Here it is!!!!

I had invited a close friend’s family over for dinner on friday evening and we both were also invited for a Golu [more on this later] that same day. I came back from work at 4.00 and had to go to an optometrist at 4.30. I gave this list to better half to get by 5.30pm.

Bay leaves, Saffron, onion, corriander. I knew I wanted to cook Saffron rice since it is very good for pregnant women and also I could participate in

Ingredients:

1 tsp Saffron

cloves 8

cinnamon sticks 2

Bay leaves 4

Raisins 15

Whole Almonds 10

Peas - 1.5 cup

Rice - 2.5 cups

Ghee 1 to 1.5 tbsp

As soon as I came back knowing I had a 20/20 vision , I took out my rice cooker and put 1 tbsp ghee. Meanwhile, I halved the almonds and rinsed rice in a basin. As soon as ghee warmed, put in all the ingredients excluding peas and rice. I microwaved the green peas for a minute. Once the spices and nuts were fried, I added peas. In a minute, added the rice as well and fried for 2 whole minutes. Added 6 cups of water and covered the cooker with lid. Let it be to get this yummy

Also, I wanted to cook something in Paneer since some of us are vegetarians and the "Singing chef’s" earlier neighbor had said if not meat atleast Paneer(cheese) should be served to guests to honor them

I had these ingredients:

1 big onion chopped, 1 half yellow bell pepper diced, 1 half red bell pepper diced, paneer, 2 tomatoes finely chopped, ghee, 1 pack of masala from long ago and cilantro

Add Ghee and paneer to wok. Then add diced bell peppers.

I had forgotten to add onions till then, so I added it now like this:

Then I realized I needed spice and hunted this out from refrigerator’s long-forgotten shelf:

Then, the dish was way too dry, so thought of adding this:

Add a half cup of water. Let it be on simmer. Add salt and more ghee .

Then as the gravy thickens, garnish with cilantro to get this:

ALL THIS TIME MUNI WAS DOING THIS

We were all done by 6.30 pm. Oh, I forgot to mention we also had white rice in cooker on the stove. Seasoned it after we came from golu. Vanilla pecan ice-cream was in fridge, all in all we were done.