for Indian bachelors living in the US.

1.        Slurp!! It is Sambar Rice.

Sambar/ Sambar Rice takes this pride of being the only dish loved by all age groups of the South Indian communities. Beyond this love for sambar, it is probably one among the food varieties bearing solid diet quotient and easily digestible.

For you may ask what is so special about Sambar in diet and we would like to say that: Toor Dhal used in sambar is a rich source of protein; vegetables added to the dish contain vitamins and minerals; rice is a natural source of carbs and spices like red-chilies, asafetida, turmeric powder, coriander& fenugreek seeds, coconut, are added to treat your taste-buds well. All these mixed in a pressure cooker along with ghee, water and salt as required will give you a tasty one-pot sambar rice.

Shouldn’t this take a lot of time to cook? Can be your next question. But, the answer is surprisingly a ‘No’.  The average time taken to cook a sambar rice is less than 30 minutes in a pressure pan.

Thus, Sambar Rice is the chief of all one-pot recipes.

 Cook the so-easy sambar rice today!

2.        Flavorsome Fellow! The Biriyani.

Did you know that Indian cuisine has introduced 10 different varieties of Biriyani to the world? It includes both vegetarian and non-vegetarian varieties. With such a versatility, Biriyani stands the next in this one-pot recipe book.

Getting deep into the each spice of the biriyani, every part of India is famous for one type of biriyani in the above mentioned 10 varieties. To your amazement, all the ten are one-pot recipes that would trigger your taste buds.

Alike the sambar rice, Biriyani is one such spicy dish that contains carbs, vitamins & mineral and also protein, if it is a chicken biriyani. The combo of basmati or seeraga samba variety of rice with spices like cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, cardamom, cloves; veggies or some meat and other ingredients in a single pot can give you a flavorsome biriyani in less than 20 minutes.

Explore here! DIY Biriyani!

Another interesting fact is that, majority of the people who love the Indian cuisine, also go crazy for this delicious dish.

Thus, Biriyani is taking the next place in our one-pot recipe book.

3.        Don’t say ‘Yuck’! It is Kichdi!

You are presenting to a set of audience and ask, ‘Kichdi lovers make some noise!’ you would probably observe pin drop silence. But entrust in us, many Indian bachelors living in the US or anywhere abroad, have gone crazy for this dish from our one-pot recipe book. Usually, it is being hated for its sticky nature. But how many of you know that it is the only dish that can be made out of any grain or millet along with any dhal available at home.

Kindling your curiosity about Kichdi, it can be made out of rice, sooji, or wheat rava, any variety of millet, along with any kind of dhal or even pulses. You can also add vegetables along with the turmeric, asafetida, red chili and coriander powder to the dish to enhance the taste. This super-dish takes less than 15 mins to get cooked in a pressure cooker. Adding 2 table spoons of ghee to the dish will set off the aroma.

Adding flavors to the facts about Kichdi, it also falls under the healthy umbrella of dishes among the ones on the one-pot recipe list.

Don’t delay, Try it today!

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