The Pink Café

So the name says it all, what a wholesome combination of proteins, iron and complex carbs right? Adding to it the spices which takes away your fat and a bunch of shallots, garlic pods, tomatoes. Today I was in lazy cooking mood, but I wanted to eat home cook food for this weekend coz last 2 weekends was outside food and the scale showed it. Also if I eat fruits and veggies alone I will spoil myself on more calories in evening, which again impacts my weight loss goals, even if healthy stuffs. Ok, so on a lazy day what you can cook, which gives you all nutrition, but easy one. Yeah, you know it, one pot dish. Grab everything, soak it and Cooker, The savior of lazy days of course. So I soaked my brown rice and quinoa together, and my 4 types of dal separately, chopped up my spinach, white onions, tomatoes, shallots and garlic, and yeah I have to just put them all together and cook them well. I had a very satisfying and sumptuous meal I felt ☺️☺️ When I explain these recipes ...

Biriyani, of course the most loved one pot dish of India, and this biriyani is most loved at my home, which has the authentic Malabar biriyani flavor and aroma. Although this is taken from Malabar biriyani concept, I have made some customization to suit to my family's taste. If it is a biriyani day, I am relieved from many of my duties making other side dishes and especially the waiting time in my table to get people for lunch. These days, I don't even have to call my boys for lunch, as the participation would be so proactive, starting from preparation, which in normal days are like waiting for them in the table for half an hour and then the last option to get them to table is raising my voice :P This biriyani is famous among my friends circle too, and has a name too; The 28 ingredient dish. Basically all biriyanis would have all these ingredients, but when I listed the ingredients for the first time, they seem to be overwhelmed by that. Apart from the time taken to gather...