I live extremely frugally these days. I cook every day and I know it saves me a bunch of money. I was always big into cooking as I thoroughly enjoy it. I don’t like to eat out every meal as most of the food made at restaurants don’t taste good to me. I always cooked even when I used to be rich, but now I cook every single day to be very disciplined with money. Being frugal has taught me a lot of good lessons. I don’t waste anything that I buy. Even the tiniest piece of ginger will be made use of. I have a budget for every single thing and the accounts are sparkling clean. I actually like being so disciplined, I only wish I would live like this even when I start making tons of money.
I made this cauliflower dish for dinner. It took me 20 minutes to make this. So delicious and extremely simple.
Recipe
Serves 2
1/2 Cauliflower – Reduce it to small florets.
1 Jalapeno (or any chili) – slice
Small piece of ginger, about 1/2 an inch – minced
2 cloves of garlic – minced
1/4 Onion (or a small piece of leek) – chop lengthwise
1 Tomato – remove the inner content and retain in a cup. Chop the outer part of the tomato into medium squares.
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1/2 tsp Turmeric
1 Tbsp Canola or Olive Oil
Salt to taste
Method
1. Heat a cast iron pan (or any pan). The pan must always be heated in a slow manner. There should be no hurry to heat the pan by increasing the flame to high and then reduce it. This is a no-no, if you want to be serious about cooking.
2. Add the oil. Let it heat for 10 seconds.
3. Add the cumin seeds. Wait for 10 seconds, add turmeric. Wait for 5 seconds. Add minced garlic and ginger. Wait 5 seconds.
4. Add the onion. Cook for about a minute.
5. Add the tomato’s insides. Cook for a minute.
6. Add salt.
7. Add the cauliflower florets.
8. Mix them well. Cook for 5-6 minutes.
9. Add the chopped tomato, the outer part. Cook for a minute or two.
10. Voila, done.
Serve it with rice or chapati. Cost - less than $3. Taste – priceless!
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