If you keep cooked rice on hand, you will find that few meals are simpler to prepare or faster to cook than a vegetable stir-fry.

Ingredients: One cup red lentils, one tbsp ginger paste, half tbsp garlic paste, salt to taste, one tbsp ghee/oil, half tbsp of turmeric powder, one green chilli (chopped), two whole red chilles, half tbsp cumin seeds, half tbsp garam masala, third cups water.

Ingredients: Two cups basmati rice, half cup vermicelli, two-three green cardamoms, two tbsp pure ghee, salt to taste, fourth-half cups water, one tbsp vinegar, two cloves, two bay leaves, two small stick cinnamon.

Ingredients: One cup moong dal, two green chillies, third-fourth cup rice, third-fourth tbsp cumin seeds, one ginger(chopped), one-fourth tbsp red chillies powder, third cups water, half tbsp turmeric powder, two tbsp ghee, salt and pepper to taste.

Ingredients: Two cups rice, one tbsp cumin seeds (jeera), one tin fruit cocktail, third tbsp ghee, hundred gms cashewnuts (fried), fourth green cardamon, one stick cinnamon, salt to taste, fifth-sixth cloves, fourth cups water.

सामग्री : 250 ग्राम चावल, दो चम्मच तेल, आधा चम्मच राई, एक कप मटर, बारीक कटी मिर्च, एक चम्मच हल्दी, एक चम्मच नींबू का रस, नमक स्वादानुसार।