Kitcheree-frickin-koo
My wife described most of my cooking style as cooking poor people's food. Well, looking at how she dresses, I thought we were super poor.
Anyway it's true - I do very little cheese, cream, pastry and shit. When I hear people saying they can't afford to feed their family because they only get a nurse's salary I could go mental. When I feel like it (and I can't see that happening) I am going to cost each of these meals ... just to prove how much crap people talk. What they should admit to is that they can't afford to buy ready meals/takeaways/pizzas and other similar shit.
Kitcheree-frickin-koo is really, cheap and easy . . . from India (although my guess is they just call it frickin-koo).
You need
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Sunflower oil (2 or 3 tablespoons)
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2 large onions thinly sliced
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4 cloves
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1 Tsp garam masala
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1 Tsp cumin
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1 Tsp fennel powder
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Some broccoli
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2 bay leaves
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2 sticks of cinnamon
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Root ginger (about 1 or 2 inches) grated or TBSP of ginger paste
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1.5 cups of brown rice
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1.5 cups of lentils (green or lentils verde)
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1 TBSP chutney
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Salt
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Black pepper
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Peas
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Eggs
Do it
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Heat the oil in a big pot and fry the onions until just soft (about 5 mins).
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Add the 4 cloves, Tsp garam masala, Tsp cumin, Tsp fennel powder, ginger and stir for about 3 mins on low heat.
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Add the rice and lentils, broccoli, 2 bay leaves, 2 sticks of cinnamon and heaped Tsp of salt + 1800ml water.
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Bring to the boil then cover and simmer on lowest heat stirring occasionally. You can also add the frozen peas at this stage too.
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It'll take over an hour - I always reckon on 1 hour 20 mins. Have a taste to see if you need to add salt. Towards the end grind some black pepper in.
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Fry eggs and serve on top.
Tasty, Delicious and Nutritous