In how many hours do you complete cooking...

hai y r correct i t will take same time to me also My friends and my in laws will take more than 2 hours

 

You know Sai, you're not that slow. Maybe the main reason why you reach 1 1/2 to 2 hrs of cooking is because you cook more than one dish. I usually cook for 1 hr. But within the time frame, I can only cook 1 kind of dish: vegetable stew -- plus rice.

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hi shiva,
well,it depends upon person to person & dish to dish.
i usually soak dals & rice before cooking so actual time starts much before the time spent in kitchen.
i am very quick & manage to multitask.like i put dal for cooking & in meanwhile i will chop veg,tomatos,cucumber ,onions etc.then put dal masala on stove,salad in plate & make flour for chappati.
when dal is boiled i will put veg on stove & rice on another side.as soon as rice is done i start chaapati.when chaapati is finished till then veg is also done.then get dh & kids to set table & we are ready to eat.
if its dals like channa,beans etc i usually take 1 hr otherwise its finished in 30 to 40 mins.
i guess ur time taken is enough as u take a break in between & wash utensils too.also,ur items to be cooked are more .in night u can start chaapati when curry is half done .that way u will get time to finish chapati,fresh up yourself & till then curry will be done.
pragati

 

I like to cook. We most often make traditional menu for lunch:

- rice
- dahl
- subji
- chapati
- salad
- some drink (natural juice)

We are strict vegetarians and we offer everything to Thakurji.

With offering it takes about one and a half hours.

One of the tricks we use is to prepare (clean, cut, sort, soak...) all the items night before. Then at noon we start to cook lunch. I like usually to hear some devotional music (bhajans) while cooking, because that way I get ecstatic and everything is made in happy mood.

Sometimes I hear pravacan on tape or cd by Guruji and in that way with cooking I get inspiration too.

In the morning we take fruits and in the evening some light soup.

 

Wow Saipavani....u are not at all slow in my opinion...u cook breakfast and then lunch which includes more than one dish and also in between u say you make tea/coffee. I do too in 1.5hrs all that you say...except cooking rice.

Next time your DH says that you are slow ask him to take up the job once and you time it...:rotfl

Jaya

 

Hi,
I need abt 30 mins to 1 hour for a meal-

provided I have cut veggies and grated coconut and my mixie,gas stove and MW.

 

Hi Saipavani
No need to worry. In the beginning it will take one to one and half hours for cooking - breakfast, cutting veggies, preparing rice, daal / saambaar, curry, salad (often) and chutney / pachchadi (sometimes).
Once a person is used to it or gets experience, slowly the person picks up and starts doing things a bit faster.
And then it will take hardly less than one hour to complete the work.